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TV series: Gothic

Horror on television: what each series is, who made it and how scary it gets.

TV series · 2021

American Horror Stories

An anthology from the American Horror Story team, a fresh horror story in nearly every episode.

TV series · 2011

American Horror Story

An anthology series that starts its story fresh with a new setting and cast each season.

TV series · 1999

Angel

A supernatural drama spun off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with horror, action and fantasy in the mix.

TV series · 2020

Dracula

The BBC's own three-part go at Dracula, with Claes Bang as the Count.

TV series · 2021

Midnight Mass

A mysterious priest arrives on a small, devout island and strange, sacred things start to happen.

TV series · 2014

Penny Dreadful

A horror drama bringing vampires and werewolves together in one gothic mystery, created by John Logan for Showtime and Sky.

TV series · 2019

Swamp Thing

A doctor comes home to a Louisiana swamp and finds something that used to be a man waiting in the water.

TV series · 2019

The Order

Werewolves get the serious treatment in this Netflix horror drama.

TV series · 2009

The Vampire Diaries

A teenage girl finds her life bound up with two brothers who are not what they seem, in a supernatural drama built from a book series.

TV series · 2008

True Blood

A vampire tale from Charlaine Harris's novels, blending horror with romance and drama in equal, uneasy measure.

TV series · 2026

Widow's Bay

A supernatural comedy horror set on a New England island bound by a centuries-old curse.

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The After Dark Top 40

Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.