15 Spooky TV Shows For The Halloween Season

The Miniaturist

Based on Jessie Burton’s novel, the miniseries takes us to 17th-century Amsterdam where a young bride receives a mysterious dollhouse that mirrors her own home in uncanny detail. As she fills it with miniature figures, the line between creation and fate blurs, so much so that each addition predicts a dark secret about her new family. Gothic intrigue and quiet dread make The Miniaturist truly haunting.

A Discovery of Witches

Hidden among humanity are witches, vampires, and daemons in this show. Yes, all are living under a fragile truce. When historian Diana Bishop discovers a bewitched manuscript, she’s thrust into a forbidden romance and an ancient war. Lavish, romantic, and steeped in danger, A Discovery of Witches is essentially a gothic fantasy that simmers with both beauty and peril.

The Haunting of Hill House

Past and present collide in this masterful ghost story about a family forever marked by their time in the world’s most cursed mansion. With trauma, grief, and love woven into every terrifying moment inspired by Shirley Jackson’s writing, The Haunting of Hill House isn’t just about what haunts us, it’s about what we can never let go of. Bly Manor too packs a similar worrying punch.

The Devil’s Hour

In this unsettling offering, Lucy Chambers wakes from terrifying visions very night at 3:33 a.m., haunted by something she can’t explain. When a string of murders ties back to her sleepless existence, her life spirals into a supernatural puzzle. With echoes of The Sixth Sense and Mindhunter, The Devil’s Hour turns insomnia into pure psychological horror.

Penny Dreadful

Here is a clever mingling of classic horror characters like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Dorian Gray. The wildly imaginative and spooky Penny Dreadful centers around a psychic medium who enlists an unlikely group of “experts,” including an explorer, a gunslinger, and a scientist for a mysterious quest. Together and apart, they’re hunted by dark forces older than sin itself. It’s perfect Halloween fare.

From

In the small town of From, there’s no way out, and we mean literally. Every road loops back to the same cursed streets, trapping those who enter. As night falls, terrifying creatures emerge from the woods, wearing the faces of the dead. Equal parts mystery and nightmare, this series feels like Lost crossed with Silent Hill—eerie, relentless, and impossible to escape.

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe’s morbid tales are reborn in this modern gothic saga. The Usher family’s empire begins to crumble when death comes for each heir. And, each life is extinguished in mysterious, poetic ways. This Halloween treat is opulent, venomous, and dripping with doom. A story of wealth rotting from the inside out, indeed.

What We Do in the Shadows

Four vampires share a flat in Staten Island, bickering about chores and world domination. Shot in mockumentary style, this absurd comedy redefines the vampire myth with deadpan wit and undead charm. It’s the perfect antidote to traditional horror this Halloween, a blissful reminder that even immortals can be utterly ridiculous.

Wednesday

Darkly delightful and deliciously gothic, Wednesday brings the Addams Family’s morbid daughter into the spotlight. At Nevermore Academy, Wednesday Addams must navigate psychic visions, teenage angst, and a monstrous mystery. It’s equal parts murder, mayhem, and macabre humor—a perfect blend for anyone who smiles at the strange during and long after Halloween season.

Ghosts

What happens when a young couple inherits a crumbling mansion? And, it’s already fully occupied by spirits from centuries past? Ghosts is totally parts eerie and unabashedly hilarious, with the undead proving that death doesn’t mean giving up on drama. It’s hauntingly wholesome, with just enough mischief to keep Halloween spirits high.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Most folks recall the ’90s sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch when it comes to shows that give Halloween vibes, but this version embraces the darkness of her comic book origins. Set in a world that’s both nostalgic and sinister, Sabrina battles demons—both literal and emotional—as she wrestles with her dual nature. Expect blood, spells, and twisted coming-of-age horror.

The Frankenstein Chronicles


A grim reimagining of Mary Shelley’s classic, The Frankenstein Chronicles follows Inspector John Marlott as he investigates a series of child murders, only to uncover something monstrous and unnatural. Set in industrial London, the show is a chilling blend of crime and horror, where the birth of modern science feels disturbingly close to the birth of evil.

American Horror Story

Each season of American Horror Story is a new nightmare, and each episode a descent into madness. From haunted houses to freak shows, witches to apocalypses, this anthology series celebrates horror in all its blood-soaked glory. Its strength lies in reinvention—the same cast, new evils, and the constant thrill of never knowing what’s next.

Marianne

Marianne is as beautiful as it is terrifying. The French series follows a best-selling horror author who vows to retire, only to be stalked by the witch she created. What unfolds is a waking nightmare of blurred realities and literary possession. Subtitles or not, you won’t dare look away.

Cabinet of Curiosities

Curated by Guillermo del Toro, this anthology opens drawers filled with nightmares both elegant and grotesque. Each story, directed by a master of the macabre, explores obsession, greed, and the monstrous nature of humanity. It’s horror elevated to art…you know, a spooky love letter to those who savor the strange.