Highest Rated Horror TV Series With At Least 1000 Votes
1. Ginga: Nagareboshi gin (1986– )
22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An Akita-Inu puppy is destined to defend his people against a monstrous bear.
Votes: 1,923
2. Stranger Things (2016– )
TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief, and his friends must confront terrifying forces in order to get him back.
Stars: Rob Morgan, Dacre Montgomery, Winona Ryder, David Harbour
Votes: 219,341
3. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, Vaughn Taylor
Votes: 46,380
4. Death Note: Desu nôto (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryô Naitô
Votes: 118,729
5. The Storyteller (1987– )
225 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
An old storyteller tells European folk tales to his sarcastic dog.
Stars: John Hurt, Brian Henson, Frederick Warder, David Greenaway
Votes: 2,961
6. Attack on Titan (2013– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After his hometown is destroyed and his mother is killed, young Eren Jaegar vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.
Stars: Marina Inoue, Yuki Kaji, Josh Grelle, Bryce Papenbrook
Votes: 69,291
7. Berserk (1997– )
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Guts is a skilled swordsman who joins forces with a mercenary group named 'The Band of the Hawk', lead by the charismatic Griffith, and fights with them as they battle their way into the royal court.
Stars: Nobutoshi Canna, Unshô Ishizuka, Marc Diraison, Kevin T. Collins
Votes: 15,696
8. The Walking Dead (2010– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by the walking dead. Fighting the dead, fearing the living.
Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Chandler Riggs
Votes: 661,302
9. Supernatural (2005– )
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as "hunters" fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Votes: 292,867
10. Ash vs Evil Dead (2015– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Ash has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead until a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind and Ash becomes mankind's only hope.
Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, Lucy Lawless
Votes: 36,199
11. Hannibal (2013–2015)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Explores the early relationship between the renowned psychiatrist and his patient, a young FBI criminal profiler, who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
Stars: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 165,714
12. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
51 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A newspaper reporter investigates strange supernatural occurrences in Chicago.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Jack Grinnage, Ruth McDevitt
Votes: 2,681
13. Parasyte: The Maxim (2014– )
TV-MA | Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi
The 17-year-old Izumi Shinichi lives with his mother and father in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo. One night, worm-like aliens called Parasytes invade Earth, taking over the brains of human ... See full summary »
Stars: Adam Gibbs, Aya Hirano, Brittney Karbowski, Nobunaga Shimazaki
Votes: 8,129
14. Mushi-Shi (2005–2006)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
They are neither plants nor animals. They differ from other forms of life such as the micro-organisms and the fungi. Instead they resemble the primeval body of life and are generally known ... See full summary »
Stars: Kôjun Itô, Yûto Nakano, Travis Willingham, Brina Palencia
Votes: 7,829
15. The Exorcist (2016– )
45 min | Horror, Thriller
When the Rance family are plagued by a demonic presence, two priests must come together, in the hopes of defeating the evil force.
Stars: Alfonso Herrera, Ben Daniels, Hannah Kasulka, Brianne Howey
Votes: 8,680
16. Hellsing Ultimate (2006–2012)
TV-MA | 50 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
The vampire Alucard and his newly sired ward Seras tries to protect England from a war-crazed SS-Major who seeks to start an eternal war with his vampire army.
Stars: Katie Gray, Crispin Freeman, Victoria Harwood, Ralph Lister
Votes: 12,603
17. Inside No. 9 (2014– )
30 min | Comedy, Horror
The show invites viewers into some very different No.9s, where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre.
Stars: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Rosie Cavaliero, Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Votes: 3,049
18. The League of Gentlemen (1999–2002)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Horror
An interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transsexual taxi driver, a family obsessed with hygiene and toads, a fiery reverend, a carnival owner who kidnaps women into marriage, and a xenophobic couple who run a local shop for local people.
Stars: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Jeremy Dyson
Votes: 6,738
19. Baccano! (2007–2008)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A crazy fantasy caper involving alchemists, immortals, gangsters, outlaws and an elixir of immortality, spread over several decades.
Stars: J. Michael Tatum, Caitlin Glass, Akemi Kanda, Maxey Whitehead
Votes: 7,121
20. Joogoonui Taeyang (2013– )
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Tae Gong Shil has the ability to see ghosts, but their constant demands of help make her life impossible, until she meets Joo Jong Won, handsome CEO that measures everything with money, since when she touches him, the ghosts disappear.
Stars: Hyo-jin Kong, Ji-seob So, In-guk Seo, Kim Yoo-ri
Votes: 1,389
21. The Originals (2013– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A family of power-hungry thousand year old vampires look to take back the city that they built and dominate all those who have done them wrong.
Stars: Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt, Phoebe Tonkin
Votes: 78,173
22. The Returned (2012– )
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The Returned opens in a small mountain community which is rocked to its core when several local people who are presumed dead suddenly re-appear at their homes. Despite having passed away ... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, Frédéric Pierrot, Céline Sallette
Votes: 16,203
23. Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A group of kids get together in the woods, and tell ghost stories.
Stars: Ross Hull, Daniel DeSanto, Raine Pare-Coull, Jodie Resther
Votes: 9,961
24. Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (2010– )
Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A stoner metalhead named Todd Smith, his crushee Jenny, his best friend Curtis, and the geeky Hannah, search their high school for a mayhem-causing Satanic spell book, while being opposed by Atticus, the evil guidance councillor.
Stars: Alex House, Maggie Castle, Bill Turnbull, Melanie Leishman
Votes: 2,842
25. Higurashi no naku koro ni: Kai (2007– )
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
The young group of friends in the town of Hinamizawa continue to have terrible conflicts with one another in their never ending summer of 1983, often ending with the brutal murder of one of... See full summary »
Stars: Yukari Tamura, Mai Nakahara, Mika Kanai, Satsuki Yukino
Votes: 1,118
26. American Horror Story (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An anthology series that centers on different characters and locations, including a murder house, an asylum, a coven, a freak show, a hotel and a sinister farmhouse in North Carolina
Stars: Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson
Votes: 203,419
27. Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, scientist Victor Frankenstein and medium Vanessa Ives unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Reeve Carney
Votes: 81,300
28. R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010–2014)
TV-PG | 23 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
R.L. Stine leads young viewers on a creepy tour of tales featuring life-sized dolls, werewolves and carnival clowns that are stalking children.
Stars: Jeny Cassady, Dan Payne, Emma Grabinsky, Bailee Madison
Votes: 1,347
29. American Gothic (1995–1996)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Visit Trinity, South Carolina, a small town with more chills than charm. Sheriff Lucas Buck won't let anyone - including local doctor Matt Crower or the determined Gail Emory - stand in the way of his evil plans.
Stars: Gary Cole, Lucas Black, Paige Turco, Brenda Bakke
Votes: 3,365
30. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.
Stars: Bob Johnson, Ben Wright, William Douglas, Robert Culp
Votes: 4,895
31. Erufen rîto (2004– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Two university students come across a seemingly harmless girl named Lucy, unaware that she's actually a mutant serial killer with a split personality.
Stars: Sanae Kobayashi, Chihiro Suzuki, Mamiko Noto, Adam Conlon
Votes: 21,422
32. Eerie, Indiana (1991–1992)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Teenager and weirdness investigator Marshall Teller goes through adventures in his new small-town home with his two friends, geeky Simon and mysterious Dash X.
Stars: Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow, Mary-Margaret Humes, Francis Guinan
Votes: 3,763
33. Higurashi no naku koro ni (2006– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Horror, Mystery
The story of a group of young friends and the mysterious events that occur in the rural village of Hinamizawa.
Stars: John Snyder, Sôichirô Hoshi, Mai Nakahara, Satsuki Yukino
Votes: 3,114
34. Môsô dairinin (2004– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Seemingly unconnected citizens of Tokyo are targeted for bludgeoning by a boy with a golden baseball bat. As detectives try to link the victims, they discover that following the assaults, the victims' lives have improved in some way.
Stars: Shôzô Îzuka, Toshihiko Seki, Michael McConnohie, Liam O'Brien
Votes: 6,229
35. Shin Sekai Yori (2012– )
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In a post-apocalyptic world set a thousand years after our era, the remaining humans, now with telekinesis, live in a seemingly peaceful society, but dark secrets of the past will soon be discovered by a small group of friends.
Stars: Haruka Kudô, Ayumu Murase, Daisuke Namikawa, Risa Taneda
Votes: 1,089
36. Brimstone (1998–1999)
60 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A dead cop, sentenced to Hell, is returned to Earth by the Devil to recover 113 escaped evil spirits.
Stars: Peter Horton, John Glover, Lori Petty, Teri Polo
Votes: 1,333
37. Board James (2009– )
Comedy, Horror, Thriller
James and his pals play eccentric board games from their youth.
Stars: James Rolfe, Mike Matei, Brendan Castner, Kevin Finn
Votes: 1,415
38. Bates Motel (2013– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Centers on a mother and son who come to a new town so that they can start over and set up a new business, but a lot of mysterious incidents happen, including the unanswered and horrible acts of the son.
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Nicola Peltz
Votes: 61,319
39. BrainDead (2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danny Pino, Aaron Tveit, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 6,143
40. Tokyo Ghoul (2014– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Ghouls are terrifying creatures which feed on human flesh. When Kaneki is almost killed in an attack, he transforms into a half-ghoul, half-human hybrid and is forced to adapt to their lifestyle in order to survive.
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Michelle Rojas, Sora Amamiya, Morgan Garrett
Votes: 12,726
41. Dark Shadows (1966–1971)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The rich Collins family of Collinsport, Maine is tormented by strange occurrences.
Stars: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Alexandra Isles, Nancy Barrett
Votes: 2,777
42. In the Flesh (2013– )
56 min | Drama, Horror
Four years after the Rising, the government starts to rehabilitate the Undead for reentry into society, including teenager Kieren Walker, who returns to his small Lancashire village to face a hostile reception, as well as his own demons.
Stars: Luke Newberry, Harriet Cains, Marie Critchley, Steve Cooper
Votes: 10,712
43. Millennium (I) (1996–1999)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A former FBI profiler with the ability to look inside the mind of a killer begins working for the mysterious Millennium Group.
Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Brittany Tiplady
Votes: 7,965
44. The Walking Dead: Webisodes (2011– )
8 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A web-series spin-off of "The Walking Dead."
Stars: Rick Otto, Lilli Birdsell, Josh Stewart, Daniel Roebuck
Votes: 3,263
45. Akame ga Kill! (2014– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A countryside boy named Tatsumi set on a journey to The Capital to make a name and met a seemingly dangerous group of Assassins known as Night Raid. Their journey begins.
Stars: Soma Saito, Corey Hartzog, Sora Amamiya, Molly Searcy
Votes: 6,123
46. Spawn (1997–1999)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Action, Crime
After being betrayed and murdered by his employer, a government trained assassin named, Al Simmons, is resurrected as a Hellspawn and is forced to become the reluctant leader of Hell's army.
Stars: Keith David, Richard Dysart, Dominique Jennings, James Keane
Votes: 5,502
47. Death Parade (2015– )
TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Horror
After death, humans go to either heaven or hell. But for some, at the instant of their death, they arrive at the Queen Decim, a bar attended by the mysterious white-haired Decim.
Stars: Jamie Marchi, Tomoaki Maeno, Asami Seto, Rumi Okubo
Votes: 3,201
48. Gungrave (2003–2004)
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Crime
Gungrave follows the story of best friends Brandon Heat and Harry MacDowell as they join and rise in the ranks of Big Daddy's Millenion crime syndicate. The story begins in the future ... See full summary »
Stars: Kirk Thornton, Beau Billingslea, Steve Blum, Lex Lang
Votes: 3,707
49. iZombie (2015– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A medical resident finds that being a zombie has its perks, which she uses to assist the police.
Stars: Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli, Robert Buckley
Votes: 36,097
50. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
The misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.
Stars: John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 9,120