The best TV shows to watch this Halloween
These will get you in the mood!
Last updated 9th Oct 2025
With spooky season upon us and Halloween taking place on Friday 31st October, we thought it would be helpful to pick out some of the best TV shows to get you right in the mood!
From thrillers such as The Haunting of Hill House, The Walking Dead and The Last of Us, to shows such as Wednesday and Stranger Things, the list below will certainly get you in the spooky spirit throughout October.
Check out the best TV shows to stream this Halloween:
The Last of Us
Platform: NOW TV
Series: 2
What is The Last of Us about?
Based on the computer game - After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope.
Stranger Things
Platform: Netflix
Series: 4
What is Stranger Things about?
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.
The Walking Dead
Platform: NOW TV
Series: 11
What is The Walking Dead about?
The Walking Dead is a post-apocalyptic series about a group of survivors struggling to find safety under a zombie pandemic.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Platform: Netflix
Series: 1
What is The Ed Gein Story about?
Monster: The Ed Gein Story tells the story of how one simple man in Plainfield, Wisconsin became history's most singular ghoul. He revealed to the world the most horrific truth of all -- that monsters aren't born, they're made...by us.
Black Mirror
Platform: Netflix
Number of series: 7
What is Black Mirror about?
Created by Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror shows twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.
The Vampire Diaries
Platform: ITVX and STV Player
Series: 8
What is The Vampire Diaries about?
Vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore, battle for the affection of selfless teenager, Elena Gilbert. Stefan is the good and kind-hearted brother that feeds on animal blood to keep from killing anybody, and Damon is the selfish and dangerous older brother that feeds on human blood carelessly.
The Watcher
Platform: Netflix
Series: 1
What is The Watcher about?
After the Brannock family moves into what was supposed to be their suburban dream home, it quickly becomes a living hell. Ominous letters from someone calling themselves "The Watcher" are just the beginning as the neighbourhood's sinister secrets come spilling out.
The Haunting of Hill House
Platform: Netflix
Number of series: 1
What is The Haunting of Hill House about?
The Haunting of Hill House is a modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson's legendary novel of the same name, about five siblings who grew up in the most famous haunted house in America. Now adults, they're reunited by the suicide of their youngest sister, which forces them to finally confront the ghosts of their own pasts… some which lurk in their minds... and some which may really be lurking in the shadows of the iconic Hill House.
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Platform: Netflix
Series: 1
What is The Haunting of Bly Manor about?
The next highly anticipated chapter of The Haunting anthology series, set in 1980s England. After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling gothic romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn't mean gone.
Bates Motel
Platform: Channel 4
Series: 5
What is Bates Motel about?
Dark, suspenseful drama that delves into the teenage life of serial-killer-to-be Norman Bates and his twisted relationship with his mother. Psycho prequel starring Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Platform: Netflix
Series: 4
What is Chilling Adventures of Sabrina about?
Magic and mischief collide as half-human, half-witch Sabrina navigates between two worlds: mortal teen life and her family's legacy, the Church of Night.
Ratched
Platform: Netflix
Series: 1
What is Ratched about?
Ratched is a suspenseful drama series that tells the origin story of asylum nurse Mildred Ratched. In 1947, Mildred arrives in Northern California to seek employment at a leading psychiatric hospital where new and unsettling experiments have begun on the human mind.
Red Rose
Platform: BBC iPlayer
Series: 1
What is Red Rose about?
In a long, hot, post-exam summer, friends are seduced by the dark power of the sinister Red Rose app.
Wednesday
Platform: Netflix
Series: 2
What is Wednesday about?
The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams' years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday's attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Platform: Netflix
Series: 1
What is Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities about?
Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original stories by del Toro) are brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro.
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Platform: Netflix
Series: 1
What is The Jeffrey Dahmer Story?
The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a series that exposes these unconscionable crimes, centered around the underserved victims and their communities impacted by the systemic racism and institutional failures of the police that allowed one of America's most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
The Woman In The Wall
Platform: BBC iPlayer
Series: 1
What is The Woman In The Wall about?
One woman's traumatic past threatens to expose Ireland's most shocking and darkest secrets. Gothic detective story with Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack.
American Horror Story
Platform: Disney+
Number of series: 12
What is American Horror Story about?
An anthology horror drama series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.
The Midnight Club
Platform: Netflix
Series: 1
What is The Midnight Club about?
At a hospice for terminally ill young adults, eight patients come together every night at midnight to tell each other stories — and make a pact that the next of them to die will give the group a sign from the beyond. Based on the 1994 novel of the same name as well as other works by Christopher Pike.
Teen Wolf
Platform: Prime Video
Series: 6
What is Teen Wolf about?
Trapped inside the Wild Hunt, Stiles reunites with an unexpected ally while Scott, Lydia and Malia discover Stiles's Jeep may be connected to his disappearance.
Happy Halloween!
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