Through the years, the horror genre has evolved into various outlets and formats, giving its fans a plethora of options to choose from when they want that occasional ghost story or entertaining scare. Television has taken the genre by storm with countless series, including anthology horror series which reign as some of the spookiest and scariest contributions to the iconic genre.
While the serialized series is always enjoyable, the beauty of the anthology formula is the consistent unpredictability and guaranteed variety that keeps audiences hooked. There are some notable series, such as Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone and Netflix's Black Mirror that occasionally toe the line of horror, but both series, as excellent as they are, fall more into the science-fiction category compared to others like Tales from the Crypt and American Horror Story. Both series are phenomenal sci-fi anthology series, but when it comes to more horror-filled television series, there are some that simply stand out with their level of chills and thrills...
- 'Goosebumps' (1995-1998)
- 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' (1992-2000)
- 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' (1955-1962)
- 'Creepshow' (2019-2023)
- 'Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities' (2022-)
- 'Masters of Horror' (2005-2007)
- 'Tales from the Crypt' (1989-1996)
- 'Channel Zero' (2016-2018)
- 'Night Gallery' (1969-1973)
- 'American Horror Story' (2011-)