For horror fans, finding quality TV shows can be a quest. Often, some of the more popular ones go on for too long and drop quite a bit in quality, like Supernatural and The Walking Dead, while other the series are cut too short through cancellation like The Exorcist â the movies on which its based are set to be rebooted â and Outcast.
Sometimes, a fantastic horror series like Tales from the Crypt comes along and due to rights issues, never finds its way to a streaming platform. Shudder, the ever-growing AMC-owned horror streaming service has done a great job curating several horror series of different styles to appeal to a wide variety of horror media viewers. From drag shows to docu-series, here are the best TV series to watch on Shudder, ranked.
7 Wolf Creek
Wolf Creek is a series spinoff of the popular horror films from 2005 and 2013, about a crazed serial killer that stalks his victims in the Australian outback. Actor John Jarratt reprises his role as the psychopathic murderer Mick Taylor, and the series boasts some absolutely gorgeous camera work and environmental shots that won it an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award for Best Cinematography in 2016. The two-season series centers mostly around Taylor murdering his way through various tourists that make their way into his killing grounds, while a 19-year-old woman tries to survive the bloody interactions. The series has also brought in some fans of true crime, as Mick Taylor is loosely based on real-life serial killer Ivan Milat, also known as The Backpack Killer.
6 NOS4A2
NOS4A2 is based on a novel by Joe Hill, and brings a creepy holiday-themed horror story only possible from the minds of the King family. Zachary Quinto plays Charlie Manx, an immortal being that feeds off the souls of the children he abducts, after taking them to his otherworldly village, Christmasland. Vic, played…