20 Best Horror TV Shows on Hulu 2026
Explore Hulu's creepiest series, from American Horror Story to The Shards, with drama, mystery, animation, and vampire-packed picks.
If you want a Hulu queue that leans creepy, tense, and just weird enough to keep you guessing, this roundup has you covered. We pulled together a mix of cult favorites and newer standouts, from the surreal chills of The Shards to the haunted whimsy of Over the Garden Wall and the long-running chaos of American Horror Story. You’ll also find darkly funny picks like What We Do in the Shadows, genre staples like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and high-pressure survival stories such as Attack on Titan. For viewers who like their scares with a side of mystery, Alien: Earth and The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch add fresh ways to keep the lights on.
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The Shards
crime · drama · horror · mystery & thriller
The Shards is part teenage coming of age, erotic thriller and exploration of the untamed and mysterious era of Los Angeles 1981, tracking a group of privileged high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city.
Directed by Michael Uppendahl, Max Minghella, Ryan Murphy, Crystle Roberson DorseyCast Igby Rigney, Homer Gere, Graham Campbell, Kaia Gerber, Hayes WarnerHulu -
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Over the Garden Wall
animation · short · adventure · comedy · drama · family · fantasy · horror · mystery
Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in hope of finding their way home. Join them as they encounter surprises and obstacles on their journey through the wood.
Directed by Nate CashCast Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, Melanie Lynskey, Christopher Lloyd, Samuel RameyAmazon Prime VideoHulu -
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American Horror Story
drama · horror · sci-fi · thriller
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
Directed by Bradley Buecker, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Jennifer Lynch, John J. Gray, Michael UppendahlCast Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Denis O'Hare, Emma Roberts, Jessica LangeAmazon Prime VideoHulu -
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
action · adventure · drama · fantasy · horror · romance
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
Directed by Joss Whedon, James A. Contner, David Solomon, David Grossman, Michael GershmanCast Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head, James MarstersHulu -
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What We Do in the Shadows
comedy · fantasy · horror
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.
Directed by Yana Gorskaya, Kyle Newacheck, Jemaine Clement, Tig Fong, Taika WaititiCast Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén, Mark ProkschHulu -
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The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch
comedy · horror · mystery · reality-tv
A team of experts and scientists undertakes exhaustive research at Skinwalker Ranch, an infamous location for paranormal activity and UFO sightings.
Directed by Mark MarinaccioCast Joe Loeb, Jeremiah Pate, Chris SchaeferNetflixAmazon Prime VideoHulu -
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Attack on Titan
animation · action · adventure · drama · fantasy · horror
100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!
Directed by Tetsurō Araki, Masashi Koizuka, Yūichirō Hayashi, Jun Shishido, Hiroyuki TanakaCast Jessie James Grelle, Bryce Papenbrook, Trina Nishimura, Yûki Kaji, Yui IshikawaHulu -
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Alien: Earth
horror · sci-fi · thriller
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.
Directed by Dana Gonzales, Ugla Hauksdóttir, Noah HawleyCast Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou CeesayHulu -
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The Strain
drama · fantasy · horror · thriller
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
Directed by J. Miles Dale, Kevin Dowling, Deran Sarafian, Phil Abraham, Peter WellerCast Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde, Richard SammelHuluAMC+ -
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Wayward Pines
drama · horror · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.
Directed by Jeff T. Thomas, Zal Batmanglij, Tim Hunter, Ti West, Nimród AntalCast Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Toby Jones, Shannyn Sossamon, Hope Davis, Tom StevensHulu -
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch
action · adventure · comedy · drama · family · fantasy · horror · mystery · romance · sci-fi
On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.
Directed by Gary Halvorson, Kenneth R. Koch, Brian K. Roberts, Linda Day, Peter BaldwinCast Melissa Joan Hart, Nick Bakay, Caroline Rhea, Beth Broderick, Nate RichertHuluParamount Plus -
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Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World
animation · adventure · drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · romance · thriller
Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know left from right, the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her somehow for saving him from his own despair, Subaru agrees to help the girl find something she's looking for.
Directed by Masaharu Watanabe, Kazuomi Koga, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Yoshinobu Tokumoto, Yoshihito MikamoCast Yûsuke Kobayashi, Sean Chiplock, Rie Takahashi, Kayli Mills, Kôhei AmasakiHulu -
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Scream Queens
comedy · horror · mystery
The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast.
Directed by Barbara Brown, Brad Falchuk, Bradley Buecker, Michael Uppendahl, Ian BrennanCast Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Billie LourdHulu -
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Grotesquerie
crime · drama · horror · thriller
A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community, and Detective Lois Tryon feels they are eerily personal, as if someone—or something—is taunting her.
Directed by Max Winkler, Alexis Martin Woodall, Elegance Bratton, Ryan MurphyCast Niecy Nash, Courtney B. Vance, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Micaela Diamond, Raven GoodwinHulu -
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Helix
drama · horror · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.
Directed by Steven A. Adelson, Jeremiah S. Chechik, Brad Turner, Duane Clark, Mike RohlCast Billy Campbell, Kyra Zagorsky, Mark Ghanimé, Jordan Hayes, Neil NapierHulu -
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Mob Psycho 100
animation · action · comedy · drama · fantasy · horror · sci-fi
Shigeo Kageyama, a.k.a. "Mob," is a boy who has trouble expressing himself, but who happens to be a powerful esper. Mob is determined to live a normal life and keeps his ESP suppressed, but when his emotions surge to a level of 100%, something terrible happens to him! As he's surrounded by false espers, evil spirits, and mysterious organizations, what will Mob think? What choices will he make?
Directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa, Katsuya Shigehara, Yûji Ôya, Takefumi Anzai, Takahiro HasuiCast Setsuo Ito, Takahiro Sakurai, Miyu Irino, Akio Ôtsuka, Ryûnosuke WatanukiNetflixHulu -
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Naked and Afraid
adventure · game-show · horror · reality-tv
What happens when you put two complete strangers - sans clothes - in some of the most extreme environments on Earth? Each male-female duo is left with no food, no water, no clothes, and only one survival item each as they attempt to survive on their own.
Directed by Robert Michael Kelly, Kyle Hunter, Ariel ShaffirCast Michael Brown, Hugh ChaHuluMax -
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Storm of the Century
drama · fantasy · horror · thriller
When a blizzard hits an isolated island town it brings with it a mysterious stranger intent on terrorizing the people for a sinister purpose.
Directed by Craig R. BaxleyCast Tim Daly, Colm Feore, Debrah Farentino, Jeffrey DeMunn, Julianne NicholsonHulu -
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Rose Red
horror · mystery · thriller
Dr. Joyce Reardon, a psychology professor, commissions a team of psychics and a gifted autistic girl to find out the truth about an old, supposedly haunted mansion called Rose Red.
Directed by Craig R. BaxleyCast Nancy Travis, Matt Keeslar, Kimberly J. Brown, David Dukes, Judith IveyHulu -
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Salem
drama · fantasy · horror · thriller
Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American history. In Salem, witches are real, but they are not who or what they seem.
Directed by Nick Copus, David Von Ancken, Alex Zakrzewski, David Grossman, Brannon BragaCast Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Tamzin Merchant, Ashley MadekweHuluAMC+
Wrapping Up
Whether you want unsettling drama, monster-filled fantasy, animated nightmares, or a good mystery that keeps tightening the screws, this list gives you plenty of reasons to stay up a little later. It’s built to help you quickly sort through Hulu’s spookier options and find a show that fits your mood, from classic comfort watches to newer series worth tracking down. Bookmark this page and come back whenever you need a fresh watchlist, because it’s updated regularly as new titles arrive and old favorites move around. If you’re searching for the best horror TV shows on Hulu, this is a solid place to start and a useful one to revisit.
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Last updated: September 8, 2026