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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American Horror Story
Won 17 Emmys 101 nominations
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 VideoHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Over the Garden Wall
Won 2 Emmys
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 VideoHuluDisney PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Sleepy Hollow
1 Emmy nomination
action · adventure · crime · drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · thriller
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Directed by Russell Lee Fine, Paul A. Edwards, Doug Aarniokoski, Ken Olin, Marc RoskinCast Tom Mison, Lyndie Greenwood, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia WinterAmazon Prime VideoHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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What We Do in the Shadows
Won 1 Emmy 5x Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series · 35 nominations
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 ProkschHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Won 2 Emmys Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (2000) · 14 nominations
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 MarstersHuluMore details on IMDb →
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch
2 Emmy nominations
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 PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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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 IshikawaHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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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 WarnerHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Alien: Earth
4 Emmy nominations
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 CeesayHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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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 LourdAmazon Prime VideoHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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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 AmasakiHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
animation · action · adventure · comedy · drama · fantasy · horror
Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.
Directed by Naokatsu Tsuda, Kenichi Suzuki, Toshiyuki Kato, Yasufumi Soejima, Jirô FujimotoCast David Vincent, Daisuke Ono, Matthew Mercer, Toru Okawa, Unsho IshizukaNetflixAmazon Prime VideoHuluFreeveeMore details on IMDb → -
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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+More details on IMDb → -
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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 VideoHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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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 StevensHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Castle Rock
1 Emmy nomination
drama · fantasy · horror · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Directed by Greg Yaitanes, Michael Uppendahl, Phil Abraham, Anne Sewitsky, Ana Lily AmirpourCast Bill Skarsgård, André Holland, Lizzy Caplan, Melanie Lynskey, Paul SparksNetflixHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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City of Blood
fantasy · horror · mystery & thriller
"City of Blood" is a thriller and horror series on Disney+. It's based on the graphic novel "Berlinoir" by Reinhard Kleist and Tobias O. Meißner.
Directed by Philipp KadelbachCast Lea Drinda, Soma Pysall, Franz Hartwig, David Schütter, Mouataz AlshaltouhHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Storm of the Century
Won 1 Emmy 2 nominations
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 NicholsonHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Teen Titans Go!
3 Emmy nominations
animation · short · action · adventure · comedy · drama · family · fantasy · horror · musical · mystery · romance · sci-fi
Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg return in all-new, comedic adventures. They may be super heroes who save the world every day ... but somebody still has to do the laundry!
Directed by Luke Cormican, Peter Rida Michail, James Krenzke, Ken McIntyre, Dave StoneCast Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Hynden Walch, Tara StrongNetflixHuluMaxMore details on IMDb → -
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Dororo
animation · action · adventure · fantasy · horror
A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.
Directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Fumihiro Yoshimura, Teruyuki Ômine, Kôichi Hatsumi, Hisatoshi ShimizuCast Jason Douglas, Rio Suzuki, Mugihito, Chaney Moore, Adam GibbsAmazon Prime VideoHuluMore details on IMDb →
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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