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Best Horror TV Series of the 1980s

92 Horror series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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92 series

Classic Ghost Stories

★ 7.3
55 5 1986–present
Horror

La casa al final de la calle

★ 8.3
54 170 1989–1989
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Turno di notte

★ 6.8
54 15 1987–1988
Horror

Gli incubi di Dario Argento

★ 6.4
54 9 1987–1988
Horror · Thriller

Scene of the Crime

★ 7.0
51 5 1984–1985
Horror · Mystery · Thriller

Super Scary Saturday

★ 8.4
49 52 1987–1989
Comedy · Drama · Horror

Noires sont les galaxies

★ 6.4
46 4 1981–present
Horror · Sci-Fi

The Watch House

★ 7.1
41 3 1988–present
Family · Horror · Mystery

TerrorVision

★ 6.2
38 8 1988–1989
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Historias del otro lado

★ 6.1
37 13 1988–1996
Horror · Thriller

Kyomu Senshi Miroku

★ 4.8
36 6 1989–1989
Animation · Fantasy · Horror

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

★ 6.8
35 6 1982–1982
Family · Horror · Sci-Fi

Outer Limits

★ 7.8
27 1983–1984
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

USA Saturday Nightmares

★ 8.5
26 1986–1994
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Los Cuervos

★ 8.1
25 105 1984–1986
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage

★ 5.5
25 3 1989–1989
Animation · Drama · Horror

The Son of Ghoul Show

★ 8.1
23 2 1986–present
Comedy · Drama · Horror

Unheimliche Geschichten

★ 5.5
21 13 1982–present
Horror · Mystery

The Haunted School

★ 7.3
21 8 1986–1987
Horror

Il fascino dell'insolito

★ 5.8
21 14 1980–1982
Fantasy · Horror · Sci-Fi

Bhoothnath

★ 7.2
20 1989–1990
Fantasy · Horror

Gespenstergeschichten

★ 5.5
20 6 1985–present
Horror

Morgus Presents

★ 8.5
18 338 1986–1993
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

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★ 7.1
16 1 1981–1992
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