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Mounting dread

Mounting dread TV Series

The pleasure is in the slowly mounting fear.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 59 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

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59 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Breaking Bad

★ 9.5
2.6M 62 2008–2013
Antihero lead
8/10

Hannibal

★ 8.5
311K 39 2013–2015
Stylized direction
8/10

Twin Peaks

★ 8.7
248K 30 1990–1991
Stylized direction · Atmospheric
8/10

From

★ 7.8
195K 41 2022–present
Mystery box · Unsettling · Tense
8/10

Midnight Mass

★ 7.7
171K 7 2021–2021
Faith & religion
8/10

It: Welcome to Derry

★ 7.9
112K 10 2025–present
Monster horror · Mounting dread
8/10

Twin Peaks

★ 8.5
91K 18 2017–2017
Experimental · Stylized direction
8/10

Black Summer

★ 6.6
38K 16 2019–2021
Survival · Tense
8/10

The Exorcist

★ 7.9
34K 20 2016–2018
Faith & religion · Unsettling
8/10

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

★ 6.8
33K 8 2026–2026
Mounting dread · Unsettling
8/10

Them

★ 7.5
33K 18 2021–2024
Disturbing · Bleak · Unsettling
8/10

Another

★ 7.5
22K 13 2012–2012
Unsettling · Anime
8/10

Channel Zero

★ 7.1
14K 24 2016–2018
Psychological horror · Anthology
8/10

Uzumaki

★ 6.4
9K 4 2024–2024
Unsettling · Visually striking
8/10

The Summer Hikaru Died

★ 7.9
8K 12 2025–present
Unsettling · Anime · Atmospheric
8/10

When They Cry

★ 7.8
7K 26 2006–2006
Psychological horror · Disturbing
8/10

Re: ZERO - Starting Life in Another World (Re-Edit)

★ 8.7
6K 15 2016–2020
Gut punch · Anime · Mounting dread
8/10

The Backrooms

★ 8.2
4K 25 2022–present
Unsettling · Atmospheric
8/10

The Creep Tapes

★ 6.8
3K 13 2024–present
Unsettling · Villain's POV
8/10

Attack on Titan

★ 9.1
728K 98 2013–2023
Deep worldbuilding · Gut punch
7/10

3 Body Problem

★ 7.5
182K 15 2024–present
Space & sci-fi · Existential dread
7/10

Pluribus

★ 7.9
161K 10 2025–present
Existential dread · Philosophical
7/10

The Outsider

★ 7.6
117K 10 2020–2020
Unsettling · Atmospheric
7/10

Alien: Earth

★ 7.1
106K 10 2025–present
Monster horror · Space & sci-fi
7/10