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Monster horror

Monster horror TV Series

Creatures and slashers, fear made physical.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 102 series

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

It: Welcome to Derry

★ 7.9
112K 10 2025–present
Monster horror · Mounting dread
9/10

Alien: Earth

★ 7.1
106K 10 2025–present
Monster horror · Space & sci-fi
9/10

The Strain

★ 7.3
94K 46 2014–2017
Monster horror · Graphic violence
9/10

Sweet Home

★ 7.2
43K 26 2020–2024
Monster horror · Survival
9/10

Chucky

★ 7.2
33K 24 2021–2024
Monster horror · Campy
9/10

Salem's Lot

★ 6.8
32K 2 1979–1979
Monster horror · Small town
9/10

Marvel Zombies

★ 7.0
24K 5 2025–2026
Monster horror · Graphic violence
9/10

Dead Set

★ 7.5
22K 5 2008–2008
Monster horror · Survival · Bleak
9/10

Slasher

★ 6.8
19K 40 2016–2023
Monster horror · Graphic violence
9/10

Salem's Lot

★ 6.2
13K 2 2004–2004
Monster horror · Small town
9/10

Creepshow

★ 7.0
11K 26 2019–2023
Anthology · Monster horror · Campy
9/10

Freddy's Nightmares

★ 6.2
4K 44 1988–1990
Monster horror · Anthology
9/10

Stranger Things

★ 8.6
1.7M 42 2016–2025
Nostalgic · Monster horror
8/10

Supernatural

★ 8.4
542K 327 2005–2020
Supernatural · Long-runner
8/10

American Horror Story

★ 7.9
362K 142 2011–present
Anthology · Campy · Monster horror
8/10

From

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

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

★ 8.3
175K 144 1997–2003
Urban fantasy · Supernatural
8/10

IT

★ 6.8
154K 2 1990–1990
Monster horror · Coming of age
8/10

Chainsaw Man

★ 8.3
106K 13 2022–2022
Anime · Graphic violence
8/10

All of Us Are Dead

★ 7.6
92K 13 2022–present
Survival · School & campus
8/10

Ash vs Evil Dead

★ 8.4
85K 30 2015–2018
Campy · Monster horror · Slapstick
8/10

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

★ 7.0
65K 8 2022–2022
Anthology · Unsettling
8/10

Kingdom

★ 8.3
64K 12 2019–2020
Period piece · Monster horror
8/10

Dracula

★ 6.8
58K 3 2020–2020
Monster horror · Supernatural
8/10