7 New and Returning Horror Shows to Hop on Board With This Summer

Updated on May 30, 2016 at 5:00 PM

Remember when you were a kid, and you'd gather around a campfire in the Summer to tell scary stories? Think of the horror TV shows hitting the small screen in the coming months as a modified version of your childhood tradition. Grab some marshmallows, a buddy, and a nightlight and start watching one of these new and returning spooky series. Freeform and Netflix each have some new offerings, and Scream and The Strain will be back. Check it out, and if horror isn't your jam, take a look at all of this Summer's new and returning TV shows.

AMC

Preacher

When it premiered: May 22

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are bringing the cult comic series to the small screen. Dominic Cooper is starring as Jesse Custer, a small-town preacher with special skills, in this gory series that might not quite qualify as horror, thanks to its camp factor.

MTV

Scream

When it returns: May 31

MTV's horror hit is coming back for a second season of slashings. Get caught up with everything we know about season two!

Cinemax

Outcast

When it premieres: June 3

Love The Walking Dead? You should definitely plan on checking out this adaptation of another one of Robert Kirkman's popular comic series, starring Patrick Fugit.

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American Gothic

When it premieres: June 22

Virginia Madsen and Justin Chatwin are headlining CBS's mystery series about a wealthy Boston family who discovers their recently deceased father may have been involved in a string of murders.

Freeform

Dead of Summer

When it premieres: June 28

Freeform is about to make you feel all kinds of nostalgic with this horror series set at a 1980s Summer camp.

Netflix

Stranger Things

When it premieres: July 15

Netflix is trying its hand at supernatural horror with this series, starring Winona Ryder, about a woman whose son goes missing.

The Strain

When it returns: Aug. 28

Seasons one and two of FX's The Strain didn't gross you out enough? Get a load of season three.

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7 New and Returning Horror Shows to Hop on Board With This Summer

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