The 20 Scariest Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now

1 Penny Dreadful

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An explorer, a gunslinger, a scientist, and a medium join forces to combat the supernatural in Victorian London.

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2 American Horror Story

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Not only will the show leave you on the edge of your seat, but each season gets even more spookier than the last thanks to strange new terrors lurking around every corner.

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3 The Walking Dead

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When a zombie apocalypse takes over the world, a group of survivors fight to stay alive in this popular AMC show.

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4 Bates Motel

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Norma and Norman Bates have a complicated mother-son relationship in this series inspired by the 1960 horror film Psycho.

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5 Stranger Things

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Get obsessed with Netflix's original series about a mother who goes to great lengths to find her missing son.

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6 Hemlock Grove

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After a teenage girl is brutally murdered, one town's sinister secrets slowly begin to unfold.

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7 Salem

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A powerful witch creates mass hysteria among the Puritans in this series inspired by the real Salem witch trials.

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8 The Twilight Zone

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This iconic show has something for everyone, including horror, science-fiction, drama, comedy, and superstition.

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9 The Returned

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A small town gets the surprise of a lifetime when a group of former residents return . . . from the dead.

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10 Supernatural

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Two brothers are tasked with defeating the paranormal as they hunt down monsters.

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11 Slasher

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A young woman returns to the place where her parents were murdered, only to find that there is a new killer on the lose.

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12 Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as a hard-core heroine with the ability to slay forces of darkness.

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13 The X-Files

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Two FBI agents attempt to solve the unexplainable in this long-running science-fiction series.

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14 Twin Peaks

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Intrigued about the reboot? Get the backstory on the peculiar town by watching this crime drama.

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15 Black Mirror

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The popular British series takes a modern-day spin on The Twilight Zone franchise with each episode tapping into a new type of paranoia. New episodes are coming soon!

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