Ready for a spooky series?
Top streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video and HBO Max are filled with frightfully good shows to binge this Halloween.
Ryan Murphy shows like American Horror Story and Scream Queens are great for the horror fan, while Disney+ offers some family-friendly options, including Wizards of Waverly Place. Plus, there are plenty of choices for supernatural fans across various platforms: The Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf and many more.
Whether you’re looking for laughs or screams, here are the best Halloween shows streaming online.
Scream Queens
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If AHS is too scary for you, Ryan Murphy’s Scream Queens — about a group of college sorority girls being terrorized by a mysterious Red Devil killer — is the next best thing for some spooky fun.
Watch Scream Queens on Hulu
What We Do in the Shadows
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This mockumentary comedy series follows a group of vampire roommates and their adventures in Staten Island.
Watch What We Do in the Shadows on Hulu
Teen Wolf
MTV
After getting bitten by a wolf, a young high schooler (Tyler Posey) finds his whole world turned upside down as he battles against various supernatural creatures to protect his hometown. Bonus: A handful of stars returned for a 2023 movie.
Watch Teen Wolf on Hulu
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
20th Century Fox
Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, the ’90s series follows a high schooler named Buffy as she battles against vampires, demons and other dark forces as one of the “Chosen Ones.”
Watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Hulu
Sleepy Hollow
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Loosely based on the 1820 short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” this drama horror series follows all the supernatural occurrences that take place in the town of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
Watch Sleepy Hollow on Hulu
Wednesday
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Executive produced by Tim Burton, this supernatural series stars scream queen Jenna Ortega as the iconic Wednesday Addams.
Forced to enroll at Nevermore Academy — her parents’ alma mater for misfit monsters — Wednesday finds herself in the middle of a decades-long mystery, using her wit and psychic abilities to solve the boarding school’s deepest, darkest secrets.
Watch Wednesday on Netflix
Boo, Bitch
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Starring Lana Condor and Zoe Colletti, the limited series about a high school teen-turned-ghost (Candor) trying to live her best life is the perfect quick binge.
Watch Boo, Bitch on Netflix
Locke & Key
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Following the tragic death of their father, three children discover a series of magical keys throughout their home and their family’s dark backstory.
Watch Locke & Key on Netflix
The Order
Netflix
The short-lived Netflix series follows a young college student (Jake Manley) who joins a secret society that teaches and practices magic.
Watch The Order on Netflix
The Walking Dead
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A group of humans fights to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic society overrun by zombies in this hit AMC series.
Watch The Walking Dead on Netflix
True Blood
HBO
The HBO series follows a group of vampires after a synthetic blood product branded “Tru Blood” has been released, allowing vampires and humans to coexist together.
Watch True Blood on HBO Max
Pretty Little Liars
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While not entirely spooky, Pretty Little Liars definitely packs the thrills as a group of friends are stalked and blackmailed by a mysterious figure, “A.”
Watch Pretty Little Liars on HBO Max
The Originals
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A spinoff of The Vampire Diaries, The Originals takes a closer look at the original family of vampires as they return to their hometown of New Orleans, which is filled with even more supernatural beings, such as witches and werewolves.
Watch The Originals on Prime Video
Chucky
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He’s your friend till the end. On this SyFy horror series, original Chucky voice actor Brad Dourif reprises his role as the titular doll, who goes on a murder spree in a suburban town in New Jersey.
Watch Chucky on Peacock
Agatha All Along
Marvel Television
Picking up three years after WandaVision’s epic finale, Agatha All Along sees Kathryn Hahn reprising her iconic role as Agatha Harkness. With a little help from a goth teen (Joe Locke), Agatha escapes her spellbound captivity in Westview, N.J.
Free yet powerless, she bands together with her rebellious ally to form a new coven of witches — and together, they must embark on the Witches’ Road, where old enemies and treacherous challenges hide at every corner.
Watch Agatha All Along on Disney+
Goosebumps
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Disney+’s anthology series brings R.L. Stine’s best-selling books to life on the small screen. Season 1 follows a group of high schoolers investigating a decades-old mystery involving the death of a teen, while season 2 centers on twins and their friends as they uncover secrets tied to the 1994 disappearance of four teens.
Watch Goosebumps on Disney+
So Weird
Everett
The ’90s Disney Channel series centers on a young teenage girl (Cara DeLizia) and the mysterious supernatural occurrences she faces as she tours with her musician mother (Mackenzie Phillips).
Watch So Weird on Disney+
Wizards of Waverly Place
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Starring Selena Gomez in her breakout role, the hit Disney Channel series about a family of wizards is something the whole family can enjoy.
Watch Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney+
Ghosts
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When a married couple (Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar) are willed a neglected country estate, they plan to transform it into a cozy bed-and-breakfast. What they didn’t count on was inheriting its long-term residents — a close-knit group of ghosts who aren’t ready to welcome new guests into their home.
Watch Ghosts on Paramount+
Twin Peaks
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Renowned filmmaker David Lynch revolutionized television when infusing his cinematic style into this early-’90s mystery series. Twin Peaks follows FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) and Sheriff Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean) as they investigate the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in the titular Washington town.
Watch Twin Peaks on Paramount+
Good Witch
Everett
If you love Hallmark movies, this series about a young witch named Cassie (Catherine Bell) living in the quiet town of Middleton is right up your alley.
Watch Good Witch on Hallmark+
