The only bad thing we can say about it The Fall of the House of Usher, Netflix’s latest horror series from master of the art Mike Flanagan, is that we wish there was more of it. And many other people felt the same way: it’s the second most-watched English-language show on Netflix this week, since launch. It was only beaten by David Beckham’s documentary, which is a very different proposition (and horrifying in its own way for some).
If you too have binged every episode of Guardthere are plenty more great and creepy shows on netflix that we think you’ll love too – and or Guard was your first Mike Flanagan show, you’ll love what else he created for the streamer.
Join us for some seriously scary shows that have a lot more to offer than scares and fake blood – and don’t forget to also check out our guide to 13 great new horror movies coming to Netflix, Hulu and more in October 2023.
Red rose
Originally broadcast on Britain’s BBC Three, Red rose has an unbeatable 100% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes. And no wonder: it’s terribly topical terror, a story about teenagers who download a mysterious app called Red Rose and soon regret it. It’s a more gruesome Black of mirrora story not just about teens in peril, but also about grief, peer pressure and the siren song of social media, and it’s exceptionally stressful: this is a real edge-of-the-seat show.
Like Shannon Connellan writes in Mashable“Red Rose takes its time to explore serious themes of grief, death, class, family, friendship and early adulthood, as our protagonists endure a technology-driven nightmare that will make you want to throw your phone into the sea.”
Dark
Dark is based on one of the most horrific things imaginable: the disappearance of children. There are three thrilling, mind-boggling and sometimes terrifying seasons of the show available to stream, with the already impressive 90% Rotten Tomatoes score for season one rising to a perfect 100% in the second season.
If you have seen the French ghost story The Returned you have an idea of what to expect in terms of the hushed atmosphere and often unbearable tension, but while the quality here is just as good, the show is a completely different proposition that not only combines real-world drama and scares, but also multiple timelines and some speculative fiction as well. Reviews have referred to it in various ways Stranger things, Twin Peaks, Lost and British drama The missing one… But Dark is very much its own thing.
The Ghost of Hill House
Created by the same Mike Flanagan from Fall of the House of Usher, this is my favorite of all the Flanagan series on Netflix. Based on the novel by Shirley Jackson, it is the story of a family who grow up in America’s most famous haunted house and return as decidedly dysfunctional adults. There are a lot of ghosts here, and not all of them are the creepy type – although there are plenty of scares here too. In his review, said Collider That “The Ghost of Hill House is both an absolutely terrifying ghost story, but it is also an emotionally devastating family drama. And it’s one of the best shows Netflix has released to date.” It’s still among the very best.