This article contains a list of the top 8 horror web series which you can watch on Netflix. If you are someone who loves to watch horror web series, read the full article to know which are the best ones that you must definitely watch.
Introduction
Who doesn’t like to watch web series? Perhaps everyone does. You can watch it when you have leisure time, you can watch it with your friends or family, or during the weekends when you just want to chill and enjoy or any other time you like.
Different people have different genres of movies that they like to watch. Some prefer the horror web series, and some prefer the crime web series, some like the romance web series, and so on.
Rise of OTT Platforms
It is noticeable how the way web series came and evolved. In contrast to two or a three-hour movie, a web series consists of a finite number of episodes, which you can watch as per your mood or time. Web series became popular with the rise of the OTT platforms.
I personally love to watch web series and it’s my guilty pleasure. Guess we all need to admit to the fact that most of us binge-watch web series rather than watch each episode of the web series each day.
Never mind, I guess people like us cannot wait a lot to see what happens in the next episode. Although I like to watch different genres of web series, I personally prefer the horror web series and I can watch them all the time.
And with the rise of OTT platforms, it is so convenient to watch whichever horror web series we like as per our mood. Although there are a lot of popular OTT platforms, the most popular ones are Netflix and Amazon Prime, I mostly use Netflix and watch most of the web series on this platform only.
So, in this article, I have made a list of the top 8 horror web series on Netflix that you must definitely watch. So, let’s check the list.
List of top 8 horror web series on Netflix that you must definitely watch
1. The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of the Hill House is an American horror drama series based on the 1959 novel. The novel was written by Shirley Jackson and the name of it was The Haunting of Hill House. This web series uses the same name as that of the novel.
Mike Flanagan is the director of this web series and it is produced by Amblin Television and Paramount Television. The story revolves around five siblings who experience some paranormal activities in their house.
So basically, the plot shows two timelines, one which is the present experiences of the sibling’s faces and the other flashbacks from 192 from where you will get to understand the whole story.
These are the cast of this horror web series –
Michiel Huisman, Elizabeth Reaser, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Kate Siegel, Victoria Pedretti, and Oliver Jackson- Cohen.
The release date of this series was the 12th of October 2018. This is the first season of the anthology The Haunting, and there will be more seasons of it. It has a total number of 10 episodes. This is a must-watch if you like to watch horror web series based on paranormal activities.
If you have watched the movie Conjuring and you liked it, you are very likely to love this horror web series as well, as this too has the same genre.
2. The Walking Dead Horror Web Series
So the next horror web series I recommend to you is The Walking Dead based on the zombie apocalypse. This is a web series that is adapted from a comic book, the authors of which are Robert Kirkman, Toney Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The series got its name from the comic book.
This horror web series is based on zombies; hence the name walking dead was given. The plot of the film is about people who are trying to survive a zombie apocalypse attack. They face a lot of difficulties while doing so, yet they need to find ways to survive.
There are also a lot of conflicts and fights in this series which the survivors of the zombie apocalypse has to indulge in with other human survivors who have made separate groups for them.
This horror web series has a total of 11 seasons with 169 episodes in total. The movie was made by Frank Darabont and the series was released on the 31st of October 2010.
These are the name of the cast of this series –
Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne, Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Michael Rooker, David Morrissey, Melissa McBride, Scott Wilson.
More names of the cast – Michael Cudlitz, Emily Kinney, Chad L. Coleman, Lennie James, Sonequa Martin-Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alanna Masterson, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, Seth Gilliam, Ross Marquand, Katelyn Nacon, Tom Payne, Khary Payton, Samantha Morton, Ryan Hurst, Cooper Andrews, Callan McAuliffe.
Since this is a series with 11 seasons and has a fairly huge number of episodes. Each of the episodes being 40-45 minutes long. It might be a bit time-consuming for you if you are choosing to watch this one. So you can watch an episode or two and then decide if you want to proceed with the further episodes. You can then accordingly adjust the number of episodes you will be watching every day or week as per your spare time.
3. Scream
Next comes Scream, a horror web series that is based on the anthology series by Jill Blotevogel and Dan Dworkin, Brett Matthews, and Jay Beattie.
The genre of this series is slasher, and the film showcases a masked serial killer and how he kills a group of teenagers, and how it leads to terrific and horrifying events. Since this series involves blood and murder, if you are someone who cannot watch such scenes, you can avoid this series.
This series has a total number of three seasons and the total number of episodes is 29.
The cast of this series is –Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell.
This series will definitely haunt you because of the genre and it might affect you mentally. So if you are not that much into this genre of horror web series, you should give it a thought before watching this.
4. The Haunting of Bly Manor
This is a horror web series based on the supernatural genre and is based on a book. The developer of this series is Robert Aguirre-Sacassa. This series was originally released on the 26th of October 2016.
It is based on the girl Sabrina who is a half-witch and she has to constantly fight the devil and evil forces that surround her. She has a dual nature because of which she and her family has to suffer.
The cast of this series is – Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Amelia Eve, T’Nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Tahirah Sharif, Amelie Bea Smith, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, and Henry Thomas.
This has two seasons and a total number of 36 episodes are there. The first season received a lot of positive reviews because of which the next season was made.
5. The Exorcist Horror Web Series
Next comes the Exorcist, which is a horror web series based on the 1971 novel of the same name by William Petre Blatty. The director of this film is William Friedkin.
The story is about a young girl who is possessed by a demon and how the demon’s evil forces trouble the girl. The mother then decides to save her daughter and decides to take help from a group of Catholic priests who performs an exorcism on her.
The cast of this film is Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair.
6. The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Dairies is a mystery/horror series based on the book series of L.J.Smith. This horror web series has a total number of eight seasons and the number of episodes of this series is 171.
The developers of this series are Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec; Julie Plec is the producer as well. The cast of this series is – Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Steven R. McQueen, Sara Canning, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig, Kayla Ewell, Michael Trevino, Matt Davis, Joseph Morgan, Michael Malarkey.
The plot of this series is about a young girl Elena who falls in love with a vampire named Stefan. The story takes a turn when Damon who is the elder brother of Stefan comes back to take his revenge on him. He eventually falls in love with Elena and this creates a love triangle.
They have to face various threats, villains, and both the brothers protect Elena as they fight the villains. The past of the brothers is revealed as the series proceeds.
The Vampire Diaries is a very popular horror web series and from the first season itself, it has received a great response from the public. This series was originally released on the 10th of September 2009.
7. All of Us Are Dead Horror Web Series
This is a Korean-based horror web series based on the zombie apocalypse. If horror web series based on zombies interests you, you can either watch The Walking Dead or All of Us Are Dead. Since both of the web series has the same genre and story same the goes way which is to survive in a zombie’s presence. I feel it would be a waste of time to watch both series.
This is based on the webtoon Now at our School by Joo Dong-Geun. The developer of this series is Chung Sung-il, Lee Jae, and Kim-Nam-Su. Chung Sung-li is the writer of this series.
The series was originally released on the 28th of January 2022 and it has just one season as of now with a total of 12 episodes.
These are the names of the cast of this movie – Park Ji-hu, Yoon Chan-young, Cho Yi-hun, Lomon, Yoo In-soo, Lee Yoo-mi, Kim Byung-chul, Lee Kyu-hyung, Jeon Bae-soo, Im Jae-hyuk, Kim Bo-yoon, Ahn Seung-gyun, Ham Sung-min, Kim Jin-young, Son Sang-yeon, Kim Jung-yeon, Ha Seung-ri.
More names of the cast – Lee Eun-saem, Jin Ho-eun, Yang Han-yeol, Hwang Bo-un, Oh Hye-soo, Ahn Ji-ho, Jung Yi-seo, Lee Chae-eun, Lee Min-goo, Oh Hee-joon, Shin Jae-hwi, Lee Sang-hee, Yoon Byun-hee, Ahn Si-ha, Yoon Kyung-ho, Um Hyo-sup, Park Jae-chul, Lee Si-hoon, Woo Ji-hyun, Dong Hyun-bae, Bae Hae-sun, Jo Dal-hwan.
The plot of the story is that a zombie apocalypse breaks out in a high school in Korea and the students need to protect themselves from them.
8. Dead Set Horror web series
This one too is a web series based on the zombies, just like The Walking Dead and All of Us Are Dead. Charlie Brooker is the creator of this series and Yann Demange is the director.
This horror web series was originally released on the 27th of October 2008 and it is a mini-series with one season, the total number of episodes being five. The story is about the zombie outbreak in the Big Brother house, which becomes the residing place of the zombies.
The cast of this web series is – Jaime Winstone as Kelly Povell, Riz Ahmed as Riq Rahman, Adam, Andy Nyman, Warren Brown as Marky, Beth Cordingly, Kathleen McDermott, Kevin Eldon.
More names of the cast – Raj Ghatak, Chizzy Akudolu, Liz May Brice, Elyes Gabel, Shelley Conn, Kelly Wenham, Jennifer Aries, Davina McCall, Charlie Brooker, Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Conclusion
So this was all about the top 8 horror web series, which you must definitely watch. I hope you liked this list. You can plan accordingly for yourself which one would you like to watch first.
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