10 Scariest TV Episodes To Watch This Halloween

10. Seed - The Walking Dead

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The Walking Dead rarely veers into outright horror, preferring instead to show the very human terrors of this world gone to hell. In its Season 3 premiere, though, it truly delivered on some terrifying zombie action.

This is the one where Rick and Co find the prison, and begin by clearing out the walkers. Some of them provide a bit of a spook, but it's the kind of stuff we're used to by that point, even if the Riot Gear Walkers look awesome.

The show rachets the levels of gore right back up with this episode, and does an incredible job of building tension. That particularly comes when the group go off exploring the prison in almost total darkness, with zombies lurking therein and poor old Hershel being bitten. It's tense, taut, and creepy as hell, with some terrific walker designs, fantastic gory moments, and seriously genuine scares from both the undead and the surprise of the living inmates.

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