10 Hidden Gem Horror TV Shows You Need To Watch

10. The Strain

Ironically for a show about vampires, FX’s The Strain has admittedly seen a little more time in the sun than some of the other shows on this list, earning itself an impressive four seasons with the American Horror Story network. However, for a show created by (and based on the novel trilogy of the same name) eerie mastermind Guillermo del Toro himself, it remains pitifully under-recognised.

The Strain merges science with the supernatural, following the head of a CDC project who is called to investigate a plane landing wherein all the passengers are found mysteriously dead, and later discovers a sudden viral outbreak that mimics an ancient strain of vampirism.

Bloodsucking as a pandemic is an innovative spin on the genre itself, but over the seasons, the narrative, along with the outbreak, expands far beyond this initial premise and cements itself with a compelling cast of characters.

Better yet, the show never got cancelled, but rather was able to tie up the plot laid out in its source material as intended, so the entire, completed story is ready and waiting in full for you to get your fangs into.