11 Scariest Horror-Themed TV Shows To Binge-Watch This Halloween 2020

11. The Haunting of Hill House

An adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s classic novel, this eight-part series gave the story a modern setting and made some changes to the plot. Namely changing the story into a family drama, the plot now revolving around the Crain family and their history with the extremely haunted Hill House.

The show meted out its scares slowly, preferring a slow build up to its horror, but when the ghosts do make an appearance, they are appropriately spooky; the ghost haunting the basement was an early highlight.

Set to return for its second season this month under the new title, The Haunting of Bly Manor - the show is continuing under an anthology format - this time focusing on the ghost stories of Henry James: mostly inspired by his novella, The Turn of the Screw, but the new season will also draw on some of his other works.

Showrunner Mike Flanagan promises the new season will be scarier than the first, so if you missed the first season back in 2018, this is the perfect time to catch up.