10 Forgotten Horror TV Shows You MUST Watch
They are not at the top of the conversation but this does not mean that these gems are not good.
TV fans right now are spoilt for choice when it comes to finding good shows to watch, and the horror genre is no different. Shows such as The Last of Us, Midnight Mass, 1899 and the various American Horror Story spin-offs have and/or are currently dominating the cultural conversation, and rightfully so. Unfortunately, with the glut of shows and other forms of entertainment in media, some shows get lost in the shuffle.
It is rather shameful as some of these shows are well-crafted, compelling stories that come with their fair share of frights, which ensure they can stand toe-to-toe with their more well-known counterparts. The reasons for their relative obscurity vary, as some shows are decades old and are therefore lost to time (at least within the ephemeral nature of pop-culture conversations.
Others were overshadowed by counter-programming, or short-changed by so-so marketing and poorly planned release schedules. In some cases, the shows were cancelled before they could find their audience.
Whatever the case may be, their quality is never in question, and deserve an appraisal and wider audience on the level of the more well-known shows, and rise above their admittedly well-earned cult status.
10. Hammer House Of Horror
This British horror anthology series was a joint production between ITC Entertainment and British horror mainstay Hammer Film Productions, and aired 13 episodes towards the end of 1980. True to a Hammer Film Productions creation, it featured the late great Peter Cushing (in his final performance for the company), and each episode covered a different horror subgenre, and told a standalone story.
Its stories covered fantastical elements such as witches and ghosts as well as more grounded but still terrifying plot beats such as cannibalism and serial killers. Episodes such as The Silent Scream, The House that Bled to Death and The Two Faces of Evil are deeply unsettling and feature disturbing thematic material that transcends the limitations of the show's budget and time of airing.
Something of a low-key but just as weird cousin to the Twilight Zone, Hammer House of Horror did not capture the zeitgeist in the same way the Rod Serling production did but that does not take away from its ability to deliver effective fears.