10 Horror TV Shows Scarier Than Any Film

Adapted from the doorstopper fantasy horror masterpiece of the same name by In The Tall Grass writer/ offspring of Stephen King Joe Hill, NOS4A2 offers a contemporary spin on vampire lore with its horrific villain Charlie Manx, whose creepy mind palace of Christmasland is situated somewhere between reality and imagination—and populated by the children he’s abducted, with the sprogs turning to toothy ghouls after an eternity trapped there.

And if that doesn’t sound like great fun, you should know Manx is forced to face off with a resilient and unstoppable heroine who pushes herself through no end of psychic and physical pain to ensure her son’s safe return after the ghoulish villain abducts him.

Uniquely suited to tv both due to its length and, er, difficult subject matter (good luck getting Bing’s backstory into a Hollywood project), this terrifying, beautifully realized series is a must for all self-respecting horror fans.