12 Most Anxiety-Inducing Sci-Fi TV Shows EVER
3. Dead Set
Another entry coming from Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker, the earlier and darker (yes, darker than Black Mirror) Dead Set is proof that the critic can put together an impressive show when he disregards attempts at Gen X profundity in favour of embracing raw terror.
Yes, this show's "the Big Brother house inhabitants attempt to isolate themselves from a zombie apocalypse occurring outside" has a handful of satirical jibes in its script, as that description implies.
But the pop culture critique comes second to sheer downbeat fear-inducing horror here, and this post-apocalyptic televisual endurance test is stronger and scarier for that fact.