Best British horror series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch horror shows from United Kingdom, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Black Mirror

    Black Mirror 2011

    Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

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  • Poster for Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

    Garth Marenghi's Darkplace 2004

    When the Hellmouth opens beneath Darkplace Hospital in downtown Romford, kiddy doctor, Vietnam veteran and ex-warlock Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. is the only man who can close it. Joined by best buddy Dr. Lucien Sanchez, fiery hospital boss Thornton Reed, and woman Liz Asher, Dagless must fight the forces of Darkness while dealing with the burden of day-to-day admin. From the chilling pen of best-selling horror writer Garth Marenghi comes this lost masterpiece of televisual terror. Dare you enter Garth's Darkplace?

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  • A Christmas Carol 2019

    Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.

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  • Poster for Wolf King

    Wolf King 2025

    A young commoner comes of age and learns he's the last of a long line of Werewolves — and heir to the throne — in this epic fantasy adventure series.

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  • Poster for Wreck

    Wreck 2022

    Aboard the mega cruise ship Sacramentum, 20-year-old new recruit, Jamie, infiltrates the 3000-strong crew in a desperate race to find his missing sister. She was working aboard the same vessel on a previous tour and vanished mid-charter.

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  • Poster for Hammer House of Horror

    Hammer House of Horror 1980

    Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.

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  • Poster for Crooked House

    Crooked House 2008

    A ghost story about a cursed house. The cursed house - Geap Manor - weaves together three ghost stories set during Georgian times, the 1920s and the present day.

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  • Poster for Count Abdulla

    Count Abdulla 2023

    Sitcom following a British Pakistani Muslim junior doctor based in London who is bitten by a halal-hunting vampire

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  • Poster for Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

    Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense 1984

    Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature-length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials. The series was a co-production by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television, and is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater. Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, all the episodes had American actors as either the leads or in key roles. It was first aired in the UK by ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots throughout the various ITV regions.

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  • Ghost Detectives 0

    Presented by Tom Baker, paranormal investigators set up camp in various locations around The U.K. to try to discover just what is hiding in the shadows.

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  • Poster for The Mad Death

    The Mad Death 1983

    A French visitor to Scotland smuggles her cat into the country, sparking a terrifying outbreak of rabies which threatens to engulf an entire community.

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  • Martin's Close 2019

    John Martin is on trial for his life. Facing him, the infamous 'hanging judge', George Jeffreys. But this is not a cut-and-dried murder case, because the innocent young girl Martin is accused of killing has been seen after her death

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  • Poster for The Green Man

    The Green Man 1990

    An alcoholic pub landlord has visions of a 17th-century doctor of the occult, beginning a monumental clash between good and evil. Adapted from the novel by Kingsley Amis.

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  • Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio Adventures) 1999

    The continuing adventures of BBC's Doctor Who, in full-cast audio dramas from Big Finish Productions.

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  • Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories for Christmas 2000

    Christopher Lee reads the disturbing Victorian ghost stories of writer MR James.

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  • Poster for Travel for Ghosts

    Travel for Ghosts 2024

    Travel for Ghosts is a paranormal investigation series where paranormal investigator Vega and guests explore some of the most haunted spots in the world, seeking for the truth.

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  • Fright Shorts 2017

    Short comedy-horror films written by brand new Northern Irish writers and developed by BBC Writers Room. Starring a mix of new and established comedy performers including Jason Byrne, Peter Campion, Bronagh Waugh, Dan Gordon, Stella McCusker, Karen Hassan, Michael Stranney and Shane Todd.

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  • Tales from the Pub 2019

    A horror-comedy anthology presented by a cynical Scottish barmaid who's heard it all.

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