These Teen Screams Are Your Watchlist Dreams: The Best Of Teen Horror TV
From shows about serial killers stalking cheerleaders to plots about young witches harnessing their power, the best teen horror series will leave you screaming... for more episodes. Some terrifying teen shows feature werewolves howling at the moon while other scary series are haunting in completely original ways. A few great teen scream shows are even based on classic horror films.
A murder mystery set at a sorority is at the center of Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens which finds horror legend Jamie Lee Curtis leading an all-star cast. Of course, Murphy's now-iconic series American Horror Story – which features several teen-heavy seasons – is also on this list of the scariest teen horror series. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a great option for younger teens and tweens. In Twin Peaks, the entire town is stricken with fear after the popular teenager, Laura Palmer, is found murdered in the pilot episode. Riverdale, another spooky series for teens, pays homage to Twin Peaks with its title sequence.
Don't let your favorite teen horror show end up at the bottom of this list – what a nightmare that would be! Vote up the best teen scream series and please add great shows we may have missed.
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- Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown
- Premiered: July 15, 2016
- 2Willa Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus, John Karna
- Premiered: June 30, 2015
- Ross Hull, Raine Pare-Coull, Jodie Resther
- Premiered: July 16, 1992
- R.L. Stine, Kathryn Short, Cody Jones
- Premiered: November 3, 1995
- Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton, Taissa Farmiga
- Premiered: October 5, 2011
- Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan
- Premiered: March 10, 1997
- John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Annette O'Toole
- Premiered: November 18, 1990
- Lyliana Wray, Sam Ashe Arnold, Miya Cech
- Premiered: October 11, 2019
- Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Timothy Hutton
- Premiered: October 12, 2018
- Darby Stanchfield, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones
- Premiered: February 7, 2020
- Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien, Holland Roden
- Premiered: June 5, 2011
- Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Lucy Davis
- Premiered: October 26, 2018
- Jake Manley, Kayla Heller, Sarah Grey
- Premiered: March 7, 2019
- Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot
- Premiered: March 18, 2013
- Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Katerina Graham
- Premiered: September 10, 2009
- Madison Iseman, Brianne Tju, Ezekiel Goodman
- Premiered: October 15, 2021
- 17Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick
- Premiered: April 8, 1990
- Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Tyler Blackburn
- Premiered: June 8, 2010
- Oliver Masucci, Karoline Eichhorn, Jördis Triebel
- Premiered: December 1, 2017
- Elizabeth Mitchell, Elizabeth Lail, Zelda Williams
- Premiered: June 28, 2016
- Yoon Chan-young, Park Ji-hoo, Cho Yi-hyun
- Premiered: 2022
- Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele
- Premiered: September 22, 2015
- Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgård, Landon Liboiron
- Premiered: April 19, 2013
- Robert Englund
- Premiered: October 8, 1988
- Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow, Mary Margaret Hume
- Premiered: September 15, 1991