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These Teen Screams Are Your Watchlist Dreams: The Best Of Teen Horror TV

Updated January 26, 2021 1.0k votes 100 voters 1.5k views35 items

List RulesVote up the best horror TV shows in which the main characters and target audience are teens and young people.

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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American Horror Story
Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott
Premiered: 2011
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Ross Hull, Raine Pare-Coull
Premiered: 1991
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan
Premiered: 1997
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Stranger Things
Winona Ryder, David Harbour
Premiered: 2016
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Goosebumps
R.L. Stine, Kathryn Short
Premiered: 1995
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The Vampire Diaries
Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley
Premiered: 2009
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Teen Wolf
Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien
Premiered: 2011
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Bates Motel
Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore
Premiered: 2013
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Twin Peaks
Kyle MacLachlan, Russ Tamblyn
Premiered: 1990
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Hemlock Grove
Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgård
Premiered: 2013
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Scream
Willa Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus
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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Kiernan Shipka, Jaz Sinclair
Premiered: 2018
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Riverdale
KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart
Premiered: 2017
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Pretty Little Liars
Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Lyliana Wray, Miya Cech
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The Order
Jake Manley, Sarah Grey
Premiered: 2019
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It
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The Unsettling
Holly Taylor, Tequan Richmond
Premiered: 2019
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Scream Queens
Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis
Premiered: 2015
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Eerie, Indiana
Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow
Premiered: 1991
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Dark
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Detention
Li Lingwei, Han Ning
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The Haunting
Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino
Premiered: 2018
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The Secret Circle
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Freddy's Nightmares
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