*Hides under covers*

11 Horror Shows Like The Midnight Club You & Your Teen Will Love (& Fear)

Bonding through your terror.

by Simone R. Johnson
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Hot new release alert! Netflix brings Christopher Pike’s grim novel, The Midnight Club, to life. It follows the terrifying adventures of teens living in a haunted hospice. In each episode, they take frightening steps toward the other side.

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If you have a teen who loves watching horror as much as you do (hey, they came by it honestly), you'll likely blow through The Midnight Club. And once you finish — and inevitably can't sleep — you can bond some more while binge-watching these other 11 horror shows.

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The Haunting of Bly Manor | 2020

RATED 13+

An American nanny is hired to take care of a little boy and girl who live in a strange mansion with a spooky past. After the children’s parents die, the orphaned siblings inherit more than Bly Manor, but a horrifying fate their new au pair is unprepared for.

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AHS: Camp Redwood | 2019

RATED 18+

Set in the summer of 1984, five friends leave their seemingly fabulous Los Angeles lives behind to become counselors at Camp Redwood. Unfortunately, the site is packed with gnarly spirits and killers looking to prey on the teen campers.

FX Network, Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions

AHS: Coven | 2011

RATED 18+

A group of girls with supernatural abilities are sent to a coven in New Orleans, where they are taught to handle their terrifying talents by a supreme witch. Together, they encounter forces that want to obliterate their coven. There are zombies, ghosts, and historic terrors that truly set Coven apart from its sister AHS series.

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Are You Afraid of the Dark | 1990-2000

RATED 10+

Are You Afraid of the Dark is an oldie but a goodie. Although it has a 2019 reboot, give your kids a traditional education with this version. A group of teens called The Midnight Society, tell creepy stories around a campfire, which are brought to life within the series.

CINAR, YTV, Revelation Films

Paper Girls | 2022

RATED 14+

Four besties travel to the year 2019 from 1988. As they search for a way home, they run into their future selves and devise a plan together to save the world.

Photo by Anjali Pinto/Anjali Pinto/Prime Video - © www.anjalipinto.com

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | 2018

RATED 16+

Forget what you know about the 1996 sitcom Sabrina. In this dark series, the young witch tries to balance her human side with her infernal one, and her journey is paved with gore, creepy folklore, and typical teenage turmoil.

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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin | 2022

RATED 14+

For The Pretty Little Liars fans out there — "A" is back, but this time they're terrorizing a new batch of teenage girls. A mystery person harasses a group of friends in revenge for something that happened 20 years ago. Disclaimer: There’s a lot of carnage (but it will awaken all your PLL nostalgia).

Alloy Entertainment, Muckle Man Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Scream | 2015-2019

RATED 16+

This series is just like Wes Craven’s 1996 movie Scream — reinvented as a modern-day series. A killer in a ghost face mask terrorizes the town of Lakewood, and a group of teens work together to find the culprit, but everyone is a suspect.

Photo by Eliza Morse - © 2015 Viacom

The Order | 2019-2020

RATED 15+

A magical college student sets out to avenge his mother’s death, so he joins a secret order, which becomes more dangerous than he expects. As his plan unfolds, he finds himself in the middle of a war between werewolves and practitioners of the dark arts.

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The Fear Street Trilogy | 2021

RATED 17+

The Fear Street Trilogy may not be a series like the rest of these shows, but it is a three-part movie... so it’s sort of like one. This triumvirate takes you on a terrifying journey through time from 1666 to 1994. And it has all the best parts of horror flicks, from slasher gore, creepy camp stories to a Salem-ish storyline.

NETFLIX © 2021

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 1997–2003

RATED 13+

Crank up the early aughts nostalgia by binging your favorite vampire slayer. Buffy is an ordinary teenage girl by day and a kick-ass vampire hunter by night, which complicates living a normal life.

Mutant Enemy, Kuzui Enterprises, Sandollar Television