Top 10 Greatest Horror T.V. Shows of ALL Time!!

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-Top 10 Greatest Horror T.V. Shows of ALL Time-

With a little help from our friends at Cinema Suicide and IMDb, which has the latest on all things T.V. & Movies, I was able to put together a list of the top 10 greatest horror television shows of all time. I hope all of my fellow viewers enjoy this as much as I did!



1. The X-Files
• Created by: Chris Carter
• This series follows the lives of FBI special agents, and is the kind of T.V. show that will keep you up at night and is notorious for its theme music.
• Noted as Science Fiction Drama, the series started in 1993-2002 with 9 seasons and 202 episodes.

1. Twilight Zone
• Created by: Rod Sterling
• Each episode usually contained a plot twist with an obvious moral to each episode. Themes include but are not limited too: nuclear war, mass hysteria, McCarthyism. 
• There was 156 episodes from 1959-2002

1. Tales from the Crypt
• Created by: William Gaines
• This show based on a 1950's comic series was rated TV-MA because it was aired on HBO, therefore it was able to be uncensored and allowed to contain graphic violence throughout the whole series. There was a lot of gore, nudity, profanity and sexual encounters. 
• 7 seasons aired from 1989-1996 containing a total of 93 episodes.

  4. Kolchak: The Night Stalker

• Created by: Jeff Rice
• This series aired on ABC from 1974-1975.
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker featured a fictional Chicago news reporter, Carl Kolchak, who investigates the mysterious crimes of the super natural. This is placed in the Science Fiction/Horror Category.

 5. Dark Shadows

• Created by: Dan Curtis
• Best known as an American Gothic soap opera that aired on ABC from 1966-1971 containing 1,225 episodes and is regarded now as a classic by being the first to introduce a long narrative soap to horror history.
• This series had a slow start gaining the attention of America, but the series eventually took off and got extremely popular when they added Vampires, Zombies, Witches and Ware-wolves to the horror soap. 

 6. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 

• Created by: Joss Whedon
• This T.V. series follows protagonist Buffy Summers, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, as slays vampires (pretty self explanatory i'd say... LOL). Even so, this series was a great hit with young Americans especially. 
• This show aired from 1997-2003 reaching up to 6 million viewers at one point and winning three Emmy's.

 7.Twin Peaks

• Created by: Mark Frost & David Lynch 
• Follows the investigation of the murder of a popular high school student/ homecoming queen. This series was very short lived only airing 30 episodes from 1990-1991 because after this series audience found out who murder was many viewers fell off from the show. 
• This show is best categorized as mystery, psychological thriller and dealing with the super natural.

 8. Fringe

• Created by: J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci
• This series follows the FBI as they deal with the supernatural. It has been described by saying this series mimics the X-Files, Altered States & Twilight Zone.
• There is 89 episodes from 2008-present and was nominated for many awards. I got the chance to see an episode from this series and I found that it drew me in very quickly. 

 9. American Horror Story 

• Created by: Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk
• Created just last year in 2011, the first season follows the Harmon family as they unknowingly move into a haunted mansion. The second season taking place this year has all new cast and is taking place in an insane asylum.
• This show seems very promising and is aired on FX. If your looking for a more recent horror television show this is a AWESOME pick!

 10.Doctor Who

• Created by: Sydney Newman, CE Webber & Donald Wilson
• This is a British science fiction program produced by the BBC. This is also a newer series going from 2005 to present, containing a total of 789 episodes.
• This show follows a time lord who is a time traveling, human-like alien known as the doctor.