Each self-contained story explores humanity's deepest fears and follies with a chilling and surreal twist.
Suspenseful and darkly comic. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+, Fandango at Home (free) and Pluto TV (free).
It stays inside its TV-PG, with mild language and a few tense moments.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated TV-PG.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
Severance (2022)Suspenseful · late-night trip · emotionally heavy · measuredOffice workers with surgically split memories uncover a surreal corporate conspiracy with bleak, suspenseful consequences.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA half-witch teenager balances mortal high school and dark magic, navigating a world of chilling, whimsical, and darkly-comic suspense.
Black Mirror (2011)Dark satire · bleak · full attention · strong violenceEach standalone story explores the chilling, darkly comedic consequences of technology on human society.
WandaVision (2021)Wholesome humor · whimsical · full attention · emotionally devastatingIdealized suburban lives unravel as two super-powered beings confront a whimsical, melancholic, and surreal mystery.
FROM (2022)Properly scary · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyTrapped residents in a nightmarish town fight for normalcy and survival against terrifying nocturnal forest creatures.
American Horror Story (2011)Properly scary · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyEach season delivers a new chilling tale, from haunted houses to witch covens, all with a gritty, campy suspense.
The Originals (2013)Dark satire · gritty · full attention · brutal violenceMillennia-old vampires reclaim their city with darkly comic vengeance in this gritty, suspenseful, epic drama.
Grimm (2011)Gritty · full attention · strong violence · measuredA Portland detective’s grim lineage pulls him into a darkly comic and pulpy world of supernatural crime.The Twilight Zone is on our Weird and surreal, Tweens (10 to 12), Time travel, Space and AI and robots lists.
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