The scariest night of the year has arrived… but that doesn’t mean you have to spend it leaping off the couch in front of a horror film. If tonight you want something that lets you breathe in the Halloween atmosphere—black outfits, carved pumpkins, and heavy rain—while still granting you peaceful dreams when it’s time to go to bed, you’re in the right place. We’ve selected some TV series that are free of brutal murders and disturbing exorcisms, yet are visually striking and emotionally engaging!
TV Series Perfect for a Halloween for Scaredy-Cats: Here Are the Ones We Recommend
- Wednesday
- What We Do in the Shadows
- Only Murders in the Building
Wednesday
Wednesday Addams enrolls at Nevermore Academy, a school for outcast teenagers endowed with special powers. Here, however, Wednesday will not merely attend lessons: she will forge friendships, fall in love, and above all investigate, uncovering secrets, crimes, and herself. Wednesday is a 2022 TV series — still in production — with Jenna Ortega in the lead as the cynical and expressionless protagonist and Tim Burton at the helm, who, as always, manages to bring Gothic atmosphere to an even greater intensity. Three seasons and sixteen episodes, available on Netflix.
What We Do in the Shadows
Nandor, Laszlo, Nadja and Colin are four centuries-old vampires living together in a suburban New York home, and, forced to adapt to modern life, they find themselves dealing with utility bills and condo meetings. Additionally, a TV crew films them daily, aiming to create a documentary about them. What We Do in the Shadows is a 2019 TV series that aims to wipe away with a single stroke the eerie aura of mystery that has always surrounded the mythical figure of the vampire. Six seasons and 61 episodes you can watch on Disney+, and they’re ideal if tonight you want a few laughs rather than shivers.
Only Murders in the Building
Three residents of a luxurious building located on New York’s Upper West Side share one thing in common: an unabashed passion for true crime podcasts. So, when a corpse is discovered in the building, Charles-Haden Savage, Oliver Putnam, and Mabel Mora decide to investigate and, at the same time, launch an amateur investigative podcast of their own. Only Murders in the Building is a 2021 TV series — still in production — starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, and it’s perfect for those who love suspense, but not the macabre. Five seasons and 50 episodes you can find on Disney+.
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