7. Stranger Things
Stranger Things is a US sci-fi mystery series that has been available on Netflix since 2016. The plot takes place in 1983 and revolves around Will, who mysteriously disappears one day. His friends Mike, Dustin, and Lucas set out to find him and meet a girl named Eleven, who has special abilities. Together they unveil the dark secret of their hometown.
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Stranger Things skillfully mixes horror elements with coming-of-age in a captivating mystery story. Many viewers also appreciate the charming 80s setting, which is punctuated by numerous references to the pop culture of that time.
8. Locke & Key
Locke & Key is a US mystery series that has been running on Netflix since February 2020 and consists of three seasons. It is based on the comic series of the same name by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez.
The series is about siblings Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke, who move from Seattle to Key House, the ancestral home of the Locke family, in Massachusetts after their father’s murder. There they encounter magical keys that grant them special abilities and can open doors to other worlds.
In Key House, Bode meets a woman named Dodge, who is after the keys and threatens the children to get them.
9. Black Mirror
Black Mirror is a British anthology series by Charlie Brooker that has been available on Netflix since 2011. The series takes a critical look at the future and shows in some episodes chillingly realistic portrayals of the darker sides of technology. Each episode tells a standalone story, but some episodes refer to events or objects from other episodes.
An example of this is the episode “Nosedive” from the third season of Black Mirror, which depicts a world where a person’s social status depends on the likes and ratings of other users.
With our colleagues from Moviepilot, you can find an overview of the best and worst episodes of Black Mirror.
10. Ratched
Ratched is a US thriller series from 2020 that tells the backstory of the fictional character Mildred Ratched from the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey.
In 1947, the ruthless Mildred Ratched secures a position as a nurse in a leading psychiatric hospital in Northern California. She pretends to be interested in the treatment methods of the clinic, but she actually has something completely different planned, because: someone closely related to her is housed in Lucia State Hospital.
What do you think of the mentioned series? Do you have any other recommendations for Halloween? Feel free to write them in the comments.
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