I love well-written teenage stories. They’re surprisingly difficult to get right.

Too many shows either make teenagers feel unreal or try way too hard to sound like teenagers. The Midnight Club avoids most of those traps, and that’s one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much. It is quirky at times, but cute when it has to be.

Once again, one of my favourite things is the setting.

The entire series revolves around a hospice, and after a few episodes it starts feeling like its own little universe. You know the rooms, the hallways, the common areas… and that house slowly becomes a character in its own right.

And then there’s the elevator to the basement.

I absolutely love that part of the house.

Every time those doors opened, I felt like something was waiting below. It’s such a simple idea, yet it creates so much tension throughout the series.

This isn’t the scariest horror show you’ll ever watch.

It feels like a horror series that wants to be accessible to different age groups, and honestly, It really is a good mix.

There’s OBVIOUSLY one thing:  The story never got the ending it deserved.

Like far too many horror series these days, The Midnight Club was cancelled after its first season, leaving plenty of questions unanswered. That’s genuinely a shame because the foundation was there for something much bigger.

Even knowing that, I’d still recommend watching it.

Season 1 is solid. Season 8 has its moments.

Season 2 is in a completely different league.

One thing I absolutely love in horror is when a story understands the limits of its own universe. Asylum does exactly that.

Almost everything revolves around one place: Briarcliff Manor. After a few episodes, you know every corridor, every room and every familiar face. The asylum becomes its own little world, and that’s exactly what makes everything that happens inside it so unsettling.

I’ve realised that’s something I look for in horror. I love stories that create a contained universe instead of constantly jumping from one location to another.

The religious themes are another huge reason this season works so well for me. Faith, evil, guilt, possession… they’re woven into the story in a way that feels natural rather than forced, giving the horror much more FEELING than simple jump scares.

Ironically, one of the scariest parts of the whole season might be the opening sequence. That intro has become iconic for a reason: it immediately puts you in the right state of mind before the episode even begins.

Somehow it all comes together into one of the strongest horror television seasons I’ve ever watched.

Even years later, when someone asks me about horror series, American Horror Story: Asylum is still one of the very first recommendations that comes to mind.

Here’s my recommendation: watch it alone, at night, with the lights off, on the biggest screen you have, and actually give it your full attention.

It’s the same way I listen to music I really care about. If I want to understand an album: I sit down, put on headphones and listen. Horror works the same way. The atmosphere only does its job if you let it. That’s exactly how I watched Marianne, and I think that’s why it stayed with me.

I wouldn’t say the story is the greatest horror story ever written. That’s not why it’s on this list. It’s here because of the atmosphere.

And because of that old lady. If you’ve seen the series, you already know who I’m talking about.

Those scenes are pure nightmare fuel.

The photography deserves just as much credit. Marianne understands darkness, silence and pacing. It knows when to show something and, more importantly, when not to.

Years later, I don’t remember every plot detail. I swear I don’t. Something about a writer having nightmares and a witchy old scary lady.

I remember the feeling though.

30 Coins hit exactly where I like horror to hit.

Give me religious mysteries, Vatican conspiracies, cursed relics and biblical mythology, and you’ve already got my attention.

Modern horror sometimes feels afraid of looking ridiculous. 30 Coins has the opposite attitude. If it wants to introduce something completely insane, it simply does it. Monsters, miracles, ancient evil… it commits to every idea, and I respect that.

Season 1 is definitely the stronger of the two. The story takes place in a small Spanish village, and that’s one of my favourite things about it. After a few episodes, you feel like you know the place. You know its streets, its church, its people… almost like you’ve learned the borders of this little universe.

I love when films and series do that.

The religious themes are another huge reason this series works for me. 30 Coins doesn’t play it safe. It pushes biblical mythology, Vatican secrets and supernatural ideas much further than most productions would dare.

Season 2 isn’t quite as strong as the first, but it’s still worth watching if you enjoyed the world the series created. Unfortunately, like so many horror shows these days, it was cancelled before getting the third season it deserved.

If I had to describe it in one sentence, I’d call it a correct horror detective show.

Each episode revolves around a new investigation, but unlike many series that advertise themselves as horror and slowly drift into crime drama or mystery, Evil never forgets its supernatural identity. Demons, possessions, miracles, religion… it’s all there, and I absolutely love that.

One thing I have a soft spot for is horror that borrows from real religious beliefs. Whether you’re religious or not doesn’t matter. It simply makes everything feel more believable, and Evil is packed with these references without becoming preachy.

The chemistry between Kristen and David is honestly through the roof. They’re one of those TV duos you immediately root for, and I genuinely look forward to every scene they’re in.

Then there are the villains. They’re just… icky. Sometimes it’s cool when the good is super HOT and the evil is just so easy to hate.

I also have to mention the demon designs. They’re theatrical, practical-looking and weirdly charming. They remind me that horror doesn’t always have to chase realism. Sometimes a creepy costume is far more memorable than perfect CGI.

Now, is this the scariest horror series ever made? Not even close. I’d happily watch it late at night and still go to sleep afterwards.

It’s here because it’s ridiculously entertaining. It has characters I care about, a mythology that keeps pulling me in and enough atmosphere to make me come back every single night.