12 TV series about creepy and charismatic demons

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Charming Lucifer and Crowley, dark occult horrors and adventures of fighters against evil spirits await you.

1. Charmed

• USA, 1998-2006.
• Fantasy, drama, detective.
• Duration: 8 seasons.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

Sisters Prue, Piper and Phoebe return to the family mansion in San Francisco. One of them finds an old book that awakens magical powers in the heroines. The girls learn that they are witches and now must defend the world, fighting against dark demonic forces. But in parallel, they still have to solve the most common problems.

The legendary series of the late 90s achieved phenomenal success due to the fact that the creators were able to successfully combine esotericism, mysticism, love, questions of self-acceptance, family values and the struggle between good and evil. The adventures of the Halliwell sisters are also reflected in the pages of fiction books and comics.

And in 2018, the story was restarted in a more politically correct way, but made it an order of magnitude darker. The new version failed shamefully: nothing new was offered in the remake.

2. Supernatural

• USA, 2005-2019.
• Detective, fantasy, horror.
• Duration: 15 seasons.
• IMDb: 8, 4.

Brothers Sam and Dean Winchesters travel across America in search of their father John, who disappeared without a trace during another hunt. Along the way, they fight with evil spirits and try to solve the mystery of the death of their mother, who died under very mystical circumstances.

For 15 seasons of the series, viewers were shown a variety of demons. These entities are powerful and powerful, they possess the skills of telekinesis and adore tormenting people. But the main characters know many ways to disarm and kill the monster. Or, at worst, drive him back to hell.

3. Demons

• UK, 2009.
• Fantasy, thriller, drama.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 6, 0.

Luke Rutherford learns that he is the great-grandson of the legendary evil hunter Abraham Van Helsing. Now the young man has to learn how to exterminate demons under the guidance of his godfather Rupert Galvin.

The series is close in spirit to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and is designed for teenagers. Watching it is absolutely not scary, even despite the variety of demons. Some of them appear in the deceptive guise of angels, while others sport a rather non-standard appearance.

4. Grimm

• USA, 2011-2017.
• Fantasy, horror, detective, drama.
• Duration: 6 seasons.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

Detective Nick Burkhardt learns that comes from the ancient family of Grimm - hereditary fighters against evil spirits. From now on, Nick has to lead a double life in the world of fantastic creatures and people.

The show's quirky bestiary isn't just limited to fabulous creatures. In the second season, the heroes will have to meet an unusual fire demon living in a volcano. It is a very powerful and dangerous creature, completely composed of lava, and it is almost impossible to defeat it without cunning.

5. Sleepy Hollow

• USA, 2013-2017.
• Adventure, drama, fantasy.
• Duration: 4 seasons.
• IMDb: 7, 4.

Civil War veteran Ichabod Crane is badly wounded on the battlefield. 200 years later, the hero miraculously comes to life in our days in an American city called Sleepy Hollow. To confront the terrible Headless Horseman and save innocent people, Ichabod needs to team up with the local police lieutenant Abigail Mills. And the hero, in parallel, gets used to the realities of another century.

From the original source - Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - only a few names remain in the series. The rest was changed beyond recognition. For example, in the television version, the main antagonist is Death itself, one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. But the creators do not stop there and throw more and more dangerous enemies to their heroes.

6. Scary tales

• USA, Ireland, UK, 2014-2016.
• Horror, fantasy, drama.
• Duration: 3 seasons.
• IMDb: 8, 2.

To save his daughter, the famous traveler Lord Malcolm Murray assembles an eccentric team, which includes the clairvoyant Vanessa Ives, the skillful shooter Ethan Chandler and the genius physician Victor Frankenstein.

This series is definitely for you if you like Eva Green and nightmarish tales about demons, thugs and monsters. But everyone else will be pleasantly surprised by the original character stories and stunning visual style.

7. Lucifer

• USA, 2015 - present.
• Fantasy, drama, crime.
• Duration: 5 seasons.
• IMDb: 8, 2.

The eccentric lord of the underworld, Lucifer, is tired of being bored on the throne, so he goes to modern Los Angeles and opens a nightclub. Everything is going remarkably smoothly until a dead girl is found on the doorstep of the establishment.

Charismatic and sarcastic, Lucifer first appeared in DC comics in 1989 as a minor character. In the television version, he was played by Tom Ellis, who fit the role perfectly not only because of his external data, but also because of his seductive British accent.

8. Shadowhunters

• USA, 2016-2019.
• Action, drama, fantasy.
• Duration: 3 seasons.
• IMDb: 6, 6.

An unremarkable girl, Clary Fray, learns that she is one of the "Shadowhunters" - special people with magical abilities. Now, together with her new and old friends, the heroine must find her mother, kidnapped by the henchmen of the villain Valentine.

The book series "The Mortal Instruments" by the writer Cassandra Clare has already tried to film, but not entirely successfully. The television project "Shadowhunters" also turned out to be imperfect. However, fans note that with the transition of the series to the Netflix platform, the script has become more interesting, and the acting is more convincing. True, this still did not save the Hunters from closing after the third season.

9. The ghosts of the house on the hill

• USA, 2018 - present.
• Drama, horror.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 8, 7.

The Crane family with five children moves into a huge old mansion that stands on the outskirts. From the very first night, it turns out that the place contains many frightening secrets. And the horror is growing every day.

Thanks to its unusual structure, the series based on the book of the same name by Shirley Jackson will definitely appeal to those who love complex and intricate stories. It is not monsters and monsters that come to the fore, but a dark and tense atmosphere.

10. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

• USA, 2018 - present.
• Fantasy drama, detective, horror.
• Duration: 2 seasons.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

After the death of her parents, the young witch Sabrina lives with her aunts. The girl is preparing to celebrate her sixteenth birthday with her friends, but then it turns out that she must give up her ordinary life and devote herself to serving evil forces. True, the closer the date, the more Sabrina doubts that this is a good idea.

The talented screenwriter Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who launched the popular TV series Riverdale a few years ago, took on the new Sabrina. As a result, the remake turned out to be a solid story of growing up in a dark horror setting.

11. Good signs

• UK, USA, 2019.
• Comedy, fantasy.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 8, 1.

Angel Aziraphale and demon Crowley have been friends for several thousand years. They learn that an apocalypse will happen on the planet, but they are so accustomed to earthly comforts that they want to keep people alive by cunning.

One of the authors of the original novel, Neil Gaiman, was responsible for the teleadaptation, so the plot of the book was transferred to the screen with extreme care. And David Tennant in the role of the demon and Michael Sheen in the guise of an angel perfectly coped with their task. The result is an excellent fairy tale filled with good English humor.

12. Evil

• USA, 2019 - present.
• Drama, horror, crime.
• Duration: 1 season.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins future priest David Acosta and tech expert Ben Shakir to investigate strange and supernatural phenomena.

At first glance, it might seem that the project invented by the creators of The Good Wife is a routine procedural drama. However, not all so simple. Some of what is happening on the screen has a rational explanation, but “Evil” does not give the final answer whether demons and otherworldly forces actually exist.