Macabre Monday: TV Shows

Welcome to another Macabre Monday, where I share some kind of consumable entertainment with you in the horror genre. Like Sci-Friday, Macabre Monday has taken on a life of its own, with lots of writers making similar recommendations.

Jeff Kinnard approached me with this concept a few weeks back, and we’ve seen it take off since then. If you’re interested in any more recommendations from smart folks who love the horror genre, Jeff’s Note does a nice job of linking to them.

Today, I want to take the opportunity to share a few TV shows that showcase how good the genre has gotten on the small screen ever since I was a kid. Hopefully, in the process, you get an idea of a show or two to check out.

Without further doo-doo, let’s do this.

Tales from the 80s

While there were some forays into horror TV during the 1980s, Tales from the Crypt stands out in my memory as higher quality than most of the field, although Tales from the Dark Side and other anthology horror shows were pretty much the same…