Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released, 3 to 9 May 2026

3 horror TV shows this week

Themes: Psychological and serial killer horror

Horror TV shows

Table of Contents

The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek

Danish serial killer horror

When a missing woman is found murdered, Mark Hess and Naia Thulin are reunited once more.

Their investigation uncovers a stalker who plays hide and seek with the victims, watching them and taunting them with a nursery rhyme.

Yet again, they must work side by side, but the relationship between the two detectives is more complicated than ever.

Watch on Netflix

Lord of the Flies

Psychological horror

A group of British boys are stuck on an unoccupied tropical island and they gradually slide into anarchy as social conventions disappear and attempts to rule responsibly fail.

Watch on Netflix

The Terror: Devil in Silver

Psychological horror

Wrongfully committed to a psychiatric hospital, a man must survive patients, doctors with dark secrets… and something far more sinister.

Watch on AMC+, Shudder

Published: 9 May 2026