Worst Horror TV Shows of All Time

Some TV shows in the horror genre revolutionize the way we see fear, human nature, and the monsters that come in our society's psyche. These shows, which might include gems like The Twilight Zone or Are You Afraid of the Dark? are must-see horror series that really never get old.

Then, there are these shows...

When you look at the worst horror TV shows of all time, it's not too hard to see why many people deride the horror genre for being hokey, campy, poorly acted, and more. Today, we're going to show you the worst example of horror TV shows ever made — and why they give horror a bad name.

According to television critics, one of the worst horror TV shows of all time was Ghost Whisperer — a show totally based on the idea that a woman could talk to ghosts. Sounds good, right? In theory, yes.

What killed this show's clout is its writing. The entire show was famous for being heavily sentimental and emotional, and while viewers may disagree, critics called it overly sappy.

One critic said:

"At times during 'Ghost Whisperer,' the sentiment is so thick you might want to go away from the light — the light from the TV set, that is." — Boston Globe

One of the worst horror TV shows of all time, in my opinion had to be Vampire Diaries. It's basically a watered-down version of Twilight, which already sucked to begin with.

Bring on the teen angst, bring on the terrible dialogue, and bring on every stupid-ass cliché to ever be featured in a crappy-ass show about sexy vampires. If you have all those ingredients, you have a good representation of Vampire Diaries.

It's hard to make one of the worst horror TV shows of all time with a basis involving post-apocalyptic hellscapes, but somehow, 10.5 Apocalypse managed to do it. This post-apocalyptic nightmare show was supposed to strike fear into peoples' hearts.

However, they really went into overkill mode when it came to the number of tragedies that happened to the group. As a result, it turned into a depressingly funny disaster of a horror show that ended up getting forgotten immediately after it aired.

Category 7: The End of the World has regularly been called one of the worst horror TV shows of all time by critics — and we can totally see why, too. The plot involves a FEMA scientist and two storm chasers chasing tornadoes because they could threaten the world.

The storm they're chasing is a Category 7 megastorm. That's it. It's a horror show about a storm. Yes, nature is scary, but between the bad acting and the ridiculous concept, there's no way to salvage this turd if we tried.

Midnight, Texas was a fairly recent series that was marketed to teenagers who were looking for a scary story. It was expensive to make, featured insanely over-the-top writing, boasted loads of jump scares, had major CGI effects, and really enthusiastic actors.

The problem, if you're wondering, is that it was overkill. It was trying so hard that it no longer was scary — and started to be a terrible horror movie trop. As a result, Midnight, Texas turned into one of the worst horror TV shows of all time.

Needless to say, if horror is taking over again, it's no thanks to this show.