Prison horror series

List of the best jail horror series selected by visitors to our site: The Bite, The Terror, In the Dark, Yellowjackets, Scream Queens, Hemlock Grove, American Horror Story, Preacher, Eye Candy, From.

In the top there are new series of 2023, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryUSA

During an unexpected, deadly second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, two neighbors, Rachel and Lily, navigate life in quarantine. While Rachel juggles her many telemedicine clients as well as a shaky, passionless marriage, Lily is upstairs just trying to convince her Wall Street clientele that her very specific skillset is still just as valuable over video as it was in person.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:37

The crew of a Royal Naval expedition searching for the Arctic's treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, action, comedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration00:40

Murphy is a flawed and irreverent woman who just happens to be blind and is the only “witness” to the murder of her drug-dealing friend, Tyson. When the police dismiss her story, she sets out with her dog, Pretzel, to find the killer while also managing her colorful dating life and the job she hates at Breaking Blind — the guide-dog school owned by her overprotective parents.

Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA

    This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrehorror, comedy, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:04

    The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast. 

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:50

    One cannot quench his all-consuming thirst. The other cannot tame the beast clawing its way out. In the sleepy Pennsylvania village of Hemlock Grove, two young men struggle to accept painful truths: about family, themselves, the mystery of the White Tower - and a terrifying new threat so powerful it will turn them from predators into prey.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    American Horror Story is an anthology horror drama series.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

      A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy child born from an angel and a devil, Jesse gives up everything to set the world straight with its creator.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Tech genius Lindy, convinced by her roommate to begin online dating, begins to suspect that one of her mysterious suitors may be a deadly cyber stalker. When her friends at the elusive cyber-police uncover a potential serial killer in Manhattan, all signs point to one of Lindy’s dates. Teaming up with this band of hackers Lindy works to solve the murders while unleashing her own style of justice on the streets of New York City.

      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama

      Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective
      CountryDenmark, Italy, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands
      Duration04:39

      The Kingdom is the most technologically advanced hospital in Denmark, a gleaming bastion of medical science. A rash of uncanny occurrences, however, begins to weaken the staff's faith in science – a phantom ambulance pulls in every night, but disappears; voices echo in the elevator shaft; and a pregnant doctor's fetus seems to be developing much faster than is natural.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration00:45

      A horror anthology series inspired by “Creepypasta” online tales.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrehorror, action, drama
      CountrySouth Korea

      A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.

      Markimdb: 5.3

      In a sun-soaked Hawaiian town with a mysterious past, a group of friends is left with a dark secret after a tragic accident. One year later, a member of the group receives a threatening message, and the friends now know that someone intends to make them pay for last summer.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA

      A teenage boy and girl get their lives changed forever when a California wildfire awakens a terrifying supernatural creature. As the full moon rises, all teens come together to unravel the secret that connects them.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA

      An episodic anthology that will follow individual characters from the The Walking Dead TV universe, both new and old.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA

      Maggie and Negan travel into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland. The city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:01

      Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada

      Mildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
      CountryUSA

      Pursued by intergalactic bounty hunters, the Critters return to Earth on a secret mission and encounter lovelorn high-schooler Christopher, his crush Dana, his best friend Charlie, and his mom Veronica, whose past will come back to bite them—literally.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, France, Canada
      Duration02:50

      Young Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband Guy move in with a rich couple, who soon take an unusual interest in the Woodhouses' attempts to have a second baby after Rosemary miscarried the first one. Guy soon has unusual success and Rosemary becomes pregnant, but it becomes clear that the two are connected and that the pregnancy may not be all that Rosemary hoped for...

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA

      A tragic event draws a group of troubled people together, bonded by their shared pasts and dirty secrets. However, one by one they are visited by a demonic entity known as the Look-See, which forces them to confront their grief and trauma, or suffer a gruesome fate...

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrehorror, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      Kyle Barnes has been plagued by possession since he was a child. Now an adult, he embarks on a spiritual journey to find answers, but what he uncovers could mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrehorror, comedy
      CountryUSA

      Tim and Eric's dark comedy anthology series.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:42

      Skeptical female clinical psychologist Kristen Benoist joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there’s a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrehorror, drama
      CountryUSA

      History is told by the survivors. Find out what happened in these woods. What happened in the fire. What happened to Minnow Bly.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:43

        Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration00:43

        FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:43

        After a rash of disappearances and a likely murder, an inquisitive, young female production assistant on a wildly popular television show called Cult joins a journalist blogger in investigating the rabid fans of the series who might be re-creating crimes seen on the program, in real life.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA

        Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

        Consumed by the mystery surrounding the donor heart that saved her life, a young patient starts taking on sinister characteristics of the deceased.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
        CountryUSA

        The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:42

        Young Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college after high school graduation, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:51

        Living his best life in post-apocalyptic LA, a slacker strives to find the girl of his dreams while outwitting mindless ghouls and cliquish gangs.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

        Horror stories told from the perspectives of multiple characters whose lives are affected by the Birch, a bloodthirsty monster deep in the woods. Once you summon her protection, you never escape.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
        CountryUSA

        Monster hunters Fred and Deloris Allen tangle with evil ... and family drama with their teenage twins. From the comics by Steve Niles and Damien Worm.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, cartoon
        CountryUSA

        A quest-addicted hero slashes his way across a satirical fantasy universe with melodramatic ferocity, always obeying the letter of the law but never its spirit.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada

        Set in a remote Alaskan town that has been overrun by paranormal forces, the series focuses on local outcast Roman Mercer who must overcome the town’s prejudices and his own personal demons if he’s to harness his repressed psychic powers and save everyone from the mass haunting that’s threatening to destroy them all.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration03:19

        A skeptic is forced to work with a firm believer of the paranormal on unexplained occurrences in Los Angeles.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration03:03

        What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrehorror, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:38

        They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrehorror, adventure, reality TV, game
        CountryUSA

        What happens when you put two complete strangers - sans clothes - in some of the most extreme environments on Earth? Each male-female duo is left with no food, no water, no clothes, and only one survival item each as they attempt to survive on their own.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:17

        A group of students trapped in a high school must fight for survival when predatory mutant freaks take over after a meltdown at the local chemical plant.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
        CountryUSA

        Siberia is an American mockumentary series about a reality television show where 16 contestants must survive in the Siberian territory of Tunguska. The show was filmed in Birds Hill Provincial Park just north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It premiered on NBC on July 1, 2013. The first season was met with generally favorable reviews from critics and viewers, with average viewership per episode coming in around 2.03 million viewers. Metacritic scored the show with a 63 out of 100. The series concluded its first season on September 16, 2013.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:43

          Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration00:43

          Based on Melissa de la Cruz's best-selling novel, "Witches of East End" centers on the adventures of Joanna Beauchamp and her two adult daughters Freya and Ingrid -- both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of witches -- who lead seemingly quiet, uneventful modern day lives in Long Island's secluded seaside town of East Haven. When Freya becomes engaged to a young, wealthy newcomer, a series of events forces Joanna to admit to her daughters they are, in fact, powerful and immortal witches.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrehorror, action, cartoon, anime
          CountryJapan, USA
          Duration00:24

          Saya Kisaragi is an outwardly normal girl who serves as the shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and her surviving friends.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrehorror, documentary
          CountryCanada, USA

          A five-part documentary series exploring the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood’s notoriously “cursed” horror film productIons. From plane accidents and bombings during the making of The Omen, to the rumored use of real human skeletons on the set of Poltergeist, these stories are legendary amongst film fans and filmmakers alike. But where does the truth lie?

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama
          CountryCanada, USA
          Duration01:41

          In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.




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