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Shows that feel likeIT: Welcome to Derry (2025–)

In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several townspeople to work together to restore peace – all while a U.S. military operation seeks to exploit Derry for its own objectives.

If you loved IT: Welcome to Derry, the closest series we have are The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) and Midnight Mass (2021). All three share IT: Welcome to Derry's contemplative and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Lanterns (2026).

★ 7.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗2 seasons · HBOcreated by Andy Muschietticontemplativetwisty
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video
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If IT: Welcome to Derry hit the spot, these will too

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The Haunting of Bly Manor
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.4mystery · dramaNetflix

Slow-building dread where the horror is braided into grief and love

The difference: A gothic romance at heart — it wants to make you cry, not scream

After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling tale.

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The Fall of the House of Usher
2023 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.9mystery · dramaNetflix

Sins coming due one by one under a creeping supernatural ledger

The difference: Baroque and blackly funny — satire sharpens the scares

To secure their fortune — and future — two ruthless siblings build a family dynasty that begins to crumble when their heirs mysteriously die, one by one.

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Midnight Mass
2021 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.7mystery · dramaNetflix

Contemplative and twisty in the same breath

The arrival of a charismatic young priest brings glorious miracles, ominous mysteries and renewed religious fervor to a dying town desperate to believe.

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Kingdom
2019–2020 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.3drama · mysteryNetflix

Period horror where the danger spreads while the powerful look away

The difference: A political zombie epic — sword fights, not small-town secrets

In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.

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Bates Motel
2013–2017 · 5 seasons · A&E
★ 8.1drama · crime · mysteryPrime Video

A prequel that makes known horrors scarier by showing how they grew

The difference: Human psychosis, not ancient evil — the monster is a boy

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

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One of Us Is Lying
2021–2022 · 2 seasons · Peacock
★ 6.9drama · mysteryPeacock

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The story of what happens when five high schoolers walk into detention and only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.

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The Watcher
2022– · 1 season · Netflix
★ 6.5drama · mysteryNetflix

A dream home curdling into paranoia one unsettling detail at a time

The difference: True-crime unease with no payoff — famously unresolved

Ominous letters. Strange neighbors. Sinister threats. A family moves into their suburban dream home, only to discover they've inherited a nightmare.

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The Boarding School: Las Cumbres
2021–2023 · 3 seasons · Prime Video
★ 6.5drama · mysteryPrime Video

Isolated young misfits against an institution keeping sinister secrets

The difference: Spanish teen-thriller pulp — thinner atmosphere, soapier twists

In an inaccessible place between the mountains and isolated from the world, a school is located next to an old monastery. The students are rebellious and problematic young people who live under the strict and severe discipline imposed by the center to reintegrate them into society. The surrounding forest is home to ancient legends, threats that are still valid and that will immerse them in terrifying adventures.

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Wayward Pines
2015–2016 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.3drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

A picture-perfect town whose smiling surface hides something monstrous

The difference: Sci-fi twist machinery — mystery-box answers over lingering dread

Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.

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The Outsider
2020 · 1 season · HBO
★ 7.6drama · mystery · crimeMax

A grounded murder investigation slowly bending toward the impossible

The difference: Procedural and adult — no kids'-eye view of the evil

When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.

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Locke & Key
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryNetflix

Kids probing their town's supernatural underside ahead of the adults

The difference: Adventure-forward and softened — the frights stay YA-safe

After their dad's murder, three siblings move with their mom to his ancestral estate, where they discover magical keys that unlock powers — and secrets.

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Lanterns
2026– · 1 season · HBO
★ 7.8drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: small town life

The difference: Sits closer to sci-fi & fantasy than IT: Welcome to Derry does

Two intergalactic cops, new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, are drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

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