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Shows that feel likeSwamp Thing (2019)

CDC researcher Abby Arcane investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but she soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.

If you loved Swamp Thing, the closest series we have are Locke & Key (2020), Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022) and Sleepy Hollow (2013). All three share Swamp Thing's twisty and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

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

★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · DC Universecreated by Mark Verheidentwistycerebraldreamlikecontemplative
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Hulu

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If Swamp Thing hit the spot, these will too

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

Twisty where it counts, cerebral underneath

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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★ 7drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Both are working the same pair: halloween, horror

Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.

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Sleepy Hollow
2013–2017 · 4 seasons · FOX
★ 7.3drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: halloween

Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.

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

The same preoccupation in both: horror

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Swamp Thing does

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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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018–2020 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.4mystery · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Dreamlike and contemplative in the same breath

Magic and mischief collide as half-human, half-witch Sabrina navigates between two worlds: mortal teen life and her family's legacy, the Church of Night.

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The Strain
2014–2017 · 4 seasons · FX
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryHulu

Mystery built on twists, twice over

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

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

Both lean on ideas more than on sci-fi & fantasy

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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Ragnarok
2020–2023 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryNetflix

Drama with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for another Ragnarök -- unless someone intervenes in time.

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Lovecraft Country
2020 · 1 season · HBO
★ 7.1drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyMax

Contemplative mystery in both cases

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.

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Devs
2020 · 1 season · Hulu
★ 7.6sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryHulu

Twisty sci-fi & fantasy, and it commits to that

Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.

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The Order
2019–2020 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.7drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Drama with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Out to avenge his mother's death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.

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

Mystery built on dream logic, twice over

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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