Dead Boy Detectives

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If you enjoyed Dead Boy Detectives, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

   2018 · Horror, Romance, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Supernatural profile, also on Netflix.

   Chilling Adventures of Sabrina reimagines the origin & adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age story that traffics in horror, the occult and, of course, witchcraft. This adaptation finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature —half-witch, half-mortal — while standing against the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit.

2. The Haunting of Hill House

   2018 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.3), also on Netflix.

   The Haunting of Hill House is a modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson's classic 1959 novel. Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.

3. The Exorcist

   2016 · Drama, Horror, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Supernatural profile, highly rated (8).

   The Exorcist is a propulsive psychological thriller following two very different priests tackling one family's case of horrifying demonic possession. Father Tomas Ortega is the new face of the Catholic Church: progressive, ambitious and compassionate. He runs a small, but loyal, parish in the suburbs of Chicago. He has no idea that his quiet life is about to change forever. Deep in the slums of Mexico City, another priest has found himself locked in a life-and-death struggle with evil. Father Marcus Keane is a modern-day Templar Knight, an orphan raised since childhood by the Vatican to wage war against its enemies. Father Marcus is everything Father Tomas is not: relentless, abrasive and utterly consumed by his mission - and he constantly butts heads with his adversary within the church, Father Bennett.

4. The Haunting of Bly Manor

   2020 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Mystery profile, also on Netflix.

   From the creator of "The Haunting of Hill House" comes a gothic romance ghost story based on the stories of Henry James.

5. Archive 81

   2022 · Drama, Horror, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Supernatural profile, also on Netflix.

   When archivist Dan Turner takes a mysterious job restoring a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994, he finds himself reconstructing the work of documentary filmmaker Melody Pendras and her investigation into a dangerous cult. As Dan is drawn into Melody's story, he becomes convinced he can save her from the terrifying end she met 25 years ago.

6. Penny Dreadful

   2014 · Horror, Thriller, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Supernatural profile, highly rated (8.2).

   Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. They are joined by a core of original characters in a complex, frightening new narrative. Penny Dreadful is a psychological thriller filled with dark mystery and suspense, where personal demons from the past can be stronger than vampires, evil spirits and immortal beasts.

7. The Irregulars

   2021 · Drama, Crime, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Supernatural profile, also on Netflix.

   Set in Victorian London, the series follows a gang of troubled street teens who are manipulated into solving crimes for the sinister Doctor Watson and his mysterious business partner, the elusive Sherlock Holmes. As the crimes take on a horrifying supernatural edge and a dark power emerges, it'll be up to the Irregulars to come together to save not only London but the entire world.

8. Midnight, Texas

   2017 · Drama, Mystery, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Mystery / Supernatural profile.

   Welcome to a place where being normal is really quite strange, Midnight, Texas. From Niels Arden Oplev, the visionary director of "Mr. Robot", and based on the hit book series from author Charlaine Harris ("True Blood"), comes a journey into a remote Texas town where no one is who they seem. From vampires and witches to psychics and hit men, Midnight is a mysterious safe haven for those who are different. As the town members fight off outside pressures from rowdy biker gangs, ever-suspicious cops and their own dangerous pasts, they band together and form a strong and unlikely family.

9. Wednesday

   2022 · Comedy, Mystery, Supernatural · returning

   Recommended for similar Mystery / Supernatural profile, also on Netflix.

   Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates a murder spree while making new friends — and foes — at Nevermore Academy.

10. The Boroughs

    2026 · Horror, Science-Fiction, Supernatural · ended

    Recommended for similar Horror / Supernatural profile, also on Netflix.

    In a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have... time.