The Tommyknockers

Series Similar to The Tommyknockers

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

1. Kingdom Hospital

   2004 · Horror, Thriller, Medical · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Thriller profile, also on ABC.

   Kingdom Hospital is the haunting new 15-hour drama series developed directly for television by the award-winning, best-selling master of horror. Using Lars Von Trier's Danish miniseries "Riget" (a.k.a. "The Kingdom") as a point of inspiration, King tells the terrifying story of The Kingdom, a hospital with a bizarre population that includes a nearly blind security guard, a nurse who regularly faints at the sight of blood and a paraplegic artist whose recovery is a step beyond miraculous. When patients and staff hear the tortured voice of a little girl crying through the halls, they are dismissive of any suggestion of mysticism of unseen powers ... but at their own peril.

2. Tremors

   2003 · Action, Horror, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem.

   In this sequel to the theatrical and direct-to-video movies, the desert town of Perfection, Nevada, is under government protection because of the endangered species known as Graboids: large earth-burrowing worm-like creatures. Most of the residents of Perfection have refused to move, and now they have to cope with the Graboids and their variations, government agents, real-estate developers, other experiments from the same scientists who created the Graboids, and more.

3. Wayward Pines

   2015 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

   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.

4. Freakish

   2016 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Thriller profile, hidden gem.

   Freakish centers on a group of students at a small-town high school who must fight for survival when predatory mutant freaks take over after a meltdown at the local chemical plant. During Saturday detention, bells ring signaling a containment drill and evacuation - not out of the ordinary for a town with a large chemical plant. The 20 students and the basketball coach retreat to the school fallout shelter for the duration of the drill. Only it's not a drill... When the sirens stop and they return to the school lobby, they find their town has been decimated by an explosion. They see no signs of life outside their high school's front doors. More frightening, those who were not in the bunker appear to be infected...

5. Bates Motel

   2013 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · ended

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

   Bates Motel is a contemporary prequel to the genre-defining film Psycho, and gives viewers an intimate portrayal of how Norman Bates' psyche unravels through his teenage years.Following the tragic death of her husband, Norma Bates buys a motel on the outskirts of the idyllic coastal town of White Pine Bay, seeking a fresh start. As Norma and Norman get ensconced in their new home, they discover this town isn't quite what it seems, and the locals aren't so quick to let them in on their secrets. But the Bates' are done being pushed around and will do whatever it takes to survive - and will do whatever it takes to protect their own secrets.

6. The Langoliers

   1995 · Horror, Science-Fiction, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Science-Fiction profile, also on ABC.

   On a red eye flight to Boston from LA 10 people wake up to a shock. All the other passengers and crew have vanished but all sorts of personal possessions remain. When they try to contact the ground they make no connections. They land the plane only to discover that things haven't changed. But its like the world is dead.

7. Requiem

   2018 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   What if your parent died and you suddenly discovered that everything they'd said about themselves, and about you, was untrue? Requiem is part psychological thriller - the story of a young woman, who, in the wake of her mother's death, sets out to learn the truth about herself, even to the point of unravelling her own identity. But it is also a subtle tale of the supernatural that avoids giving easy answers, playing instead on uncertainty, mystery and ambiguity.

8. The Passage

   2019 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Horror / Thriller profile, hidden gem.

   The Passage focuses on Project NOAH, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. When a young girl is chosen to be a test subject, a federal agent is tasked with bringing her in, but ultimately, becomes her surrogate father, determined to protect her at any cost - even as Project Noah's work threatens to unleash an unimaginable apocalypse.

9. Alien: Earth

   2025 · Horror, Science-Fiction, Thriller · returning

   Recommended for similar Horror / Science-Fiction profile.

   When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.

10. Stranger Things

    2016 · Drama, Horror, Science-Fiction · ended

    Recommended for similar Horror / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.4).

    When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl.