Ah, October. Month of mists and mellow fruitfulness; close-bosom friend of the slutty Halloween costume. As Poundland stocks up on plastic pumpkins and fishnets, our TV screens turn more gruesome to match. Yes, we’re officially into seasonal programming – a strategy that persists despite the serious changes to viewing habits we’ve seen over the last five years (if we learned anything from Stranger Things, it’s that millions of people will spend their summers indoors watching a small town in mid-winter under siege from supernatural forces, as long as the show is actually good).
A big trend for recent years has been the youth horror show – with its roots in series such as Buffy and Angel, there’s been a big uptick in the genre: from America’s Scream Queens and American Horror Story to BBC’s Being Human, The Fades and In the Flesh.
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