Only loosely linked to the feature films, so don't expect to see Jason making appearances. The owners of an antique shop they inherited from their uncle set about trying to retrieve items cursed by his dealings with the Devil. Unrealised plans had it that the last item to be retrieved in the final episode would be Jason's hockey mask.
A man is drawn into the world of London Below when he helps an injured woman. He is pursued by a couple of evil killer types and ends up trying solve the mystery of the murder of the woman's family. Superb miniseries scripted by author Neil Gaiman who fleshed the story out in a novel of the same name a couple of years later.
Poltergeist - The Legacy 88 episodes (1996-99) 60m
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Fascinating series that has little in common with the feature films on which it is ostensibly based. The Legacy is a secret society sworn to protect the innocent from those creatures that inhabit the shadows and the night. As such the heroes regularly find themselves confronting ghosts, zombies, vampires and other such ghoulies.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 144 episodes (1997-2003) 60m
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Immensely popular series created by Joss Whedon, who utilises his creative control to make up for the disappointment of the 1992 cinematic release. Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is the Chosen One who is earmarked to take on the world's vampires, demons and other generally dark characters. Followed by successful spin-off Angel.
Angel 110 episodes (1999-2004) 60m
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Popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off where the vampire with a soul moves to LA (the City of Angels!) to seek redemption. While Angel himself is sold on the idea of saving rather than killing innocents, his backers aren't so sure. Well-written and a terrific cast, the show maintained the lofty standards of its lauded predecessor.
The Dead Zone 80 episodes (2002-2007) 60m
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Based on the Stephen King novel, small-town high school science teacher Johnny Smith seemingly has it all. But when a car crash leaves him in a coma for six years he wakes to find his past life has irreversibly changed. To top things off, he has also acquired some amazing psychic powers. Solid outing that has its fans.
Kingdom Hospital 13 episodes (2004) 60m
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As Stephen King put it, this show is a "novelisation for television". Not all is as it seems in a hospital built on the site of a Civil War-era mill. Many child labourers employed at the mill lost their lives in a horrific fire. Now a somewhat dysfunctional staff get caught in between science and spirituality with interesting results.
Supernatural In production (2005-present) 60m
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Sam and Dean Winchester travel across America knocking off all manner of demons whenever the opportunity arises. As the show has progressed new premise twists have been added, the latest being Dean's possession and seemingly unalterable path to Hell. The show's main attraction are its two stars - Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki - who are a perfect fit on screen.
