10 Shows Like ‘From’ You Should Watch Next

For the residents of the place known only as “the City,” this feeling of being trapped in their small hometown is literal: once you set foot in this place, you can’t leave it. It’s more than just a metaphor in the sci-fi series From: The town is surrounded by woods inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures, a fact the unfortunate new residents only discover when it is too late to leave.

Although statistically there must be a lot of people who are perfectly content staying where they grew up, this queer boy is not one of them. And I can’t be alone, because there are plenty of other shows about the nightmarish potential of small, seemingly pleasant communities, most featuring characters who are somehow trapped in them, including these 10 notable examples. From is broadcast on MGM+.

Midnight mass (2021)

It may not be the best of Mike Flanagan’s Netflix work, but it’s certainly the most emotionally devastating. Riley Flynn (Zach Gilford) returns to the small, isolated community of Crockett Island, his arrival coinciding with that of Catholic priest Father Paul Hill (Hamish Linklater). Riley grapples with his justified guilt following a driving death he was responsible for, while the charismatic priest reignites the town’s once-waning religious fervor while exacerbating local tensions. The brewing conflict, involving the limits of both faith and guilt, is fascinating, while the intertwined and horrific elements are rather terrifying. Flow Midnight mass on Netflix.

Capricious pines (2015-2016)

Based on a trilogy of novels by Blake Crouch, this series initially stars Matt Dillon as a Secret Service agent investigating the disappearance of two fellow agents in the town of Wayward Pines, Idaho. Things go wrong immediately, and he wakes up from a car accident to find one of the agents (Carla Gugino), who is also his ex, settled in this seemingly idyllic community – and 12 years older than the last time he saw her a few weeks earlier. Most dramatically, the local sheriff (Terrence Howard) enforces a strict “no one ever leaves” policy, or risk having his neck slit – with the fear of being stuck in a small town being both a common theme and, apparently, an American nightmare. The mysteries pile up from there. Flow Capricious pines on Hulu.

Dark (2017 – 2020)

Dark began as a mystery involving a missing child and evolved, over its three seasons, into a highly complex time travel tale exploring dark family secrets over the course of several generations. The German import has a striking look and an incredibly atmospheric feel, with an ensemble cast of teens and adults whose narratives are skillfully intertwined. It turns out that small German towns might harbor just as many horrors as those in the United States. Flow Dark on Netflix.

The “suburbs” (2026 – )

In no case a tonal match for FromThis fun, very loose adaptation of Tom Hanks’ 1989 film sees Keke Palmer’s Samira and Jack Whitehall’s Rob returning to his incredibly safe and tidy hometown. Their house sits across the street from a dilapidated Victorian eyesore that may or may not have been the site of a murder a few decades before – the murder of a young girl who made the mistake of trying to run away. As Samira adjusts to new motherhood and life in a bind, she learns that even the kindest of her neighbors (played by Julia Duffy, Paula Pell, Mark Proksch and Kapil Talwalkar) have secrets and comes to suspect that her husband knows more about the missing girl than he is letting on. Flow The “suburbs” on Peacock.

Twin Peaks (1990-1991, 2017)

With all due respect to all the other “Small Towns Are Weird” shows, I’m not sure there’s a better example of the form than this piece of groundbreaking weirdness from David Lynch and Mark Frost, in which teenagers and adults in the deceptively sedate Twin Peaks face tragedy accompanied by supernatural threats from outside our normal space and time. I think? The mysteries here aren’t really meant to be solved, but rather to be pondered with an eye toward nebulous existential dread (and if that’s not your idea of ​​fun, I’m not sure what you’re doing here). Kyle MacLachlan stars as FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, who arrives in the title city to investigate the murder of teenage prom queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), precipitating a (very) long night of the soul as Cooper uncovers secrets and mysteries among the town’s strange and delightfully strange, and often disturbing, inhabitants. Flow Twin Peaks on Paramount+.

Castle Rock (2018 – 2019)

Canceled after two (rather excellent) seasons, Castle Rock was a victim of its commercialization. The series was billed as a dive into a sort of connected Stephen King universe, promising Easter eggs without suggesting much in the way of storytelling. And yet! There are real stories here, with real dramatic force: Season one’s “The Queen,” told from the unstable point of view of a character (played by Sissy Spacek) with worsening dementia, was one of the best and most existentially horrifying things on television that year. The second season introduces young Annie Wilkes (Lizzy Caplan), the Kathy Bates character we know. Misery. The cast for both seasons is excellent and includes Bill Skarsgård, a creepy character not named Pennywise. There’s a lot for King fans to enjoy as we delve into Stephen King’s story of Another Town, but it all works pretty well on its own. Flow Castle Rock on Hulu.

Haven (2010-2015)

Some Stephen King situations here, which seems only fair given how easily the writer places the most horrific events imaginable in the most seemingly innocuous places. Based on King’s short story “The Colorado Kid”, this X-Files-esque procedural has the “weird stuff in a small town” vibe. Emily Rose plays Audrey Parker, an FBI special agent sent to the title town of Haven, Maine, for a routine case. Soon, she finds herself drawn into “the Troubles,” a series of nefarious supernatural events that have repeated throughout the city’s history and, not coincidentally, they are happening again. A supernatural format of the week gives way to a bigger mystery when Audrey learns it’s not her first time at Haven. Flow Haven on Peacock And Main video.

This: Welcome to Derry (2025 – )

One more from King, who is not only good at setting small-town horror, but also at conveying the unique trauma of being a child stuck in a small town. Set in the 1960s, this He prequel delves into the story of Derry and Pennywise the Clown through the eyes of children who met him during his previous visit to the city. By the end of the first episode, it’s clear that even the sweetest kids aren’t safe, and this is a series that, if nothing else, will be challenging – and that’s before Bill Skarsgård’s memorably creepy Pennywise even shows up, and before we dig deeper into the secrets and lies of Derry’s adults. Flow This: Welcome to Derry on HBO Max.

Income (2012-2015)

A slow-burning French mystery, Income finds the dead coming back to life in a small French town: a teenage victim of a bus accident; a child killed by burglars; a groom who committed suicide on his wedding day; a serial killer. The arrival of these people—they’re literally zombies, but the show deviates from the usual tropes—complicates their families’ lives enormously, even as strange phenomena accompany them, including the revelation of a lost city beneath the local lake. Audiences were divided on the ambitious second season, but the first was a masterpiece. Flow Income on Prime Video and Tubi.

Hemlock Grove (2013-2015)

One of the first episodes of the Netflix original series, this supernatural thriller takes us to the title town in Pennsylvania, where economic realities have closed the steel mill and left residents with few options other than the two remaining employers, the Godfrey Institute for Biomedical Technologies and Hemlock Acres Hospital. Take your pick, but do so knowing that Olivia Godfrey (Famke Janssen), director of the Godfrey Institute, would conduct all sorts of strange experiments. When two teenage girls are murdered, a 17-year-old Roma boy, believed to be a werewolf, is the main suspect. And even if he East a werewolf doesn’t make him a murderer. To rent out Hemlock Grove from Prime Video.

Teacup (2024)

Given his place in the pantheon of horror novels, it’s a bit surprising that Robert McCammon’s novels haven’t been adapted more than once (although there is at least one more in development). Teacup takes the limited localization of From and narrows it even further: here, the characters are limited not by a city from which they cannot escape, but by the borders of their rural ranch in Georgia. Leaving will get you killed, and even just trying to leave risks injury. Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman lead the cast of mysteriously trapped characters, and although the series was canceled after just one season, it builds to an effective and mercilessly brutal conclusion. Flow Teacup on Peacock.