Shows Like Goosebumps: The Vanishing

If you liked Goosebumps: The Vanishing (2025), a action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Walking Dead (2010)
★ 8.1/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
2
The Institute (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasy
When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted…
3
Van Helsing (2016)
★ 7/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasy
Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique…
4
True Blood (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mystery
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain…
5
Helstrom (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and…
6
Black Lightning (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang…
7
The Witcher (2019)
★ 7.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
8
Shadowhunters (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.
9
Lisey's Story (2021)
★ 6/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasy
This terrifying thriller follows widow Lisey Landon as a series of disturbing events revives memories of her marriage to author Scott Landon and the darkness that plagued him.
10
Stranger Things (2016)
★ 8.5/10Also action & adventure and mystery
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
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Teacup (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mystery
A mysterious event traps people on a rural Georgia farm, forcing them to unite against an unknown, deadly force. A young boy named Arlo becomes central to uncovering the truth.
12
The Hunger (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasy
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title…
13
Watchmen (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mystery
Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.
14
Ash vs Evil Dead (2015)
★ 7.8/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Bruce Campbell reprises his role as Ash Williams, an aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who’s spent the last three decades avoiding maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead. But when a Deadite plague…
15
Lovecraft Country (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasy
The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must…
16
Masters of Horror (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasy
An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.
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It (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasy
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight against an ancient shape-shifting alien who poses as a child-killing clown, while also dealing with bullies and abusive parents. Thirty years later, they…
18
FROM (2022)
★ 8.5/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasy
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of…
19
Constantine (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
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The Passage (2019)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
A post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing…