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Public Copy of Watch Order - Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror TV Shows

Here is the public copy of my spreadsheet of (at the moment) 70 sci-fi, fantasy, and horror tv shows. More information and details below :)

This started when I was watching shows that frequently crossed over (Hercules & Xena or TNG & DS9, for example) and I wanted to make sure I was watching them in order, but after a while it expanded to include pretty much any show I intended to watch. I thought that maybe other people would be interested in doing the same so I made a public copy that others can refer to and/or make their own copies of.

The sheet is mainly organized by original air date, but you can also sort or filter the shows by franchise, genre, rating (as in the US TV Parental Guidelines), number of episodes, episode length, and decade. You can also filter it by whether you've watched it or not, whether its a TV show, mini series, TV movie, or movie related to a TV series, whether or not it is streaming on a service you have, if you own a physical copy of it, or if it is on the Internet Archive or YouTube.

I've also left some notes in column P for shows that I highly recommend or that I think are hidden gems ;)

Note: shows that are on YouTube or the Internet Archive are in the process of being linked for your convenience, and I'll also work on finding Internet Archive links for shows that are streaming in case some folks don't have the necessary streaming services.

While you can always add or remove shows if you make your own copy, if you have suggestions for shows to be added to the public sheet, an idea to optimize it, or a correction, feel free to leave a comment or send me an ask here on this blog :)

Shows currently in the sheet: The Addams Family (60's), The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Angel, Ash vs Evil Dead, The Avengers (60's), Batman (60's), Beasts, Bewitched, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Children of the Stones, The Creep Tapes, The Dark Secret of Harvest Home, Doctor Who (classic era), Eerie Indiana, Escape Into Night, GAMERA -Rebirth-, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Goosebumps (90's), Gosei Sentai Dairanger, Hannibal, Hercules the Legendary Journeys, I Dream of Jeannie, Interview with the Vampire, Kamen Rider (1971-1973), Kolchack: The Night Stalker, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, Land of the Giants, Land of the Lost (70's), Lost in Space (60's), The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, The Owl Service, Penny Dreadful, The Prisoner, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Pushing Daisies, Quatermass and the Pit, Quatermass IV, Red Dwarf, Robin of Sherwood, Rose Red, Roswell (1999-2002), Sailor Moon, Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance, Star Trek (TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, and Voyager), Tales from the Crypt, Tales from the Darkside, The Terror, The Time Tunnel, The Twilight Zone (1959-1964), Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: The Return, Ultra Q, Ultraman (1966-1967), V (V, V: The Final Battle, and V: The Series), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Wild Wild West, Xena Warrior Princess, The X-Files, and Zone Fighter

Shows currently linked and available to watch on the Internet Archive or YouTube: Beasts, Children of the Stones, Escape Into Night, Kolchak: The Night Strangler (TV film), The Owl Service, Quatermass IV, Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance, and Zone Fighter

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ENTRY THE SECOND

Time for a few more of my ghoulish opinions! Today’s theme is folk horror. Most days will probably not have a theme. I’m very tired. 

6) The Dunwich Horror

H.P. Lovecraft: can’t live with him, can’t kill him because he’s been dead since 1937. This is yet another story that I was certain I had already talked about on this blog because I hold it in such high regard. Inspired by Arthur Machen’s “The Great God Pan,” Lovecraft produced this tale of a fucked up Massachusetts family and the unholy terror it unleashes upon the countryside. Main character Wilbur Whateley may have plans for the destruction of human life on Earth but he’s still one of Lovecraft’s most sympathetic characters. Read with caution if you live in or near the woods.

7) The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)

I’ve mentioned this movie before as being more interesting than it is good, but I do think it’s worth watching, especially if you have an interest in the history of folk horror. In the 1700s in England a farmhand accidentally digs up a hairy, bestial skull in a field. Things get weird. Everyone who comes into contact with the remains grows a repulsive patch of black hair somewhere on their body. What happens with those weird growths? Well, you’ll just have to watch the movie and see. I want to issue a serious warning that this movie does not like women, and it especially doesn’t like teenage girls. There is an appropriately scary but still very harrowing rape scene about halfway through that I wouldn’t want anyone to be surprised by. 

8) The Wicker Man (1973)

This is one of those rare movies that is just as good as everyone says it is. It’s perfect from the first frame to the last frame and is all but guaranteed to creep the absolute shit out of you. The most uptight British policeman in history travels to a remote island village to investigate a missing child. He finds more than he expects, to say the least. Featuring Christopher Lee in one of the all time great performances as the magnetic and charming Lord Summerisle. I recommend this more than anything else on today’s list.

9) Beasts – “Baby” (1976)

Short and bizarre! I watched a couple other episodes of this British anthology series and liked them fine, but wasn’t particularly wowed. Such was not the case with “Baby.” A young couple finds a desiccated animal corpse sealed in a jar inside the wall of the old farmhouse they just moved into. Not only that, it turns out that a previous tenant’s attempt to keep cows in the field ended with a series of “contagious abortions.” The wife in this couple is pregnant and has previously had a miscarriage. Naturally, she’s very uneasy about this whole situation. Naturally, her husband is a complete boor with no sympathy for her at all. I came here for the mysterious animal corpse and stayed for the horrifying portrait of a bad marriage. My girlfriend watched with me and remarked that the husband comes across worse than James Sunderland, and that guy’s a murderer!

10) The Borderlands (2013)

DO NOT LOOK UP SPOILERS FOR THIS MOVIE. I cannot stress enough how important it is to not know how this movie ends. The Borderlands—released in the US as Final Prayer—is like Paranormal Activity meets The Exorcist. The Vatican sends a church member and a layman to investigate an alleged miracle at a rural English church. It sure seems like nothing good ever happens in the English countryside, huh? Interestingly, the religious agent is a complete skeptic, and the nonreligious technology expert is ready to believe that a miracle is happening. I don’t want to shock you, dear reader, but it isn’t exactly the hand of God moving things in this church. I’m a sucker for good found footage and this is GOOD. It’s right up there with The Taking of Deborah Logan for last minute reveals that’ll knock you on your ass. 

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Hysteria and Curses in Nigel Kneale's Baby (Beasts, 1976).

Hysteria and Curses in Nigel Kneale’s Baby (Beasts, 1976).

When watching Nigel Kneale’s infinitely weird TV series, Beasts (1976), there’s a great sense of underlying currents behind what appear to be strange amalgamations of the everyday with something of the Other.  Though the links between the episodes are often animalistic, ranging the ghost of a dolphin in Buddyboy to the hoards of rats in During Barty’s Party, the majority of the episodes all, at…

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