25 Best TV Shows About Demons You Need to Watch
Demons and demonic possession were always intriguing for humankind, so it comes as no surprise that so many movies and shows about demons were made. In this article, we are bringing you the latter, and that would be the best TV shows about demons you can watch right now.
In some of the shows on our list, demons are just smaller parts of the shows, while in some others, demons are even the main characters. So, whichever show you choose from our list, you can’t go wrong if you are looking for shows about demons. Check them out below and choose your next watch.
Angel (1999–2004)
Angelus or Angel is a vampire whose human soul is returned by the gypsies as a punishment for killing one of them. After almost a century of killing and torturing innocents, Angel’s returned soul is torn by guilt and remorse. In order to redeem himself, Angel works as a private detective in Los Angeles, where he and his associates help the desperate, restoring faith and saving the souls of those who have lost their way.
This includes battles with demons, sometimes even angels, and people on the side of demons, primarily associated with the demonic law firm Wolfram&Hart. But Angel must also do battle with his own demonic nature.
Lucifer (2016–2021)
Lucifer is unhappy because he is tired of being the Lord of Hell and leaves his throne and his kingdom to go to the wonderful, brilliant madness that Los Angeles has to offer, where he helps the LAPD in punishing criminals.
Angel or Demon (2013–2017)
Masha, a typical teenage girl with a crush on Den, a handsome boy in her class, finds herself caught up in an ongoing war between the demonic forces of chaos and the angelic defenders of life.
Charmed (1998–2006)
The three Halliwell sisters discover that they are descendants of witches – each with a special power (stopping time, moving objects, seeing the future) and can also combine their abilities to fight demons, angels, wizards and other evils.
Good Omens (2019–2022)
The end of the world is coming, which means that a petty angel and a wanton demon (overused to life on Earth) are forced to form an unlikely partnership to stop the apocalypse.
Unfortunately, they have lost the Antichrist, an eleven-year-old boy who is unaware that he is the cause of the end of the world, which forces them to embark on an adventure to find him and save the world before it is too late.
Hellbound (2021– )
Hellbound is a series about a nation that has to deal with a new situation in which it finds itself, with a new phenomenon of “sinners” who are literally cursed and a religious sect in the making, led by Jung Jin-soo (Yoo Ah-in). Police detective Jin Kyung-hoon (Yang Ik-june) investigates this phenomenon of “proclaiming” and ritualistic murders.
The mysterious sects are investigated by journalist Bae Young-jae (Park Young-min) and the lawyer of accused sinners Min Hey-jin (Kim Hyun-joo). Together, these three investigators try to find answers.
Dominion (2014–2015)
God vanishes and in his absence the archangel Gabriel and his army of lower angels wage war against mankind, believing them to be the cause of God’s absence. Although most higher angels remain neutral, Gabriel has convinced the lower angels, the “dogs of Heaven,” called “eight-balls” by humans for their black eyes, to fight alongside him.
Twenty-five years later, mankind survives in a few fortified cities. The archangel Michael has chosen to side with humanity against Gabriel, living among humans in the fortified city of Vega (once Las Vegas) until the time a prophesied savior appears to save mankind.
Shadowhunters (2016–2019)
Clary Fray is a normal teenager living in Brooklyn with her mother. One day, she discovers that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters; humans born with angelic blood that fight to protect our world from demons.
After her mother is kidnapped, Clary must team up with three Shadowhunters: Jace, Alec and Isabelle and her best friend Simon on a quest to find her mother and recover her past.
Preacher (2016–2019)
“Preacher” is a supernatural and darkly comic story that follows Jessen Custer, a West Texas preacher who has lost his faith on his way to heaven. Thanks to a mysterious creature that haunts him, Jesse develops very unusual powers, and teams up with his wicked ex-girlfriend Tulip and an Irish tramp named Cassidy.
The three of them end up in an unusual world inhabited by characters from heaven, hell and purgatory, and during their journey they will meet avengers, demons and angels.
Constantine (2014–2015)
John Constantine, a demon hunter and dabbling master of the occult, must struggle with his past sins while protecting the innocent from the converging supernatural threats that constantly break through to our world due to the “Rising Darkness”.
Balancing his actions upon the line of good and evil, Constantine uses his skills and a supernatural scry map to journey across the nation to send these terrors back to their own world, all for the hope of redeeming his soul from eternal torment.
Midnight, Texas (2017–2018)
On the run from his past, young psychic Manfred Bernardo is told by the ghost of his grandmother to seek out refuge in Midnight, Texas. There, he will find a community that can help him. Full of diverse characters—including a vampire, a witch, a fallen angel, a half-demon and a were-creature—Midnight faces numerous threats from the outside world as it welcomes the newcomer.
The Sandman (2022– )
Morpheus, the personification of dreams and one of the seven Endless, is captured in an occult ritual in 1916. After being held captive for 106 years, Dream escapes and sets out to restore order to his realm, the Dreaming.
Supernatural (2005–2020)
This television drama is about two brothers, Sam and Dean, who were raised by their father, John, to hunt and kill all things that go “bump in the night” after his wife, Mary, was murdered by something supernaturally evil when the boys were young.
22 years later the brothers set out on a journey, fighting evil along the way, to find their recently missing father who, when they finally meet up with, reveals he knows what killed their mother, a demon, and has found a way to track and kill it. Meanwhile, Sam starts to develop frightening abilities that include death visions, and visions of people dying before it actually happens.
These visions are somehow connected to the demon who murdered his mother and its mysterious plans that seem to be all about Sam. When their father dies striking a deal with the very same devil that had killed his wife, the brothers, now alone and without their mentor…
The show after that goes in all directions, often fighting alongside and against angels and demons.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020)
The Creepy Adventures of Sabrina the Witch is a dark story, full of horror, the occult and, of course, witchcraft, about the origins, adventures and upbringing of Sabrina – a teenage witch.
In this series, Sabrina wrestles with her double life: a witch and a mere mortal. In one life she has to fight the forces of evil that threaten to destroy her, and in the other, she deals with ordinary mortal and teenage problems such as dating, friends and dating.
Locke & Key (2020–2022)
After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father’s death.
As the Locke children explore the different keys and their unique powers, a mysterious demon awakens – and will stop at nothing to steal them. From Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill, Locke and Key is a coming-of-age mystery about love, loss, and the unshakable bonds that define family.
Warrior Nun (2020– )
A 19-year-old girl wakes up in a morgue with a new chance at life and discovers that she has become part of an ancient order (a society of fighting nuns) destined to fight demons on Earth while powerful forces from heaven and hell want to find and control her.
In addition to having to cope with a new role, Ava also experiences typical problems and adversities in her teenage life, so we are waiting for a series full of mystery, action, adventure, but also romantic stories.
Archive 81 (2022)
The plot follows Dan Turner, who takes on the job of restoring a collection of damaged video tapes from 1994. Reconstructing the work of a documentary filmmaker, he is drawn into her investigation of a dangerous cult in the Visser apartment building.
As the season unfolds through these two timelines, Dan slowly finds himself obsessed with finding out what happened to Melody. When the two characters form a mysterious connection, Dan becomes convinced that he can save her from the terrifying end she met 25 years ago.
Castlevania (2017–2021)
In this spectacular animated series inspired by the hit game “Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse”, we follow the adventures of Trevor Belmont, the last surviving member of the outcast Belmont family, who reluctantly takes up arms to protect the inhabitants of a city threatened with total destruction.
Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
Researcher Sir Malcolm Murray, Vanessa Ives, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the other characters band together to fight supernatural threats in Victorian London and save the soul of Sir Malcolm’s daughter, along the way battling their own demons and the temptations that haunt them.
Marianne (2019)
The plot revolves around the young novelist Emma who realizes that the characters she writes about in her horror novels are also in the real world.
Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018)
Ash (Campbell) is an aging seductress and monster hunter with a chainsaw for an arm who has spent the last three decades avoiding the responsibility and gravity of what happened in that cabin so many years ago, when he was the sole survivor.
Although he has triumphed over the demons awakened by the verses of the Book of the Dead, his life has not been as successful, and the skills he possesses in darkening evil do not help in a successful everyday life. But don’t worry, evil is waiting in the shadows, and when Ash wakes up, he’s ready for another battle.
The Exorcist (2016–2018)
The Exorcist is a propulsive psychological thriller following two very different priests tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession. Father Tomas Ortega is the new face of the Catholic Church: progressive, ambitious and compassionate.
He runs a small, but loyal, parish in the suburbs of Chicago. He has no idea that his quiet life is about to change forever. Deep in the slums of Mexico City, another priest has found himself locked in a life-and-death struggle with evil.
Father Marcus Keane is a modern-day Templar Knight, an orphan raised since childhood by the Vatican to wage war against its enemies. Father Marcus is everything Father Tomas is not: relentless, abrasive and utterly consumed by his mission – and he constantly butts heads with his adversary within the church, Father Bennett.
Devilman: Crybaby (2018)
The series updates the original 1970s setting to the 21st century but retains the basic premise of Nagai’s manga, following Akira Fudo and his friend Ryo Asuka as they face an ancient race of demons that seek to destroy humanity.
Believing the only way to defeat the demons is to obtain their powers, Ryo proposes that Akira unite with a demon; in doing so Akira transforms into the titular Devilman, gaining the powers of a demon but retaining the soul of a human.
30 Coins (2020 -)
Father Vergara is an exorcist and ex-convict residing in the small Spanish town of Pedraza, attempting to move on from a troubled past. However, paranormal phenomena start taking place in the town and he will need the help of Paco, the mayor, and Elena, the town’s veterinarian, to figure out a mystery seemingly related to a coin he owns, which might be one of the thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus and handing him over to the Romans. The three will find themselves caught in the middle of a conspiracy involving the Holy See itself and threatening the world as we know it.
Son: The Guest (2018)
Crimes caused by mysterious powers take place. A psychic, a Catholic priest and a detective fight against these crimes. Yoon Hwa-Pyung (Kim Dong-Wook) is the psychic. He was born to a shaman family. Yoon Hwa-Pyung seeks out those possessed by evil spirits and attempts to expel the evil spirits.
Choi Yoon (Kim Jae-Wook) is a Catholic priest. He is cynical and cool-headed. He doesn’t like having relationships with others. He is recognized for his abilities as an exorcist. Kang Kil-Young (Jung Eun-Chae) is a detective. She doesn’t believe in evil spirits or exorcisms, but her views change because of Choi Yoon and Yoon Hwa-Pyung.
