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Six comic horror series...

Santa Clarita Diet

Drew Barrymore and co-star Timothy Olyphant play SoCal real estate agents whose life together is upended when she quietly turns into a zombie who craves human flesh. Think Desperate Housewives reimagined by George Romero, and be patient, because the series improves across three seasons. Netflix

Ash vs. Evil Dead

Sam Raimi created the contemporary blueprint for mixing comedy and horror with the 1981 movie The Evil Dead. In 2015, he resurrected the story of chainsaw-handed Ash Williams, veteran slaughterer of the undead, for a series-length sequel. Netflix

Los Espookys

Fans of What We Do in the Shadows should check out the brilliant first season of this Spanish-language comedy series co-created by Portlandia’s Fred Armisen. The concept: Four horrorobsessed friends set up a business that stages faked paranormal events. HBO Max

Crazyhead

If, after all this time, you still miss Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this short-lived U.K. series may briefly ease the pain. Its six episodes track a friendship that arises between two young women who bond over the rare ability to see demons and bloodily dispatch them. Netflix

Scream Queens

Ryan Murphy, creator of Glee and American Horror Story, neatly synthesized the two in this slasher satire series featuring Emma Roberts as a sorority queen bee and horror legend Jamie Lee Curtis as an antagonistic dean. Hulu

Zomboat!

In this Shaun of the Dead– style comedy, several Londoners take refuge from the zombie apocalypse on a canal boat after discovering that the undead can’t swim. Hulu