Hauntings, violence, and true crime: Series to binge on over Halloween

IN TIME for the culmination of spooky season, horror and crime drama series are filling online streaming platforms. Here is a quick rundown of what you can catch this Halloween if getting shivers down your spine is your thing.

- Brontë H. Lacsamana

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From suspense-filled thrillers to natural and supernatural horror, there's a lot to choose from on Netflix. There is True Haunting, an American docufiction series that looks into hauntings using immersive reenactments and interviews. With James Wan as one of its executive producers, the five episodes look into two tales of mysterious hauntings.

Meanwhile, the Italian true crime limited series The Monster of Florence delves into the case of a serial killer in 1960s Italy who targeted couples parked in lovers' lanes. Based on a notorious true story, the four-episode limited series was directed by Stefano Sollima.

Other interesting titles are Nightmares of Nature, an animal documentary series that centers on the horrific beauty of nature from the perspective of prey; and Monster: The Ed Gein Story, the third in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's anthology of American serial killers, this time following the 1950s murderer Ed Gein.

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