The BEST episodes of Into the Dark
Every episode of Into the Dark ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Into the Dark!
A horror anthology series from Blumhouse Productions, where each episode is inspired by a holiday from the month of its release.
#1 - Pooka!
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/7/2018
A struggling actor gets a holiday season job as a Christmas character in a plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year, “Pooka.” At first, it’s a fun and friendly distraction, but he slowly develops two personalities–one when he’s in the suit, and one that’s outside it-as Pooka slowly starts to take possession of him. (Holiday Theme: Christmas)
#2 - Blood Moon
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/2021
Esme and her 10-year-old son, Luna, move to a small desert town looking for a fresh start, but soon attract all the wrong kinds of attention. As the locals begin to probe, Esme must battle to protect her son and a terrifying secret before the next full moon threatens their very existence. (Holiday Theme: Spring Full Moon)
#3 - Tentacles
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/12/2021
A young Los Angeles couple Tara and Sam who fall head over heels into a new romance, entwining their lives — until their intimacy transforms into something terrifying. (Holiday Theme: Valentine's Day)
#4 - Pooka Lives
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/3/2020
It follows a group of thirty-something friends from high school who create their own creepypasta about Pooka for laughs, but are shocked when it becomes so viral on the internet that it manifests more murderous versions of the creature. (Holiday Theme: Easter Pooka Day)
#5 - Crawlers
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/6/2020
On St. Patrick's Day - a night of wild parties and drunken revelry - and follows three unlikely friends who band together to save a college town from a vicious horde of body-switching aliens. (Holiday Theme: St Patrick's Day)
#6 - My Valentine
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2020
A pop singer’s songs and artistic identity have been stolen by her ex-boyfriend/manager – and shamelessly pasted onto his new girlfriend/protégé. Locked together in a small concert venue after hours, the three of them confront the emotional abuses of the past…until things turn violent. (Holiday Theme: Valentine's Day)
#7 - Pilgrim
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/2019
Pilgrim is inspired by true events and follows Ms Anna Barker, who invites Pilgrim re-enactors to her family's Thanksgiving in an effort to remind them of their privilege and help them bond. When the "actors" refuse to break character, the Barker family learns that there is such a thing as too much gratitude. (Holiday Theme: Thanksgiving)
#8 - School Spirit
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/2/2019
Arthur, a socially malformed outcast, has secretly lived inside the walls of the local high school since his Freshman year spending his days spying and obsessing over his former classmates…and one girl in particular – Wendy. When Wendy gets her heartbroken by the high school hotshot, Arthur sees his chance to swoop in and enact revenge on his enemies. Erica and Brett. (Holiday Theme: First day of School)
#9 - All That We Destroy
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/3/2019
A geneticist who fears that her son may be becoming a serial killer and creates a group of clones in an attempt to cure him of his psychopathic tendencies. Therefore allowing him to relive the murder of his first victim. (Holiday Theme: Mother's Day)
#10 - Treehouse
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2019
Celeb-chef, Peter Rake, who tries to escape a recent wave of negative tabloid exposure by retreating to his family's vacation estate in the woods. But the ghosts of Peter's past are everywhere and debts will be settled. Soon, he realizes that a woman's place is anywhere that she chooses to be. (Holiday Theme: International Women's Day Ides of March)
#11 - Down
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2019
A pair of office workers get trapped in an elevator over a long Valentine's Day weekend, but what at first promises to be a romantic connection turns dangerous and horrifying. (Holiday Theme: Valentine's Day)
#12 - Flesh & Blood
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/2018
Kimberly, a teenager suffering from agoraphobia, has not left the house since her mother’s unsolved murder. On the eve of Thanksgiving, the anniversary of the murder, Kimberly begins to suspect that she is in danger in the home, but she can’t leave and doesn’t know who she can trust. (Holiday Theme: Thanksgiving)
#13 - Pure
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/6/2019
Several teen girls at a Purity Retreat participate in a secret ritual, and they start to see a supernatural entity. The girls need to focus on the demon that they have unleashed, as well as their fathers' expectations. (Holiday Theme: Father-Daughter Day)
#14 - Culture Shock
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/4/2019
On Independence Day, a young Mexican woman in pursuit of the American Dream, who crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare. (Holiday Theme: Independence Day)
#15 - A Nasty Piece of Work
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/6/2019
A mid-level employee at a large company finds out he's not getting the Christmas bonus or promotion he was expecting. But then his boss invites him over for dinner with a proposal for how he can climb the corporate ladder... by beating his professional rival in violent competition. (Holiday Theme: Christmas)
#16 - Uncanny Annie
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2019
On Halloween night a group of college students get trapped in a mysterious board game that brings their darkest secrets and fears to life, where they must play to escape…and win to survive. (Holiday Theme: Halloween)
#17 - Good Boy
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/12/2020
Maggie, a woman who gets an emotional support dog to help quell some of her anxiety. Only, she finds him to be even more effective than she could have imagined because, unbeknownst to her, he kills anyone who adds stress to her life. (Holiday Theme: Pet Appreciation Week)
#18 - I'm Just F*cking with You
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/2019
A man and his sister on the way to a family wedding, who endure a night of increasingly frightening practical jokes during a one-night stay at a secluded motel. (Holiday Theme: April Fool's Day)
#19 - Delivered
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/8/2020
A pregnant woman’s life gets upended by an unexpected threat aimed at taking her unborn baby. (Holiday Theme: Mother's Day)
#20 - New Year, New You
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/28/2018
In the era of “self-care” mania, a group of millennial friends gather for a girls’ night reunion on New Year’s Eve to reconnect and reminiscence. But as they begin to rehash old memories and revisit an old party game of “Never, Have I Ever,” gripes and secrets they’ve been harbouring manifest in nefarious and surprising ways. (Holiday Theme: New Year's Eve)
#21 - They Come Knocking
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/7/2019
After losing his wife to cancer, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip where he finds his family in the crosshairs of terrifying supernatural entities. (Holiday Theme: Father's Day)
#22 - The Current Occupant
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/17/2020
Trapped in a mysterious psychiatric ward, a man with no memory comes to believe that he’s the President of the United States and the subject of a diabolical political conspiracy. As the asylum’s soul-crushing forces bear down on him, he fights to preserve his sanity and escape so that he can return to power. (Holiday Theme: Independence Day)
#23 - The Body
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2018
Set in “the selfie culture of Los Angeles on Halloween night,” a sophisticated hitman with a cynical view on modern society finds his work made more difficult when he has to transport a body on Halloween night, but everyone is enamoured by what they think is his killer costume. (Holiday Theme: Halloween)
#24 - Midnight Kiss
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/27/2019
A group of gay best friends and their gal pal head to a desert home to celebrate New Year’s Eve. But when a sadistic killer wants in on the party, relationships are tested and secrets are exposed as the night turns into a fight for survival. (Holiday Theme: New Year's Eve)