Best Australian fantasy series
A curated collection of popular fantasy series from Australia.
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
The Day of the Triffids is a BBC miniseries adaptation of John Wyndham's novel of the same name. The novel had previously been adapted by the BBC in a 1981 miniseries.
Time Trax (1993)
Time Trax (1993)
Time Trax is an American/Australian co-produced science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent through time into the past, has to track down and return convicted criminals who have escaped prison in the future. This was the last new production from Lorimar Television.
Deadhouse Dark (2021)
Deadhouse Dark (2021)
In six interconnected short tales of terror, a woman receives a ‘mystery box’ from the dark web. Each item within will gradually reveal a dark and troubling truth.
Silversun (2004)
Silversun (2004)
It is 2052. The space ship Star Runner is two years into a 90-year journey to a planet in the Silver Sun solar system. With a crew of 13 - seven teenage space cadets, four adults and two kids - the ship's mission is to safely deliver a cargo of cyronically suspended New Settlers to populate the New World, paving the way for future generations of mankind.
Hug the Sun (2021)
Jeopardy (2002)
Jeopardy (2002)
Jeopardy is a BAFTA award-winning British television series which ran for three seasons, from 2002 to 2004, on BBC One. It was created by Tim O'Mara who also directed, and all three series were produced by Andy Rowley, with Richard Langridge as executive producer for Wark Clements. It has aired numerous times on the ABC Kids segment, RollerCoaster. The series was produced for CBBC Scotland and filmed on location in both Scotland and Australia. CBBC currently have no plans for it to be re-aired, the last re-run being in 2008. In 2002, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awarded the first series Best Children's Drama. Jeopardy still airs in Australia on ABC3 and, as of 10 September 2010, ABC1.
Skinford (2017)
Skinford (2017)
British con artist Jimmy 'Skinny' Skinford uncovers the opportunity of a life time - whilst digging his own grave.
Haunted or Hoax (2016)
Haunted or Hoax (2016)
Casey and Jac are the creators of a new website called Haunted or Hoax. Together, they visit some of the most terrifying and creepy locations in an effort to determine if the paranormal stories they have heard are true. First on their list is the old, Victorian masterpiece known as Grantham House. What will they find?
Twisted Tales (1996)
Twisted Tales (1996)
Twisted Tales is an Australian television Anthology and Mystery drama which screened on the Nine Network in 1996. Each episode was narrated by Bryan Brown, who also produced the follow-up series, Two Twisted, in 2006. Each episode of the series contains a twist ending.
Two Twisted (2006)
Two Twisted (2006)
Two Twisted is an Australian TV mystery anthology drama which premiered on the Nine Network on 14 August 2006. Narrated by Bryan Brown, who also produced the series' predecessor, Twisted Tales, each episode of the series contains two short half-hour stories, that have a twist ending. Also present in each episode is a link or connection between the two tales.
Stark (1993)
Stark (1993)
The greenhouse effect has plunged the near-future world into recession and the Stark Corporation is making billions from the crisis; an eco protester ends caught up in a global conspiracy involving some Australian land, toxic waste, and a mysterious beauty called Rachel. Based on the novel Stark by Ben Elton.
Jade of Death (2018)
Jade of Death (2018)
Small town girl Jade has a powerful ability. She can hear when and how people are going to die. She ran away from her hometown and gets by working at a seedy freak show carnival as the "Fortune-Teller of Death", but now people are after her. There's more to her past than she lets on, and there's more to her abilities than she knows.
Elvira's Thriller Theatre (1989)
Elvira's Thriller Theatre (1989)
Cassandra Peterson as Elvira hosts this Australian horror television series, produced by Queen B Productions. Originally Broadcast on Network 10 Australia Wednesdays at 11:30pm from 8 March 1989 and the following year on Mondays at 10:30. The show had a huge following, capturing 30% of the Australian viewing market, with 50% of fan mail being written by women.
The Schlocky Horror Picture Show (2007)
The Schlocky Horror Picture Show (2007)
Nigel Honeybone, the hardest working skeleton in show business, presents the finest examples of B-grade horror.
Discontent (2022)
Discontent (2022)
Internet-addicted millennials fumble through the modern maze of love, sex, and connection as their online addictions spiral out of control and into the void of an alien disguised as a human female.
