History Series / IntoTheDark

** ''Pilgrim'' was based on a frightening Thanksgiving the screenwriter spent as a child with a Pilgrim reenactor who never broke character.

* CloningBlues: ''All That We Destroy'' has Ashley, a murder victim, be cloned repeatedly by the murderer's mother, after which he continues to murder her clones.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Delivered'' is ''Film/{{Inside}}'' (a heavily pregnant woman is attacked and tortured by another woman who lost a baby under traumatic circumstances and is determined to take hers) meets ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' (a chirpy nurse holds someone hostage in her isolated rural home, at first under false pretenses, killing anyone who gets in her way and even [[spoiler:hobbling her with a hammer.]])

* FinalGirl: Several, including in ''Pilgrim'' and ''School Spirit.''

* GenderBlenderName: ''Blood Moon'' features a young boy named [[WerewolfThemeNaming Luna]].

* GenderBlenderName: In ''Blood Moon'' Luna, a boy, has a name that's usually used for girls.

* HateSink: The three fathers in ''Pure'' are emotionally abusive parents with vaguely incestuous control issues concerning their daughters. [[SinisterMinister Pastor Seth]] is an [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain openly homophobic]] [[GunNut gun toting]] leader of an misogynistic ambiguously culty camp who’s strict rules drives his otherwise loyal and obedient daughter [[BreakTheCutie Lacey]] to kill her self out of guilt for simply kissing a boy. Steve repeatedly fat shamed his daughter [=KellyAnn=] (who is quite skinny) and chastises her for being at risk of not fitting into a dress he picked out for her (and insists she wear the dress ''he'' likes, not the one ''she'' likes). And Kyle is a hypocrite who cheated on Jo’s mom but tried to control her actions. And when Jo proves too rebellious for him he tries to make up for his utter failures with Shay by guilting her. And to further that they plant boys their age as a SecretTestOfCharacter, tempting them into romantic or sexual encounters and reporting them to harsh punishment if they consent. This makes [[LaserGuidedKarma Lilith mentally making them kill themselves]] in the end very satisfying.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: See IncestSubtext and AbusiveParents above--in ''Pure'', despite her SlasherSmile and general wreaking of havoc, Lilith is not the villain, the girls' terrible fathers are.

* IncestSubtext: In ''Pure''. The girls take disturbingly wedding-like photoshoots with their fathers, complete with white dress, (purity) ring, and couple-y poses, during which the main character Shay is visibly uncomfortable. Some of the dresses they have actually are wedding dresses; the preacher's daughter Lacey has a dress which came with a veil, which the cameras linger on ominously. And, of course, the point of the weekend is for the girls and their fathers to sign a contract in which the fathers promise to guard the girls' purity until they're married and it's time to hand it over to their husbands. Combined with how controlling many of the fathers are, the pastor's weird touchy-feely-ness and habitual one-on-one "chats" with the girls, the unseen but traumatizing "Box", the fact the girls' mothers and all other adults are explicitly barred, and [[spoiler: the literal ''cage'' kept around for "disobedient" girls]], it all winds up pointing somewhere very gross. Lucky thing Lilith shows up to ruin the party.

* HateSink: The three fathers in ''Pure'' are emotionally abusive parents with vaguely incestuous control issues concerning their daughters. [[SinisterMinister Pastor Seth]] is an [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain openly homophobic]] [[GunNut gun toting]] leader of an misogynistic ambiguously culty camp who’s strict rules drives his otherwise loyal and obedient daughter [[BreakTheCutie Lacey]] to kill her self out of guilt for simply kissing a boy. Steve repeatedly fat shamed his daughter [=KellyAnn=] (who is quite skinny) and chastises her for being at risk of not fitting into a dress he picked out for her. And Kyle is a hypocrite who cheated on Jo’s mom but tried to control her actions. And when Jo proves too rebellious for him he tries to make up for his utter failures with Shay by guilting her. And to further that they plant boys their age as a SecretTestOfCharacter, tempting them into romantic or sexual encounters and reporting them to harsh punishment if they consent. This makes [[LaserGuidedKarma Lilith mentally making them kill themselves]] in the end very satisfying.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees:
** The entire premise of ''My Valentine '' might seem outlandish to anyone who is not familiar with what happened between Music/{{Poppy}}, Music/MarsArgo, and Titanic Sinclair. Sinclair and his then-girlfriend, Brittany Sheets, created the musical duo and web character Mars Argo during the mid-2000s. At the end of the decade, Mars Argo vanished, only to be replaced by ''Poppy'' in 2014–which was uncannily similar to Mars Argo, right down to her wearing ''Argo’s clothes'' during photoshoots and live performances. During a 2018 copyright lawsuit, Sinclair’s physical and emotional abuse toward Argo came to light, which were first mocked by Poppy during the trial and then echoed when she released a public statement after she ended their romantic and professional relationships in 2019.
** If you are not familiar with certain kinds of American evangelical Christianity, ''Pure'' might seem kind of over the top. In fact, except for the part with the [[spoiler: boys being planted to HoneyTrap the girls as a "test" and guarding the doors with swords]], it's a fairly dead-on depiction of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purity_ball purity ball]] and the attendant culture.

* SpiritualSuccessor: A few months after new episodes were suspended due to [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19]], a similar streaming anthology series, ''Welcome to the [[Creator/BlumhouseProductions Blumhouse]]'', made its debut on Creator/PrimeVideo. The new series is essentially ''Into the Dark'' without the loose holiday theming, right down to the same studio being behind it.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: ''Blood Moon'' is a rare modern instance of a werewolf [[spoiler:that looks exactly like a real wolf - and is played by one]].

* StepfordSuburbia: In ''Culture Shock''.

* WhamLine: “Which sweetness? Did you mean me, or her?”
* WorkingClassWerewolves: In ''Blood Moon'', Esme and Luna are in dire financial straits due to having to uproot (and assume new identities) any time Luna’s werewolf status or activities are exposed, with Esme’s prospects of a stable career shot.

* HateSink: The three fathers in ''Pure'' are emotionally abusive parents with vaguely incestuous control issues concerning their daughters. [[SinisterMinister Pastor Seth]] is an [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain openly homophobic]] [[GunNut gun toting]] leader of an misogynistic ambiguously culty camp who’s strict rules drives his otherwise loyal and obedient daughter [[BreakTheCutie Lacey]] to kill her self out of guilt for simply kissing a boy. Steve repeatedly fat shamed his daughter [=KellyAnn=] (who is quite skinny) and chastises her for being at risk of not fitting into a dress he picked out for her. And Kyle is a hypocrite who cheated on Jo’s mom but tried to control her actions. And when Jo proves too rebellious for him he tries to make up for his utter failures with Shay by guilting her. And to further that they plant boys their age as a SecretTestOfCharacter, tempting them into romantic or sexual encounters and reporting them to harsh punishment if they consent. This makes [[LaserGuidedKarma Lilith mentally making them kill themselves]] in the end very satisfying.

* HairRaisingHare: Pooka. [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Maybe.]]
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: All the episodes are about horror stories occurring on specific days, usually holidays.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: See IncestSubtext and AbusiveParents above--in ''Pure'', despite her SlasherSmile and general wreaking of havoc, Lilith is not the villain, the girls' terrible fathers are.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:''Uncanny Annie'']].

* HateSink: The three fathers in ''Pure'' are emotionally abusive parents with vaguely incestuous control issues concerning their daughters. [[SinisterMinister Pastor Seth]] is an [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain openly homophobic]] [[GunNut gun toting]] leader of an misogynistic ambiguously culty camp who’s strict rules drives his otherwise loyal and obedient daughter [[BreakTheCutie Lacey]] to kill her self out of guilt for simply kissing a boy. Steve repeatedly fat shamed his daughter KellyAnn (who is quite skinny) and chastises her for the risk of not fitting in a dress he picked out for her. And Kyle is a hypocrite who cheated on Jo’s mom but tried to control her actions. And when Jo proves to rebellious for him he tries to make up for his utter failures with Shay by guilting her. And to further that they plant boys their age as a SecretTestOfCharacter, tempting them into romantic or sexual encounters and reporting them to harsh punishment if they consent. This makes [[LaserGuidedKarma Lilith mentally making them kill themselves]] in the end very satisfying.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Trezzure in ''My Valentine'' is this in spades, and [[spoiler:Esther]] is this in "School Spirit".

* WorldOfJerkass: ''New Year, New You''. [[spoiler:Danielle is a monster who bullied a girl to suicide, and whose response to being forced to confess was to try to kill her accusers by locking them in a sauna. Chloe betrays her friends for a paltry shot at Danielle's fame. But, in the end, Alexis, who claimed to want to expose Danielle, ended up following Danielle's plan to frame the totally innocent Frankie, and became every bit as conniving and deceitful to take Danielle's fame.]]

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: ''”I’M!! BREAKING!! UP!! WITH!! YOU!!”'' [[spoiler: played to grisly effect, as it’s punctuated by Trezzure beating Royal to death with a microphone stand.]]

* WorkingClassWerewolves: Esme and Luna are in dire financial straits due to having to uproot (and assume new identities) any time Luna’s werewolf status or activities are exposed, with Esme’s prospects of a stable career shot.

* AbusiveParents: Featured in ''Flesh & Blood'', ''All That We Destroy'' and ''Pure''. Esme is ([[NotWhatItLooksLike reasonably]]) mistaken for one in ''Blood Moon''.

* AbusiveParents: Featured in ''Flesh & Blood'', ''All That We Destroy'' and ''Pure''.

''Into the Dark'' is a horror anthology series of movies, which premiered on Creator/{{Hulu}} in October 2018. Produced by Creator/{{Blumhouse|Productions}}, each episode is focused on a different holiday occurring that month, with one new episode per month[[note]]except for New Year's-themed episodes, which premiere in late December instead of early January[[/note]]. The series ran continuously from October 2018 through July 2020; the final two episodes of season 2 (August and September) were suspended as a result of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, eventually resuming in February 2021.