5 Shows to Watch if You Like Netflix's Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

[The following contains spoilers for the first season of Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen. Read at your own risk!]

I always cry at weddings! But it's usually tears of joy and not gushes of blood signifying that my insides are coming out of my eyes. Netflix's horror miniseries Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen culminated in one of the bloodiest weddings ever, just as the dance floor was getting bumpin'. The curse affecting Rachel (Camila Morrone), which plagued her with marrying her soulmate or else it would cost her her life, spread to her fiancé, Nicky (Adam DiMarco), and his side of the family when Nicky refused to marry her, thinking that was what would be best for their relationship. Oh Nicky, you idealistic moron. Not only did you not listen to what your bride-to-be was asking for, but you made half of your clan turn into blood fountains because you didn't want to say "I do." 

A last-second marriage out of desperation eventually did Rachel in, but in a twisted sense of ironic freedom, Rachel finally extracted herself from Nicky's family when she was resurrected as The Witness, destined to oversee the curse and future doomed couples for who knows how long. Something very bad did happen, indeed. 

As a bingeable eight-episode miniseries, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen went as quickly as it came, leaving fans of the show wanting more. Unfortunately, there are no plans to continue the series, but the world of streaming TV has the next best thing: other shows to watch that are similar to Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen. Here are more shows with doomed weddings, dreadful horror, and death in confined spaces. 

More on Netflix:

• The best TV shows on Netflix
• The best movies on Netflix
• Everything new on Netflix

Midnight Mass

One of Netflix's greatest horror miniseries of all time is Midnight Mass, a 2021 series created by Mike Flanagan. (You'll see more series from Flanagan on this list, and all of his shows are appropriate for fans of Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen.) In Midnight Mass, an island community is plagued by a supernatural force that passes from person to person, dooming all who try to stop it. Though thematically different from Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen — Midnight Mass is a scathing look at the blind faith of fundamentalist religion — they're both tight horror miniseries with an increasing sense of dread and explosive (and bloody) final acts. It's a must-watch for anyone who calls themselves a horror fan. 

A Murder at the End of the World

The confined space of the Cunninghams' gorgeous cabin in the woods is a major player in Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, as Rachel is essentially trapped in the luxury abode, surrounded by people she doesn't know very well, save for the supposed love of her life. Something very similar happens in FX's miniseries A Murder at the End of the World when hacker/amateur detective Darby Hart (Emma Corrin) is summoned to an isolated compound by a reclusive billionaire for a retreat attended by powerful people — and who should also be attending but her ex (Harris Dickinson), for whom she still has feelings. But when one of the attendees is murdered, Darby must solve the crime. A Murder at the End of the World, like Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, is a love story masquerading as a mystery while the tension rises all the way through its thrilling conclusion.  

Harper's Island 

If it's a miniseries about a destination wedding that ends with more corpses than wedding party members that you're after, then the 2009 CBS slasher show Harper's Island is for you. Considered a ratings flop at the time — why CBS thought a horror show featuring young adults would play on a network famous for a billion versions of NCIS and CSI is the real mystery here — Harper's Island was just ahead of its time and poorly managed by executives. The 13-episode series, which would have been an anthology had it not been axed, follows a young couple (Katie Cassidy and Christopher Gorham) getting married on a picturesque Pacific Northwest island, along with their friends and family. But when attendees start getting murdered one by one — each episode promises a shocking death — everyone is just looking to get out alive. 

Interview with the Vampire

At the heart of Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen is the question of whether or not Rachel and Nicky are soulmates, or whether their marriage is destined to fail like so many unions do (albeit with greater consequences). That's also very much the soul of AMC's enthralling Interview with the Vampire, an adaptation of Anne Rice's books about vampires Lestat (Sam Reid) and Louis (Jacob Anderson), whose turbulent romance is recounted over more than a century. Their relationship is, to put it bluntly, complicated. Lestat passed on his vampirism to Louis, and immortality is not always good for facilitating healthy bonds. They get together, they split up, they get together again, they split up again, they find new partners, they come back to each other. It's a gothic romance with brush strokes of violence and rage, all packaged perfectly together by strong performances from its leads. 

The Haunting of Hill House

Mike Flanagan's first horror miniseries for Netflix is loosely based on Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel about a mansion beset by spooks, but the adaptation belongs on this list because of one major change Flanagan makes. Flanagan's take transforms the story into a tale of family dysfunction, which fans of Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen will recognize in the Cunninghams, as they come face to face with the past tragedy that leaves them reluctantly bonded together. The Haunting of Hill House is told in two timelines, one that leads up to the tragedy, when most of the characters were children, and one decades later, when the children are grown up but still emotionally wrecked from what transpired years before. That device is put to the test in the excellent sixth episode, "Two Storms," a monument of horror storytelling told through innovative camerawork that on its own is worth watching the series for. Flanagan's The Haunting of Bly Manor, which came out two years after Hill House and has more themes surrounding love, is also deserving of a watch.