Hell Motel vs Riverdale
Riverdale has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 5.2/10 for Hell Motel). Riverdale is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are crime, drama, mystery shows, so they suit a similar mood.
Hell Motel
Riverdale| Hell Motel | Riverdale | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.2/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Seasons | 1 | 7 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | Aaron Martin, Ian Carpenter | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa |
| Main cast | Eric McCormack, Paula Brancati, Genevieve DeGraves, Jim Watson, Shaun Benson | K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch |
Synopsis
Hell Motel
A group of 10 true crime obsessives are invited to the opening weekend of the newly renovated Cold River Motel, the site of a 30-year-old unsolved satanic mass murder. History repeats itself when the guests get stranded and start getting knocked off one by one during a murder spree that grows exponentially more gruesome than the original with each kill.
Riverdale
Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.
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