You know how in my last post I said “Ghost Hunters” was creepy? Never mind. I just watched “Durham County,” and it’s soooo much creepier. Bordering on disturbing.

All is not well in Durham County.

“Durham County” is a six-episode 2007 Canadian miniseries that Ion started airing Monday night. In a nutshell, it’s about a Toronto homicide detective who moves his family to the suburbs after his partner is murdered. His wife is recovering from cancer, his teenage daughter is rebelling at a troubling rate, and his younger daughter walks around wearing an anime mask. Oh, and the youngest one also doesn’t like her new bedroom, because she says she can still smell the blood from when the previous owner slit his wrists there. And their across-the-street neighbor – who Mike, the detective, ran over with his car and almost paralyzed back in high school – is an abusive husband/parent and apparent serial killer.

Yeah, it’s a bit dark.

It’s the kind of series that doesn’t sugarcoat violence. There are some truly disturbing murder scenes, and it’s messy, twisted, brutal stuff. The cinematography only adds to the bleak plot. The landscape is stark and images of power lines dominate. The colors are washed out, often lost in shadows. The season seems to be fall, and you can almost feel the chill of approaching winter. Atmospheric? Oh yes.

But for all the darkness, it’s also compelling. It seems like everyone in town has a secret, not the least of whom is Mike, who has a couple of shocking developments in the first episode. It terms of mood, it reminds me in some ways of “Twin Peaks,” only less bizarre. There’s a palpable sense of foreboding, an unsettling feeling that what you’re watching is going to end very, very badly. And yet you watch, because it grabs you and doesn’t let go. And it’s so good.

If you missed Monday’s night’s debut, it’ll be rerun every night this week at 11 p.m. before settling into its normal timeslot at 10 p.m Mondays. It’s not a show for everyone. But I’m already hooked.