Best Horror Anime
524 horror anime ranked by community score. Scores come from the wider anime community; ratings on AnimeHunt are shown on each title.
Top rated horror anime
3.8Black Jack
OVA · 1993 · 10 ep
Black JackBlack Jack OVAOVA · 1993 · 10 ep3.8In the medical profession, there is a name spoken in hushed tones, of an unlicensed genius physician who can save lives—for a price. His name is Black Jack, and he is a dashing, moody figure, caped in black, a Harlock of medicine, a…
3.8xxxHOLiC - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · 2005 · 1 ep
xxxHOLiC - A Midsummer Night's DreamxxxHOLiC Movie: Manatsu no Yoru no YumeMovie · 2005 · 1 ep3.8Yuuko receives a letter from an unknown sender. It is an invitation to an auction. Seven avid collectors were invited to an old mansion. They all admit that they accepted the invitation to complete their collections. They waited for the…
3.8Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo
TV · 1997 · 148 ep
Kindaichi Shounen no JikenboTV · 1997 · 148 ep3.8Kindaichi Hajime may look dumb, but he is one of the smartest you will ever see. He encounters mysteries after mysteries with his good friend, Miyuki, and he swears to solve them in the name of his grandfather, which was a great detective…
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3.8Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Seraph of the End: Battle in NagoyaOwari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-henTV · 2015 · 12 ep3.8Yuuichirou has reunited with Mikaela at the Shinjuku Battle. But Mikaela was turned into a vampire... To save the "family," and to protect his fellow members, Yuuichirou needed to gain knowledge and power. He searched for ways to bring…
3.8Shiki
TV · 2010 · 22 ep
ShikiTV · 2010 · 22 ep3.8During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur. At the same time, a strange family moves into a long abandoned mansion in the region. After…
3.8Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
TV · 2012 · 12 ep
Dusk Maiden of AmnesiaTasogare Otome x AmnesiaTV · 2012 · 12 ep3.860 years ago, a young woman was left to die in the abandoned school building behind the exclusive Seikyou Academy. No one knows why. No one knows how. But the horrifying tale and the legends of the ghostly haunting that followed live on to…
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3.8Dark Gathering
TV · 2023 · 25 ep
Dark GatheringTV · 2023 · 25 ep3.8After a devastating encounter with a restless spirit, ghost-fearing psychic Keitarou Gentouga became a shut-in to avoid additional spectral catastrophes. But no man is a haunted island, and Keitarou eventually reintegrates with society by…
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3.8the Garden of sinners Chapter 2: …and nothing heart. (Murder Speculation Part A)
Movie · 2007 · 1 ep
the Garden of sinners Chapter 2: …and nothing heart. (Murder Speculation Part A)Kara no Kyoukai Movie 2: Satsujin Kousatsu (Zen)Movie · 2007 · 1 ep3.8March, 1995: Mikiya Kokutou meets a girl who has a mysterious gaze and falls in love with her. That April, he's reunited with her at his high school entrance ceremony. The girl's name is Shiki Ryougi. Meanwhile, the city has been rattled…
3.8Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for DoldreyBerserk: Ougon Jidai-hen II - Doldrey KouryakuMovie · 2012 · 1 ep3.8The Band of the Hawk and their enigmatic leader Griffith continue winning battle after battle as their prestige throughout the kingdom of Midland grows. But their latest task is one that has seen failure from everyone who has attempted it…
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3.8Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of UnatoKoutetsujou no Kabaneri Movie 3: Unato KessenMovie · 2019 · 1 ep3.8The film follows a battle between humans and Kabaneri at Haikou Station on the coast of the Sea of Japan, half a year after the story of the original television anime series. (Source: Anime News Network)
3.8Memories
Movie · 1995 · 3 ep
MemoriesMovie · 1995 · 3 ep3.8Memories is a compilation of three standalone short films encompassing different genres. Magnetic Rose — a science fiction tale that tells a chilling story of love, loss, and the unwillingness to forget. Stink Bomb — a tongue-in-cheek…
3.8The Girl from the Other Side
OVA · 2022 · 1 ep
The Girl from the Other SideTotsukuni no Shoujo (2022)OVA · 2022 · 1 ep3.8Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on the border to the…
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3.8Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet NineSidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei SenekiTV · 2015 · 12 ep3.8Having narrowly avoided the collision with the asteroid, the Sidonia sets a course for the Lem system in order to wipe out the Gauna nest. (Source: Polygon Pictures)
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3.8Shiki Specials
Special · 2011 · 2 ep
Shiki SpecialsSpecial · 2011 · 2 ep3.8The official website of the Shiki television anime series confirmed on Saturday that the anime's eighth and ninth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes will each include an unaired episode. The eighth volume will ship with Episode 21 and the unaired…
3.8The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
Movie · 2023 · 1 ep
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGeKitarou Tanjou: Gegege no NazoMovie · 2023 · 1 ep3.8In Showa 31 (1956), Nagura Village was secretly controlled by the Ryuga family, who dominated Japan's political and financial circles. Mizuki, who worked at the Imperial Blood Bank, entered the village under the pretense of mourning the…
3.7WONDER EGG PRIORITY
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
WONDER EGG PRIORITYWonder Egg PriorityTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.7This is the story of Ai, an introverted girl whose fate is forever changed when she acquires a mysterious “Wonder Egg” from a deserted arcade. That night, her dreams blend into reality, and as other girls obtain their own Wonder Eggs, Ai…
3.7ZOMBIE LAND SAGA
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
ZOMBIE LAND SAGAZombieland SagaTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.7A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead... zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world…
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3.7SCHOOL-LIVE!
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
SCHOOL-LIVE!Gakkougurashi!TV · 2015 · 12 ep3.7Why would anyone form a School Living Club? Could four girls, their advisor, and a puppy really love their school so much that they’d want to live in it? Or is there another reason, something that lurks behind the façade of their…
3.7Claymore
TV · 2007 · 26 ep
ClaymoreTV · 2007 · 26 ep3.7A brutal scourge stalks the land. Yoma, monsters driven by a hunger satisfied by only one quarry - Humanity. The dark breed knows but a singular foe: Claymore. Human-Yoma hybrids of extraordinary strength and cunning, the Claymores roam…
3.7Ghost Stories
TV · 2000 · 19 ep
Ghost StoriesGakkou no KaidanTV · 2000 · 19 ep3.7Kids and ghosts. When young Satsuki finds an old book of spells from her passed away mother, she gains the power to fight ghosts that are haunting her new school. With the help of her friends, and of a really wicked devil cat, she must…
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3.7Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the KingBerserk: Ougon Jidai-hen I - Haou no TamagoMovie · 2012 · 1 ep3.7Guts, an immensely strong sword-for-hire, has little direction in his life, simply fighting one battle after the next. However, this all changes suddenly when he meets and is bested by Griffith, a beautiful and charismatic young man who…
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3.7This Monster Wants to Eat Me
TV · 2025 · 13 ep
This Monster Wants to Eat MeWatashi wo Tabetai, HitodenashiTV · 2025 · 13 ep3.7Hinako lives alone by the sea, quietly drifting through life after losing her family years ago. One day, a mermaid named Shiori saves her from a monster and says she’s come to eat her—just not yet. Until then, Shiori will stay by her side…
3.7The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún
OVA · 2019 · 1 ep
The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a RúnTotsukuni no ShoujoOVA · 2019 · 1 ep3.7In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic…
3.7Barefoot Gen
Movie · 1983 · 1 ep
Barefoot GenHadashi no GenMovie · 1983 · 1 ep3.7It's the summer of 1945. 3 years have elapsed since the war between Japan and USA began. Gen is a young boy living a struggling yet satisfying life in the city of Hiroshima, that has been strangely spared by the bombing taken in almost…
3.7Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That Burns
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That BurnsKoutetsujou no Kabaneri Movie 2: Moeru InochiMovie · 2017 · 1 ep3.7When mankind is threatened by a sudden emergence of undead monsters, those who are bitten become "Kabane" - one of them. To survive under the rise of Kabanes, the Hinomoto people have built fortress stations and barricaded themselves…
3.6Akame ga Kill!
TV · 2014 · 24 ep
Akame ga Kill!TV · 2014 · 24 ep3.6In a land where corruption rules and a ruthless Prime Minister has turned the puppet Emperor's armies of soldiers, assassins and secret police against the people, only one force dares to stand against them: Night Raid, an elite team of…
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3.6Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign
TV · 2015 · 12 ep
Seraph of the End: Vampire ReignOwari no SeraphTV · 2015 · 12 ep3.6The story takes place in a world where an unknown virus has killed the entire human population except for children under 13. Those children were then enslaved by vampires. The manga centers on Yuichiro Hyakuya, a human who dreams of…
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3.6the Garden of sinners Chapter 1: Thanatos. (Overlooking View)
Movie · 2007 · 1 ep
the Garden of sinners Chapter 1: Thanatos. (Overlooking View)Kara no Kyoukai Movie 1: Fukan FuukeiMovie · 2007 · 1 ep3.6September, 1998: In the city where Shiki lives, something triggers a spate of mysterious schoolgirl suicides. The connection between the girls who've leapt to their deaths is unclear, although all of them have jumped from the Fujou…
3.6Blood+
TV · 2005 · 50 ep
Blood+TV · 2005 · 50 ep3.6Saya Otonashi, a seemingly normal high school student, suffers from amnesia and she can't remember the past year of her life. One day, after a man appears and gives her a katana sword, her destiny begins to be revealed. Soon she finds…
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3.6AJIN: Demi-Human 2
TV · 2016 · 13 ep
AJIN: Demi-Human 2Ajin Part 2TV · 2016 · 13 ep3.6Kei’s done running, but his decision to fight comes just as Satou launches a second wave of terror. Angered by the government’s refusal to admit the truth about live experiments conducted on captive Ajin, the Ajin terrorist makes a kill…
3.6Persona 4 the Animation
TV · 2011 · 25 ep
Persona 4 the AnimationTV · 2011 · 25 ep3.6Persona 4 takes place in a rural town named Inaba. There have been mysterious murders occurring whenever there was fog after heavy rain. There were also rumors about a channel on television airing only at midnight called Mayonaka TV…
3.6Blue Literature Series
TV · 2009 · 12 ep
Blue Literature SeriesAoi Bungaku SeriesTV · 2009 · 12 ep3.6Anthology series adapting six modern classics of Japanese literature: No Longer Human ( Ningen Shikkaku ) by Dazai Osamu — A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse…
3.6Knights of Sidonia
TV · 2014 · 12 ep
Knights of SidoniaSidonia no KishiTV · 2014 · 12 ep3.6It's been a thousand years since the Gauna, a strange alien race with no known method of communication, destroyed the solar system. A portion of humanity managed to escape using enormous "seed ships" like the Sidonia, which have allowed…
3.6Ga-Rei-Zero
TV · 2008 · 12 ep
Ga-Rei-ZeroGa-Rei: ZeroTV · 2008 · 12 ep3.6An elite squadron trained to combat supernatural forces is called in to investigate reports of invisible monsters terrorizing Tokyo, but their mission is complicated by the interference of a rogue exorcist. When the mysterious female…
3.6JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
OVA · 1993 · 6 ep
JoJo's Bizarre AdventureJoJo no Kimyou na BoukenOVA · 1993 · 6 ep3.6Kujo Jotaro is a normal, popular Japanese high-schooler, until he thinks that he is possessed by a spirit, and locks himself in prison. After seeing his grandfather, Joseph Joestar, and fighting Joseph's friend Muhammad Abdul, Jotaro…
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3.6Bokurano
TV · 2007 · 24 ep
BokuranoBokura noTV · 2007 · 24 ep3.6During a summer camp, 15 children, 8 males and 7 females, find a grotto by the sea. Deep within they discover working computers and some electronic equipment, and later the owner, a man called Kokopelli. Kokopelli claimed to be a…Looking for something else? Filter horror anime by year, status and format.