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
3.4RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~
TV · 2008 · 6 ep
RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne no Musume-tachiTV · 2008 · 6 ep3.4Rin Asogi is an immortal private detective with a thirst for vodka and a talent for attracting things that go bump in the night. In a series of nightmarish vignettes spanning sixty-five years, Rin's lush body is sadistically pierced, blown…
3.4Corpse Princess: Aka
TV · 2008 · 13 ep
Corpse Princess: AkaShikabane Hime: AkaTV · 2008 · 13 ep3.4After being brutally murdered along with her family, Makina Hoshimura turns into a Shikabane Hime, a living corpse contracted to the Kougon Cult, in order to exert revenge on the mysterious undead organization responsible for her death…
Mature
3.4Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
TV · 2012 · 24 ep
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total EclipseTV · 2012 · 24 ep3.4Since 1973, an invasion of aliens known as BETA upon Earth is driving human civilization into nearly collapse. Facing an enormous mass of enemy force, mankind has developed large humanoid arms called as Tactical Surface Fighters and…
3.4GARO -VANISHING LINE-
TV · 2017 · 24 ep
GARO -VANISHING LINE-Garo: Vanishing LineTV · 2017 · 24 ep3.4The anime's story is set in a prosperous city named Russell City. Even as the city celebrates its success, a conspiracy that threatens to shake its world has been set in motion. A man named Sword is the first to hear the earliest stirrings…
3.4SNOWBALL EARTH
TV · 2026 · 13 ep
SNOWBALL EARTHSnowball EarthTV · 2026 · 13 ep3.4"Yukio... I'm going to make a friend." A shy boy named Tetsuo. The only thing he had was a giant robot named Yukio. They became "saviors" in the fight against the galactic monsters coming from outer space. After the final battle, Tetsuo…
Mature
3.4Hells
Movie · 2008 · 1 ep
HellsMovie · 2008 · 1 ep3.4Amagane Rinne had an accident and died while hurrying to school. She suddenly arrived in an awkward school... in Hell, filled with demons. While she is struggling and wishing to go back to the world whence she came from, she makes friends…
3.4Le Chevalier D'Eon
TV · 2006 · 24 ep
Le Chevalier D'EonTV · 2006 · 24 ep3.418th Century, France. Lia de Beaumont, loyal servant of Versailles and its King, Louis XV, is found dead in the river Seine. Floating inside a coffin, on which the word "Psalms" was written, her body had been poisoned by mercury, thus…
3.4Li'l Spider Girl
Special · 2012 · 1 ep
Li'l Spider GirlWasurenagumoSpecial · 2012 · 1 ep3.4Everything started from an old book telling the story of an expert yin-yang master who defeated a giant spider in ancient times. Antique book dealer Amane Suzuri, who is trying to sell the book in order to pay the rent, would have never…
Mature
3.4Vampire Princess Miyu (TV)
TV · 1997 · 26 ep
Vampire Princess Miyu (TV)Kyuuketsuhime Miyu (TV)TV · 1997 · 26 ep3.4Evil Shinma (shape-shifting monsters and vampires) roam the Earth on a mission to unleash their darkness upon the Human race. Miyu Royal Princess from the dark is the Chosen One—the one being who must banish the Evil Shinma from the…
3.4Iria: Zeiram The Animation
OVA · 1994 · 6 ep
Iria: Zeiram The AnimationOVA · 1994 · 6 ep3.4Iria is the story of a girl and the Alien being she loves to hate. The series begins with her brother, Gren, taking a job. He is a bounty hunter, and one well known for his incredible skill. Iria, being a skilled apprentice bounty hunter…
Mature
3.4Akuma Kun
ONA · 2023 · 12 ep
Akuma KunAkuma-kun (ONA)ONA · 2023 · 12 ep3.4Akuma-kun is a boy who was adopted and risen by the former Akuma: Shingo Umoregi. He works as a paranormal investigator and solves murder mysteries with the helping hand of his half-human partner Mephisto the Third. The show, despite being…
Mature
3.4Tokyo Majin Season 2
TV · 2007 · 12 ep
Tokyo Majin Season 2Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuuchou: Tou Dai Ni MakuTV · 2007 · 12 ep3.4The battle against Tendou Kodzunu is over, and the Magami Five begin to look forward to their senior graduation, hopefully planning for their adult futures. However, life in Tokyo is not at peace... The underground assassin group known as…
3.4Ghost Stories: The Headless Horsemen!! Curse of Death
Special · 2001 · 1 ep
Ghost Stories: The Headless Horsemen!! Curse of DeathGakkou no Kaidan: Kubinashi Rider!! Shi no NoroiSpecial · 2001 · 1 ep3.4A headless rider terrorizes the town on the anniversary of what was his death, seeking to decapitate people like himself. When the ghost turns his headlights upon Satsuki, the gang needs to find a way to put him to sleep again, and quick!…
Mature
3.4Resident Evil: Damnation
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
Resident Evil: DamnationBiohazard: DamnationMovie · 2012 · 1 ep3.4United States Special Agent Leon S. Kennedy sneaks into a small Eastern European country to verify rumors that Bio Organic Weapons (B.O.W.s) are being used in war. Right after his infiltration, the U.S. government orders him to leave…
3.4Ajin Part 2: Shoutotsu
Movie · 2016 · 1 ep
Ajin Part 2: ShoutotsuMovie · 2016 · 1 ep3.417 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high…
3.4Ajin Part 3: Shougeki
Movie · 2016 · 1 ep
Ajin Part 3: ShougekiMovie · 2016 · 1 ep3.4With Satou rendered powerless, Kei Nagai hatches a plan. However, before that plan can come to fruition, it already begins to come apart at the seams, as ajin extremists make their move, and Satou's frightful true form becomes known…
3.4Persona 4 The Animation: The Factor of Hope
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
Persona 4 The Animation: The Factor of HopePersona 4 the Animation: The Factor of HopeMovie · 2012 · 1 ep3.4Recap of the entire 25-episode television anime series with new cuts and also the unaired "True End Episode" that was included in the 10th Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume.
Mature
3.4The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
OVA · 1989 · 6 ep
The Guyver: Bio-Booster ArmorKyoushoku Soukou Guyver (1989)OVA · 1989 · 6 ep3.4Shou and his friend, Tetsurou, stumble upon a strange orb-like mechanism, the Guyver Unit, in the woods. It physically bonds with Shou and turns him into the alien soldier, Guyver. His mission is to protect the Guyver Unit from the…
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3.4Graveyard Kitaro
TV · 2008 · 11 ep
Graveyard KitaroHakaba KitarouTV · 2008 · 11 ep3.4Kitarou is a youkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans…
3.3High-Rise Invasion
ONA · 2021 · 12 ep
High-Rise InvasionTenkuu ShinpanONA · 2021 · 12 ep3.3High school student Yuri Honjou finds herself lost in an “abnormal space” where countless skyscrapers are connected by suspension bridges and “masked figures” mercilessly slaughter their confused and fleeing victims. To survive in this…
Mature
3.3Devils' Line
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Devils' LineDevils LineTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.3Everything you thought you knew about vampires is wrong. They can walk in the daylight and holy water doesn't burn them. In fact, vampires can pass as normal humans so perfectly that even other vampires have trouble spotting them. Until…
3.3Devil May Cry
TV · 2007 · 12 ep
Devil May CryTV · 2007 · 12 ep3.3Cursed to live as both monster and man, Dante must spend his life fighting the demonic forces of darkness. Brandishing his sword, Rebellion, and his always-loaded guns, Ebony and Ivory, Dante is more than happy to send the demons back to…
3.3Mirai Nikki
OVA · 2010 · 1 ep
Mirai NikkiOVA · 2010 · 1 ep3.3Middle school 2nd year, Amano Yukiteru, is a boy who has problem making friends. He thinks of himself as a bystander and will always write down everything he sees in a cell phone diary. Tormented by solitude, Yukiteru began to imagine…
Mature
3.3Magical Girl Raising Project
TV · 2016 · 12 ep
Magical Girl Raising ProjectMahou Shoujo Ikusei KeikakuTV · 2016 · 12 ep3.3A social game called The Magical Girl Raising Project allows one in tens of thousands of people to be a "magical girl" — possessing extraordinary physical capabilities and looks, as well as special magical powers that set them apart from…
3.3Mysterious Disappearances
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Mysterious DisappearancesKaii to Otome to KamikakushiTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.3Sumireko Ogawa’s dream of becoming a novelist is reinvigorated with new rumors of mystical incidents. Now a clerk at a bookstore, she enlists her young coworker, Ren Adashino, to investigate urban legends, black magic, and ghost stories…
3.3Elfen Lied: Just How Did the Young Girl Arrive at Those Feelings?
Special · 2005 · 1 ep
Elfen Lied: Just How Did the Young Girl Arrive at Those Feelings?Elfen Lied: Tooriame nite Arui wa, Shoujo wa Ikani Shite Sono Shinjou ni Itatta ka? - RegenschauerSpecial · 2005 · 1 ep3.3This episode takes place within episode 11 as Nana attempts to fit in the household while trying to find a chore that she can do and get used to Nyu's presence whom she only knows as Lucy. Running away after getting scolded, Nana ends up…
3.3VAMPIRE HUNTER D
Movie · 1985 · 1 ep
VAMPIRE HUNTER DVampire Hunter DMovie · 1985 · 1 ep3.310,000 years in the future, the world has become a very different place; monsters roam the land freely, and people, although equiped with high tech weapons and cybernetic horses, live a humble life more suited to centuries past. The story…
Mature
3.3Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
ONA · 2023 · 12 ep
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the MacabreItou Junji: ManiacONA · 2023 · 12 ep3.3A Netflix produced anime series adapting 20 stories chosen by Junji Ito, including from: - Tomie - Souichi - The Hanging Balloons - The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance - Unendurable Labyrinth - The Long Hair in the Attic - Bullied…
Mature
3.3Blood: The Last Vampire
Movie · 2000 · 1 ep
Blood: The Last VampireMovie · 2000 · 1 ep3.3Teropterids are evil beasts which pose as humans and live only to drink human blood. Fortunately for the human world there are groups dedicated to destroying them. A brooding and mysterious girl named Saya is the best teropterid slayer…
3.3Occult Academy
TV · 2010 · 13 ep
Occult AcademySeikimatsu Occult GakuinTV · 2010 · 13 ep3.3In the year 2012, the world is a wasteland invaded by aliens. Time travelers like Fumiaki are sent back to the year 1999 in order to destroy the "Nostradamus Key" to prevent the apocalypse. In 1999, Maya, the daughter of the former…
Mature
3.3The Grimm Variations
ONA · 2024 · 6 ep
The Grimm VariationsGrimm KumikyokuONA · 2024 · 6 ep3.3Once upon a time, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm collected fairy tales from across the land and made them into a book. They also had a much younger sister, the innocent and curious Charlotte, who they loved very much. One day, while the…
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3.3Blue Gender
TV · 1999 · 26 ep
Blue GenderTV · 1999 · 26 ep3.3Imagine waking after spending more than two decades in suspended animation. You awaken to a world more terrifying than your worst nightmare. A world where human beings are hunted down by giant insect-like creatures called the Blue. Welcome…
3.3Genius Party
Movie · 2007 · 7 ep
Genius PartyMovie · 2007 · 7 ep3.3An anthology of seven short animated films from Studio 4°C: 1.) Genius Party (directed by Atsuko Fukushima) A bizarre bird-like creature runs through a barren desert and finds what seems to be a smiling egg lying on the ground. 2.)…
3.3Rental Magica
TV · 2007 · 24 ep
Rental MagicaTV · 2007 · 24 ep3.3Due to his father's disappearance, Itsuki Iba has to take over the family business: a magician dispatch service. Their family employs countless magicians and other supernatural beings in order to send them out to help those who need…
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3.3Red Garden
TV · 2006 · 22 ep
Red GardenTV · 2006 · 22 ep3.3Strange suicides have been taking place in New York. One day, four girls from the same high school wake up in the morning feeling tired and dizzy and not being able to remember anything about the previous night. In school, they find out…
Mature
3.3Requiem from the Darkness
TV · 2003 · 13 ep
Requiem from the DarknessKyougoku Natsuhiko: Kousetsu Hyaku MonogatariTV · 2003 · 13 ep3.3Tired of writing riddles for children, Yamaoka Momosuke plans on gathering spooky and gruesome stories and publishing them in an anthology called Hyakumonogatari ("One Hundred Tales"). While researching these old myths and legends he comes…Looking for something else? Filter horror anime by year, status and format.