Shadows House
Shadows House is a relatively new title, especially in the anime scene. Season 1 aired during Spring 2021 and the sequel is on its way. The story is more mystery-oriented, but it does have some horror aspects that make you tense up as you watch. The characters look cute but the truth behind the Shadows House is quite terrifying. Even though the story diverges from the manga at one point, the authors promise that it will get back on track as they are involved with the production. If you’re an anime-only for this series, you won’t even notice the difference.
You can watch it on Funimation.Somato/Shueisha/Shadows House Production Committee
Devilman Crybaby (2018)
Masaaki Yuasa’s directorial Devilman Crybaby was released on 5 January 2018 on Netflix. It is a Netflix original series that comes with dark fantasy as well as action as a base.
It started in 1970 and ended up somewhere in the 21st century. The story is related to Akira Fudo and Ryo Asuka, both friends, facing some races of demons. These demons have only one mission and that is to destroy humanity from the root.
The only solution they can have is to come together where Akira reunites with a demon and transforms into a Devilman. Apart from action and dark fantasy, it also comes with the themes of puberty, love, and sexuality which may not fall under the Halloween category but has the essence of it.
Devils’ Line
Original Run: April 7, 2018 – June 23, 2018Episodes: 12 + OVACreated By: Ryo HanadaGenres: Dark fantasy
When the student Tsukasa Taira goes home one evening with her fellow student Shota Akimura, they are followed by a demon. There have been repeated murders of women in the city in which a demon is suspected. But the stranger turns out to be investigator Yūki Anzai, who uses his skills to hunt demons as a half-demon.
Shota is arrested by him because he is a demon and he is suspected of the series of murders. The rescued Tsukasa brings Anzai home. There he suddenly attacks her, but thanks to his medication he can hold back. Because Anzai also has to keep his thirst for blood in check, like the other demons who want to live peacefully between people.
Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl)
MAL Rated 7.83, Ranked #769 | Aired Fall 2005 | Produced by Studio Deen
Did you know? There’s a website online that you can only visit at midnight. It’s called the Hotline to Hell, and all it has is a black background a sentence saying: «I will exact your vengeance.» If you type a name into the box, you can choose to enter into a contract that curses your target to hell immediately－as long as you too follow when you die. Enma Ai, the Hell Girl, is the middleman who creates the contracts and sets them in action. This anime is not the most gory, but it explores the horrors of the human heart. No one is pure evil, and no one is innocent.
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls
After performing a charm that would supposedly unite them as friends, a group of students is teleported to the mysterious Heavenly Host Elementary School where they are visited by the spirits of the school’s murdered students.
The Corpse Party video games are some of the most infamous horror RPG-maker games out there due to its over the top violence and story, and this adaptation succeeds at adapting its source material’s strongest suit. Though what it may lack in its story department, the anime definitely makes up for with its so much brutal death scenes that will make even the most die-hard fans of the genre, squeamish.
9 Вечеринка трупов
Corpse Party — аниме ужасов, основанное на популярной видеоигре. Однако в аниме рассказывается о группе старшеклассников, которые переносятся в альтернативное измерение, наполненное мстительными духами и сверхъестественными ужасами.
Что делает Corpse Party особенно страшным, так это то, как в ней используются звук, атмосфера и прыжки. пугает, создавая ощущение страха и напряжения на протяжении всего сериала. В аниме также присутствует множество симпатичных персонажей, которые попадают в опасные и опасные для жизни ситуации, что усиливает эмоциональную вовлеченность зрителя в историю.
Блич (сериал 2004 – 2012)
| Рейтинг | Кинопоиск — 8.0 / IMDB — 8.2 |
| Жанр | Аниме, мультфильм, ужасы, боевик, фэнтези |
| Производство | Япония (1 сезон) |
| Режиссёр | Нориюки Абэ, Дзюнъя Косиба, Сигэки Хатакэяма |
| В ролях | Масакадзу Морита, Фумико Орикаса, Юки Мацуока, Хироки Ясумото, Нориаки Сугияма, Кэнтаро Ито, Мицуаки Мадоно, Риэ Кугимия, Кацуюки Конъиси, Ватару Такаги |
Старшеклассник Куросаки Ичиго не похож на обычного ребенка. Почему? Потому что он может видеть призраков. С самого раннего возраста он способен видеть духов из загробного мира. Однажды жизнь Ичиго полностью меняется, когда на него и двух его сестер нападает злой, голодный и мучительный дух, известный как Пустота. На помощь Ичиго и его сестрам приходит Шинигами (Бог Смерти) по имени Кучики Рукия, в обязанности которого входит отправлять добрых духов (Плюсов) в загробный мир, известный как Общество Душ, а также очищать Пустоты и отправлять их в Общество Душ.
Но во время борьбы с пустотой Рукия получает ранение и вынуждена передать свои силы Ичиго. С этой вновь обретенной силой начинается обучение Куросаки Ичиго и его обязанность как Шинигами поддерживать баланс между миром живых и миром мертвых…
Bleach был создан, потому что Тите Кубо хотел нарисовать шинигами в кимоно, поэтому он нарисовал Рукию Кучики, сделав ее первым нарисованным персонажем, а также первым персонажем, появившимся в сериале.
8 Токийский гуль
Токийский гуль рассказывает историю молодой человек по имени Канеки, который становится полугулем после случайной встречи с одним из существ. Гули — плотоядные монстры, живущие среди людей, и в аниме исследуются последствия их существования и взаимодействия с человечеством.
Кроме того, «Токийский гуль» сочетает в себе действие, ужас и драму в захватывающую и эмоционально резонансную историю. Персонажи сериала сложны и многогранны, каждый со своими мотивами и борьбой, которые делают их близкими и вызывающими симпатию. Все эти элементы делают «Токийского гуля» обязательным для просмотра поклонниками ужасов во время сезона Хэллоуина.
Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Original Run: July 2, 2009 – December 24, 2009Episodes: 26Created By: 07th ExpansionGenres: Mystery
The main plot of the game takes place in 1986 within a small time frame of two days from October 4th to 5th on a small, remote island called Rokkenjima of the Izu Islands. This is where Kinzo, the head of the rich Ushiromiya family, lives.
As his death seems near, eight of the family members gather at an annual meeting to discuss how to divide the inheritance.
They are joined by three other family members and five servants. As the first deliberations begin, a typhoon looms, preventing them from leaving the island, while the strangest things happen at the same time and one after the other dies.
Housing Complex C — HBO Max
Adult Swim’s newest anime is the most recent series on this list, and it’s already become a horror classic that horror anime fans need to see. Housing Complex C is a show that focuses on a complex of apartment buildings in a rural Japanese town called Kurosaki. The inhabitants are primarily older people with the youngest of the group, a little girl named Kimi, being the glue that holds them together. When new renters from outside the country move in though, it causes discourse between the residents as xenophobia sets in and awakens a horrific mystery that sees people begin to disappear. This miniseries from Adult Swim hit the ground running with its premiere episode. It perfectly blends atmosphere with a slow-build story to bring intrigue around a creepy mystery that will keep viewers invested. Plus, at breezy four episodes, it makes for a perfect binge for fans that want to watch something in one night.
3 Corpse Party
Corpse Party is an anime based on an RPG Maker game by the same name. It follows the students of Kisaragi Academy who find themselves transported to the old Heavenly Host Elementary School where a great tragedy occurred. As the night progresses, each of the students meets an increasingly gruesome fate as the ghosts from the elementary school take out their revenge on the living.
This anime is not for the faint of heart. It is full of gore and horrific images, making it the perfect anime for a spooky evening. Fans who would like to brave this gruesome show may want to keep the lights on after they watch it.
Supernatural
Monsters are classically horrifying, but less so in this modern age. Still, some of the best anime series feature creatures that go bump in the night.
Hellsing Ultimate
In the night, there are monsters that feed on humanity indiscriminately. To stand against the tide in Britain is the Hellsing Organization. Leader of the organization, Integra Hellsing, believes that to fight monsters, you must use monsters. So among her soldiers, she slays vampires with her powerful pet, Alucard.
While Hellsing: Ultimate might belong more to the Bloody category of horror due to the literal buckets of blood and impressive violence in the series, it is, in essence, about monsters fighting other monsters. Although supernatural, so violent, and as dark as they come, typically it is not particularly scary, but the best supernatural horror series around.
Shiki
The death of 15-year-old Megumi Shimizu kicked off a summer of terror for the residents of the rural Sotoba village. A furious epidemic of anemia leaves villagers dying left and right, but village doctor Toshio Ozaki believes that something more supernatural is afoot.
Although slow to get into it, Shiki, unlike Hellsing, is a vampire anime that can occasionally be quite chilling. The dead eyes really do wonders for making many of the characters look scary enough. Combine that with some pretty good sound effects and music, and Shiki really has a lot working for it. It gets pretty gory near the end, too.
Hell Girl
It is said that if your thirst for revenge is strong enough, you gain access to a special website available only at midnight. There you can ask that the person who wronged you be dragged straight to hell. This is the tale of Ai Enma, the Hell Girl that carries out such requests.
Hell Girl is about equal parts creepy and mindfuckery. There are no jump scares and Ai is really the only spirit within it, but the study of the moral choices within is somewhat terrifying, and, if nothing else, thought-provoking.
5. Angels of Death
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Angels of Death is where this list gets a little bloody. This short series is adapted from a video game of the same name and centers on Rachel Gardner, a girl who wakes up in the basement of a building with no recollection of how she got there. As she searches for a way out, she meets the strange, scythe-wielding Zack and expresses to him that she wants to die. He says he’ll kill her if she helps him find a way out of the building, and the two set off to find an exit, going through each level of the building. The further they get, the more Rachel begins to remember, and soon, her past begins to catch up with her. The anime is heavy on the gore and gruesome imagery and doesn’t shy away from dark or disturbing subject matter. Fans of extreme horror will find this title interesting, horrifying and heart-breaking all in one.
Tokyo Ghoul (2014)
A threat of ghouls invasion in the world immersed like a hurricane. They try to blend with humans and their population, thus dealing with some psychological horror. The story is related to Kaneki, a college student who wants to check out the growing crisis.
However, his attraction to a woman named Rize takes him in a different direction. Soon he discovers that Rize is not any normal human but one of the ghouls. As the series progresses, Kaneki was found in the hospital where his life was saved by transplanting the organ of Rize into his body.
Due to this, he started a dreadful journey as he transformed into a human ghoul.
«Клетка с насекомыми Араньи» (Aragne: Sign of Vermillion, 2018 г., реж. Сакамото Саку)
Молодая скромная студентка Рин решилась снять недорогое жильё, находящееся в старом многоквартирном доме, о котором ходят странные слухи. После того как здесь нашли бездыханное тело школьницы, многие обходят здание стороной.
Вскоре девушка лично сталкивается с необъяснимым: перед глазами всюду огромные насекомые. Рин намерена выяснить, что происходит и по какой причине лишь она способна их видеть.
Рисовка этого аниме-хоррора не порадует глаз фанатов со стажем, однако она лишь помогает создать контраст и нагнать ужаса отдельным сценам. Сюжетная линия картины не стремится соответствовать каким-либо зрительским ожиданиям. И фильм, не считаясь с догадками смотрящего, развивается в своём артхаусном разнообразии ритмов и звуков, где шуршание жуков и нервное дыхание героини однозначно вызовут мурашки по коже.
4 Theatre Of Darkness: Yamishibai
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories
- Japanese Title
- Yami Shibai
- Release Date
- July 14, 2013
- Studio
- ILCA
- Number of Episodes
- 130
- Streaming Service(s)
- Crunchyroll
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Depending on how viewers watch their horror, Yami Shibai or Japanese Ghost Stories is like watching a sleep paralysis episode unfold. This anime consists of several short stories or episodes each of which is about particular Japanese urban legends.
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The animation is a little too crude, but it’s usually the storytelling that sells the show instead of the visuals. Each story has its own lesson and narrative rooted in Japanese culture and tradition as well as some hyper-imaginative tales. Make sure to watch this one with the lights off and alone for a better atmosphere.
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai is great during its first few seasons, which are generally quite consistent. Around season 4, the anime becomes a lot more hit-and-miss, which unfortunately does hurt its overall quality. That said, at its peak, Yamishibai is one of the best horror anime.
16 Happy Sugar Life
Happy Sugar Life
- Release Date
- July 14, 2018
- Studio
- Ezόla
- Number of Episodes
- 12
- Based On
- Manga
- Creator
- Tomiyaki Kagisora
Happy Sugar Life is a trip that starts messed up and just keeps on finding new ways to get messier. While there are some folks with decent intentions, there are no traditionally «good» characters, and that extends to the main girl, Satou.
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The anime is filled with violent deaths, depressing themes, tragic moments, and uncomfortable scenes. While not often terrifying, Happy Sugar Life is nearly always suspenseful. This horror anime needs to be experienced blind and preferably binge-watched over a weekend.
xxxHOLIC
If You Like: Ghost Whisperer, Tales from the CryptScare Vibe: Spooky (Mild)Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime
The best episodes of xxxHOLIC feel like listening to someone tell a ghost story by candlelight in a dark room. In fact, that’s the premise of one of the show’s scariest episodes. xxxHOLIC follows a teenage boy named Watanuki who makes a curious deal with a witch named Yuuko: if he works for her at her mystical shop, she will take away his ability to see spirits, a talent which has brought him untold grief and frustration over the years. As you might expect, her shop is no ordinary store, and the customers get more than knickknacks when they shop there. She trades in unusual artifacts and dealings with creatures straight out of classic folklore, from kitsune to The Monkey’s Paw.
Featuring CLAMP’s iconic, unusual art style, and a winning cast of characters including Boss Witch Yuuko, poor long-suffering Watanuki, and the cutest store mascot of all time, Mokona, there’s a lot to love here even for those who don’t consider themselves big horror fans. Episodes of xxxHOLIC range from magical romps, to somber tales of loss, to chilling encounters with dark spirits, but there is almost always something going bump in the night.
3. Parasyte: The Maximum
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Adapted from a 1988 manga series, Parasyte: The Maximum follows high schooler Shinichi Izumi, a normal boy from a nice family that lives in a quiet town. One night, he wakes to find an alien creature known as a Parasyte trying to crawl into his nose to take over his brain. When he bats it aside, it causes the Parasyte to burrow into his arm instead. Because the Parasyte didn’t affect Shinichi’s brain, it’s able to be a separate entity from Shinichi, allowing them to keep their separate personalities. As the two begin to work together to defeat other Parasytes, they learn more about each other’s species. Parasyte -the Maximum- offers a healthy dose of body horror mixed with psychological thrills and moral pondering that makes for a scarily compelling series that’s hard not to get sucked into.
6. Ajin: Demi-Human
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Ajin: Demi-Human tells the story of Kei Nagai, a student who discovers he is an Ajin upon being hit by a truck and killed. Because Ajin are immortal and capable of nearly instantaneous regeneration, they are hunted down by the government for use in various areas. Kei is forced to go on the run to avoid being used in experimentation, and thus, begins his dive into the world of Ajin and the unrest between Ajin and humans, who treat them as inhuman monsters. Some may ignore this series due to its animation, which is done in a 3D style as opposed to the 2D usually used for anime, but the animation is still decent and it has an incredible story. Between brutal scenes of mutilation and the inhumanity of the government systems, Ajin: Demi-Human will pull you in, horrify you, and leave you wanting more.
Ouran High School Host Club (2006)
It is a reverse harem school drama that falls under romance and comedy. The story and the characters are very remarkable for its development whose looks were adapted under familiar themes like Halloween.
The story is related to Haruhi Fujioka who is enrolled in Ouran Academy. She went and stumbles into the music room and breaks an expensive vase. This music room belongs to the host club consisting of attractive boys.
Since Haruhi is not able to pay the expense of the vase, the boys come up with the solution of making her host. Due to this, she faces many challenges presented by female students and at the same time cooperating with the personalities of other hosts.
#7 Hyouka
Type: Series Number of seasons: 1Number of episodes: 22
There is no way you don’t know about this anime. Hyouka is one of the best school-life-based anime. We have a cute girl and a fantastic MC, and watching side characters is fun. This anime is not focused on romance like other slice-of-life anime.
It is unique, and that’s why people love watching this anime. Our story starts with Houtarou Oreki, who has no interest in his colorless life.
Soon his older sister forces him to join the classic club where a mysterious but cute girl Eru Chitanda is seen.
Look, you have to watch this anime to find out what exactly is in it, but episode 14 of this anime is Halloween based, where people can be seen wearing different costumes. It’s a fun episode to watch.
Characters to cosplay:
- Oreki Houtarou
- Chitanda Eru
- Fukube Satoshi
- Ibara Mayaka
Devil Lady (1998)
Also known as Devilman Lady, the anime was released on 10 October 1998 under the direction of Toshiki Hirano. It is the adaptation of the manga series of the same name but has some differentiation which can be seen through the evils and their mystical nature.
The story is about a supermodel named Jun Fudo who has a secret that is related to the evolution of mankind. Unlike other city members who have beast-like personalities, Jun has kept the grip of humanity to herself and got recruited by a secret organization.
She became a Devil Lady and went to have the ways of her kind. Due to the same reason, it has gained a proper appearance that is similar to that of any Halloween anime, dark, terrorizing, and quite scary.
#2 Ouran High School Host Club
Type: SeriesNumber of seasons: 1Number of episodes: 26
One of the best reverse harem anime, this is a must-watch anime. Haruhi Fujioka is a simple girl who loves studying and doesn’t interact much with people. She recently joined Ouran Academy. In this academy, there is a Host Club filled with the most attractive boys in the academy.
Unintentionally Haruhi breaks an expensive vase, and now she has to pay for it. The club asks her to become a part of the club instead of paying them, without realizing at first that Haruhi was a girl.
In this anime, there is an episode called “Until the Day It Becomes a Pumpkin!” this is an entirely Halloween-based episode with many fun elements.
Overall, this is fantastic anime, and you’ll love watching it.
Characters to cosplay:
- Fujioka Haruhi
- Suou Tamaki
- Hitachiin Hikaru
- Ootori Kyouya
- Hitachiin Kaoru
Blood-C
| Number of Episodes | 12 episodes + 1 movie |
| Genre | Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Gore |
| Animation Studio | Production I. G |
| Personal Rating | 8.00 |
Synopsis: Saya is a normal high school girl who likes to socialize as minimal as possible. But this is the image her classmates know of. Off the record, she is a demon slayer who kills any demon who tries to cause turmoil in her peaceful village. She can do this job with the help of the sword her father bestowed upon her.
But after all this routine work of Saya is disturbed when a dog appears in front of her and asks her to reconsider assassinating demons. Despite that, Saya also hears demons talking about some agreement that was broken and all of this causes her to be confused and stuck. Will she be able to protect her village in this confused state?
“Blood-C” is a simply gore-centred horror series. It has a simple plot with monsters that eat humans. Straight forward, isn’t it? Well, there is a slight psychological touch to it which makes the whole series different. The type of monsters and the way they eat humans is something you will remember this Halloween!
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Elfen Lied
How Many Episodes: 14Where To Stream: Prime Video, Crunchyroll
There is no shortage of anime where unassuming individuals encounter a displaced creature of dangerous proportions, but they’re able to soften their edges and open their eyes to a new lifestyle that appreciates the simple glories that Earth has to offer. Elfen Lied begins with this predictable trajectory when Kouta and Yuka run into Lucy, an amnesiac humanoid alien with devastating psychic abilities, only each of their lives are decidedly worse by the end of this 14-episode extended exercise in nihilism.
Despite Kouta’s best efforts, Elfen Lied underscores that humanity is a selfish species that will do whatever is necessary to guarantee their survival. Elfen Lied is full of sweeping scenes of brutal violence as Lucy becomes the universe’s perpetual punching bag. Elfen Lied is not for the faint of heart, but it’s a powerful, dark anime that doesn’t pull any punches.
7/15 Мориарти Патриот
Уильям Джеймс Мориарти — криминальный консультант, который хочет использовать свои знания для того, чтобы покончить с коррумпированной классовой системой Британской империи и реформировать общество
Он использует свой интеллект, чтобы помочь жертвам классовых преступлений отомстить, не оставляя после себя никаких улик, но его действия привлекают внимание знаменитого Шерлока Холмса. Мориарти — патриот представляет собой уникальный поворот к классической формуле Шерлока Холмса, пересказывая историю с точки зрения Мориарти
История мрачная и интригующая, а за мысленной битвой между Мориарти и его возможным соперником Шерлоком Холмсом интересно наблюдать.
1. Corpse Party: Tortured Souls
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls
Based on the popular Japanese horror video game series, Corpse Party, this anime follows the story of the first game. Corpse Party: Tortured Souls is about a group of high school students who invoke a friendship charm they found on the internet in hopes of making their bond last forever.
However, as soon as they complete the spell, an earthquake occurs and they wake up hours later separated in a hellish and gruesome place known as Heavenly Host Elementary School. The school is locked by an invisible force and filled with dead bodies and evil spirits trying to murder them. Together they must discover and overcome the ghostly presence haunting the school or become victims themselves — doomed to wander the halls with the other spooks.
Spanning just four episodes, Corpse Party: Tortured Souls is a short series that should please any horror fan. For those that have played the video game series, seeing full blown animated versions of the retro sprite characters from the original game will be a refreshing and nostalgic experience.
- Good for: Those who enjoy the gory and the grotesque as well as lovers of hauntings or demonic horror.
- Available on: Corpse Party: Tortured souls is available for purchase on Amazon Japan.
Shiki (2010)
Shiki is… a special case. Was it great? Not really. But it was still quite decent and it did pose some interesting questions. Bonus points for completing the main storyline in 1 season. Vampires aren’t that scary anymore but are a Halloween must. Shiki manages to take a cliche and make it actually creepy, by adding some absolutely terrifying moments and overall atmosphere. The mystery is there, but in the second half it devolves into a weird mix of “humans are monsters” and just overall ridiculous plot points. Still, it’s a good watch and if you like horror you should definitely watch it. The philosophical aspect of the story was also quite intriguing, all things considered.
The anime isn’t available to stream but Funimation does have physical editions of it – DVD and BluRay.Fuyumi Ono, Ryu Fujisaki/Shinchosha, Shueisha/Shiki Production Committee
Ghost stories (Gakkou no Kaidan)
MAL Rated 7.76, Ranked #903 | Aired Fall 2000 | Produced by Studio Pierrot
Also known as Ghosts at School, this series tells the story of Satsuki Miyanoshita who moves with her family to her deceased mother’s hometown, after her death. On the first day of her school, Satsuki’s little brother, her neighbor and a couple of other friends from the school decide to hop into an abandoned school building next to their school complex, only to discover that it is haunted.
After facing multiple encounters with the ghosts of the school, Satsuki discovers that it was no one else but her mother only who had sealed all the ghosts in the school building, as they were haunting the school as well as the town. Her mom had also left her a book on exorcism and spells, full of instructions on exorcising the ghosts once and for all. Satsuki takes up the task of ridding the town of these ghosts and gets to kick some ghost ass in the process!