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Fandom’s 5 Horror Anime to Watch

I am a baby. I am not good with horror. But sometimes I find myself craving a good scare, and I have just the anime I go to for that. If you want an anime that’ll scare you or give you chills, or even just has a good spooky soundtrack to check out, these are right up your alley. 

Just please do mind the content warnings, as many of these deal with incredibly graphic, disturbing, and downright terrifying content. 

And with that, let’s begin. 

#1) Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Teiichi Niiya is a first year who attends Seikyou Private Academy, a school with over 60 years of history and mysteries, and has been added to so much that its easy to get lost in the crisscross of old and new buildings. One day, when he ends up lost in the old building, Teiichi comes across the ghost of a young girl named Yuuko Kanoe, who has lost all memory of her life leading up to her death, and the two decide to form a club to try and recover her lost memories.

If you want my full thoughts on this one, I have a review of the anime right here. Out of all of them, this one is probably the lightest in terms of scares, but its very rich in story and characters. 

#2) Parasyte: The Maxim

Shinichi Izumi is a high school student in Tokyo who ends up with a parasitic worm like creature completely taking over his right hand. This entity, given the name Migi, was supposed to completely take over Shinichi’s body, but is now permanently stuck in his right hand, leaving the two as separate minds sharing one body. As other parasites slowly begin to take over other human hosts, Shinichi and Migi quickly realize that, if they want to survive, they’ll have to work together. 

This one was quite the rollercoaster of a ride and by far has one of my most favorite OSTs and some of my favorite animated fight sequences of all time. Definitely worth a watch if you’re okay with extreme body horror. 

#3) Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni, AKA When They Cry

The year is 1983, and Keiichi Maebara and his family have recently moved to the small rural town of Hinamizawa. He befriends and joins the club of his fellow school mates Rena, Mion, Satoko, and Rika, and everyone excitedly prepares for the annual Watanagashi Festival, where the town gives thanks to their local deity Oyashiro. However, a curse seems to be plaguing the town, as every year for the last four years during the festival, one person dies, and another goes missing. 

By far one of the best visual novel adaptations ever put to anime, this series is chock full of scares, paranoia, and amazingly enough, hope. It’s getting a remake coming out this year, but I beg you to watch the original 2006 anime adaptation first. It’s still an amazing anime even 14 years later.

#4) Shiki

It is the summer of 1994, and all seems well in the little village of Sotoba. That is, until the Kirishiki family moves into the abandoned mansion on the hill. Slowly, people start dying of an unknown cause. Others say they’ve seen their lost loved ones walking about at night. As Dr. Ozaki tries to find answers, a young boy named Natsuno Yuuki, who hates the village, begins to feel he’s being stalked by Megumi Shimizu, a girl who wanted to leave Sotoba and was the first victim of these mysterious deaths.

This one is hauntingly beautiful in many ways and stands out with its unique art style, chilling soundtrack, and overall atmosphere of dark and disturbing. A definite much watch. 

And if you have already checked this one out, I suggest looking into the series Another, as the authors of Shiki and Another are married in real life.

#5) Hell Girl

Have you heard of the Hell Correspondence? It’s very simple really. You wait until midnight, and submit the name of the person you hate the most into the website. Ai Enma then appears to you, and offers you a doll. Pull the string around its neck, and she will banish your tormentor straight into the depths of Hell. However, if you do this, you enter a contract with her, and when your death comes for you, you will also be banished into Hell. If it came down to it, would you pull the string?

This is one of the very first horror anime I have ever watched. And holy shit. It is a fantastic masterpiece of storytelling in the first two seasons. Seasons three and four are a bit lackluster, but still have their charm, and overall the story of Ai and the people she interacts with are amazing. Probably the second heaviest of all the titles listed here (as it’s hard to top Higurashi), but its one that I insist you watch if you can. 

And those are my suggestions for horror anime. Are there any I missed? What are some of your favorite spooky shows? Any I should add to my watch list in November? Let me know!

Have a wonderful day everyone, and remember