10 Most Horrifying Anime Just as Scary as Japanese Movies

Halloween, the one day of the year when we can officially bring fear and horror to life, is approaching. And you must prepare for it in earnest.

First, shred your pumpkins. Second, decorate your room with as many string lights and candles as you can find. Third, have a horror marathon from those who invented the concept of horror – the Japanese.

1. Corpse Party: Missing Footage

A long time ago, Tenjin Primary School was closed after a series of mysterious and violent incidents. And, of course, another school was built in its place.

A group of local students perform a ritual after which, according to legend, they will "stay together forever." But something goes wrong: an earthquake, the floor of the classroom collapses, and each of them finds themselves alone in a dark, dilapidated school. Welcome: this is the Tenjin School where the souls of the dead still roam.

2. Parasyte

The main character, Shinichi Izumi, is an ordinary person living a very ordinary life without any good or bad incidents.

However, after being attacked by a strange parasite, his life immediately becomes more difficult and dangerous. The more he learns about these creatures, the more he realizes that the terrible deaths around Tokyo are not as random as they first seemed.

3. Another

Spooky anime that made giving you goosebumps its job. A third grader dies in high school – she was an excellent student, an athlete, and just a girl whom everyone loved and adored.

Despite the fact that doctors, teachers and parents confirmed the fact of her death, her classmates completely refused to believe it and continued to pretend that the girl was still with them. There are no monsters or severed limbs here, but all this is compensated for by strange and frightening circumstances.

4. Junji Ito Collection

An anthology based on the works of cult mangaka and horror master Junji Ito.

Each of the 12 episodes is inhabited by its own monster, be it a sadist, a ghost, a mythical monster, or an angel of death. The nightmares and horrors in Collection are presented in a consistent style that enhances the contrast between darkness and light.

5. Pupa

Utsutsu and Yume had a difficult childhood: their parents did not love them. One day, as they were walking home from school, a strange-looking woman approached them and told them to beware of red butterflies.

But younger sister Yume met the mysterious creatures, after which she turned into a monster. A very, very, very hungry monster that feeds on human flesh.

6. Gyo

This anime starts just like one of the Scary Movie installments. Kaori and her friends have just graduated from college. To celebrate the transition into adulthood, where you can finally walk around without a hat and not have to tell your parents what you ate, they went on vacation.

At the beach house they moved into, the girls were attacked by a strange walking fish. Thus began a series of events that are hard to top in terms of insanity.

7. Higurashi When They Cry

The guy moves from the city to a quiet village, where he almost immediately makes friends with charming classmates.

According to the tradition of horror movies, behind the cute faces of the girls lies horror, fear, brutal murders and disappearances without a trace. The plot of the anime is complex, suitable for those who like to read between the lines.

8. Perfect Blue

The young pop singer decided to enter the TV series industry, but her fans were not happy with this decision.

Strange phone calls, envelopes with explosives and other frightening messages subtly suggest that the world she lives in is a complete lie, and that she is not at all who she thinks she is. At some point, the viewers feel like they are going crazy along with the main character, so be careful.

9. Ghost Hunt

After classes, Taniyama Mai and other students tell each other scary stories about ghosts living in the abandoned school across the street. Maybe all this is just fiction, but why did the headmaster hire a whole team of exorcists? One of them rescues Taniyama, and the girl joins the exorcists.

10. Shiki

Natsuno Yuuki's family moves to Sotoba, a village surrounded by a forest. The local young people are eager to leave, but Sotoba is popular with urban downshifters who want to be closer to nature.

Soon the villagers are shocked by a series of mysterious deaths, and local doctor Toshio Ozaki tries to start an investigation. It all looks like a mysterious epidemic, but soon he and Natsuno realize that the evil is coming from a house on a hill where vampires are rumored to live.