Genre guide

Horror anime recommendations

Find horror anime recommendations for tonight, filtered by quality, mood fit, watch commitment, and dealbreakers.

This guide starts from horror as the main search signal, then favors titles that are accessible, well-rated, and easy to match to a real viewing context. Use the finder when you want to combine horror with a specific mood or time limit.

Best horror anime to consider

Monster anime cover
2004TV74 episodes

Monster

Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a renowned Japanese brain surgeon working at a leading hospital in Germany. One night, Dr. Tenma risks his reputation and...

Made in Abyss anime cover
2017TV13 episodes

Made in Abyss

The "Abyss" is the last unexplored place in the world. Strange and wonderful creatures roam within, and it is full of precious relics that present...

Perfect Blue anime cover
1998MOVIE1 episodes

Perfect Blue

Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go... Encouraged by her...

Berserk anime cover
1997TV25 episodes

Berserk

Set during a time that very much resembles Europe during the Middle Ages, Berserk is a story of revenge set in the castle town of Midland....

The Promised Neverland anime cover
2019TV12 episodes

The Promised Neverland

Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the...

Chainsaw Man anime cover
2022TV12 episodes

Chainsaw Man

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life...

Parasyte -the maxim- anime cover
2014TV24 episodes

Parasyte -the maxim-

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites,...

Mononoke anime cover
2007TV12 episodes

Mononoke

Mononoke is a spin-off of the Bakeneko story arc of Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror. It follows the Medicine Seller as he deals with various...

The Summer Hikaru Died anime cover
2025TV12 episodes

The Summer Hikaru Died

Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable… until the day Hikaru came...

From the New World anime cover
2012TV25 episodes

From the New World

Following a sudden outbreak of psychokinesis in 0.1% of the population, a rapid transformation swept the world. The godlike ability to manipulate...

Akira anime cover
1988MOVIE1 episodes

Akira

It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the mind breaks free...

Dorohedoro anime cover
2020TV12 episodes

Dorohedoro

The story revolves around Kaiman, who does not remember who he was before he was transfigured by a Magic user. This transformation left him with a...

Devilman Crybaby anime cover
2018ONA10 episodes

Devilman Crybaby

New Devilman project marking Go Nagai's 50th anniversary as a creator.The protagonist Akira Fudou learns from his best friend, Ryou Asuka, that an...

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead anime cover
2023TV12 episodes

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has...

SHADOWS HOUSE anime cover
2021TV13 episodes

SHADOWS HOUSE

High atop a cliff sits the mansion known as Shadows House, home to a faceless clan that pretends to live like nobles. They express their emotions...

xxxHOLiC anime cover
2006TV24 episodes

xxxHOLiC

Watanuki Kimihiro can see spirits and other assorted supernatural creatures, which is quite a bothersome ability he strongly dislikes. On the way...

Blood+ anime cover
2005TV50 episodes

Blood+

Saya 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...

Shiki anime cover
2010TV22 episodes

Shiki

During 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....