Spooky anime for a chill down the spine

Some of the best scares in anime come slowly: an empty corridor, a story told by someone who should not be alive, a village that is too quiet. Spooky anime borrows from folklore and ghost stories, and is at its best when it makes you check the room.

The list follows the horror and supernatural genres and tags such as ghosts, youkai, vampires and demons, and puts the most popular matches first. It is scarier than cozy and gentler than grim; for the harshest end of the scale, see the grim list.

Most popular matches