What is Horror manga?

The horror cinematic genre is characterized by the attempt to make the viewer experience dread, fear, terror, or horror. Often their plots involve the intrusion of an evil force, event or personage, sometimes of supernatural origin, on the mundane world and the consequences thereof.

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Ibitsu

6.77

Description:

A boy went to take his trash out late one night, and found a strange, creepy lolita woman sitting amongst the garbage bags. She asked if he had a little sister, and he answered her, hurrying afterwards back to his apartment. When he looked out the window, she was gone. Who is the strange woman, and why does she give him such a bad feeling? (Source: MU) Note: Each volume contains a side-story chapter.
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

15

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2009-10-02

Terra Formars

7.18

Description:

With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold. It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their mission. But what they find are giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. The crew members are easily wiped out, but not before sending a transmission back to Earth. Now, humanity will send elite warriors to exterminate the mutated bugs and claim back Mars. (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Rating

Horror

Status

current

Started

2011-01-13

Apocalypse no Toride

(Fort of Apocalypse)

7.4

Description:

What can you do when you get mistaken for murder? Nothing. You go to prison. Lucky you, your inmates are some of the biggest cutthroats in the prison. Seriously you are lucky. Especially when zombies attack. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

49

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2011-09-03

The Voynich Hotel

(The Voynich Hotel)

7.86

Description:

Staffed by murderous maids and situated on a war-ravaged island, the Voynich Hotel is far from your run-of-the-mill vacation destination--but it’s not such a bad place to lie low for ex-yakuza Kazuki Taizou, who’s on the run from his so-called family. As he settles into his weird new life, this darkly comedic manga winds through plots both nefarious and romantic, delving ever deeper into the island’s witchy--and sometimes demonic--strangeness. (Source: MangaDex)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

68

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2006-10-17

Shingetsutan Tsukihime

(Lunar Legend Tsukihime)

8.05

Description:

Shiki Tohno sustained a life threatening injury as a child, and due to that incident he was sent away from the Tohno household and was given to a relative to be raised. Years later, when Shiki is in high school, the head of the Tohno household—his father—dies, and he is ordered to move back in by his sister Akiha, who is the new head of the household. However, Shiki holds a huge secret. Ever since that injury, he has been seeing lines on objects, and only with a special pair of glasses is he able to stop seeing them. Also he is unable to remember anything well from the time before his accident. The day he moves back to the Tohno household is the day he stumbles upon a woman named Arcueid Brunstud and decapitates her with one stab of his knife in a temporary fit of insanity. When she suddenly showed up beside him later alive and well, and ask him to be her bodyguard, Shiki's journey to unravel the mysteries of his past begins. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

74

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2003-10-01

Hideout

6.95

Description:

On an idyllic vacation island in the southern seas, a young couple is trying to overcome the death of their only son. But for Seiichi Kirishima, the husband, the trip has a different purpose altogether. He plans to kill his wife and dispose of her body deep inside the forest. However, when his plan goes awry and his wife manages to escape, Seiichi follows her into a dark cave, only to find himself trapped inside and soon hunted by a savage creature with an insatiable hunger for human flesh… (Source: Kotonoha)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

9

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2010-06-14

Judge

(Judge)

7

Description:

"What is your crime?" From the author of Doubt, it's time for a new terrible game, Judge. Hiro's brother Atsuya is dating Hiro's childhood friend and secret crush Hikari. Hiro's affection for Hikari will lead him to commit an un-punishable crime against his older brother. At least, he thinks it is un-punishable, until he is kidnapped and imprisoned by a group of people wearing animal masks. The judging is about to start! (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

32

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2010-01-12

Franken Fran

(Franken Fran)

7.76

Description:

Fran can make anyone into anything, raise the dead, switch heads and bodies and give you those eyes that you've always wanted. But do you actually want them? Is it a good thing to raise the dead? Do the ends justify the means? And does Fran care? (Source: SnoopyCool)
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

61

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2006-09-19

Pumpkin Night

6.68

Description:

A deformed female human go out with a pumpkin on her head to kill all who bullied her in the past. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

current

Started

2016-10-20

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica

(Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

7.89

Description:

When a new girl joins her class, Madoka Kaname thinks she recognizes the mysterious, dark-haired transfer student from one of her dreams…a dream where she is approached by a catlike creature who offers Madoka an opportunity to change destiny. Madoka had always thought magic was the stuff of fantasy…until she sees the transfer student fighting with the very cat being from her dream! And just like in Madoka’s dream, the cat gives her a choice. Will Madoka become a magical girl in exchange for her dearest desire? What will be the cost of having her wish come true? (Source: Yen Press)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

12

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2011-02-12

Zombie 100 ~Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto~

(Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead)

7.62

Description:

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 lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket. (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2018-10-19

Nurarihyon no Mago

(Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan)

7.84

Description:

The manga is about Rikuo Nura, a kid that is 3/4 human and 1/4 youkai. He lives in a house full of spirits alongside his grandfather who is the leader of the youkai. Rikuo is destined to take over his grandfather leadership but his human side has no interest. Rikuo is just a normal kid who has no interest to become the leader of youkai. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

manga

Volumes

25

Chapters

218

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2008-03-08

Mahou Shoujo Site

(Magical Girl Site)

6.86

Description:

Asagiri Aya, a girl bullied at school and at home. One day, an eerie website, Mahou Shoujo Site, flashes on her computer screen and welcomes her to the Mahou Shoujo World. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

16

Chapters

141

Rating

R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Started

2013-07-11

Ousama Game

(King's Game)

6.45

Description:

A high school class, containing 32 students, all receive a strange text message on their cell phones one night. It welcomes them to the "Ousama Game," in which they are given specific tasks to carry out in a 24 hour period. No one takes it very seriously at first, as the tasks are trivial things like having one student kiss another. Soon, the tasks escalate beyond what the kids are willing to do, and they learn that the cost of failure is death. Will they be able to find a way out of the Ousama Game before more people die, and the living lose their integrity and humanity through their participation in the increasingly horrible daily tasks? (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

25

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2010-01-01

Ana Satsujin

(Peephole)

6.73

Description:

Who do you think lives next door? A college student? A secretary? A foodie? A quiet sort? Or... A killer? This is the birth of a brand-new suspense horror masterpiece! (Source: Manga Box)
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

135

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2013-12-06

The Last Human

7.28

Description:

Zuo Tianchen is the last living human in a mutated zombie-infested city. Just when he was sure he'd died, he finds his soul returned to just before that ill-fated day ten years ago. He swears he'll protect the people important to him this time round and reunite with his past lover. Watch his struggles to survive equipped with his memory of the next ten years! (Source: MU)
Type

manhua

Status

current

Started

2018-01-01

Kamisama no Iutoori

(As the Gods Will)

7.27

Description:

Takahata Shun's day at high school begins just as normal and boring as ever, but it doesn't end that way. After his teacher's head explodes, he and his classmates find themselves forced to play children's games, such as Daruma ga Koronda (a game like Red Light/Green Light), with deadly stakes. With no idea who is behind this mysterious deadly game session, and no way of knowing when it will finally end, the only thing Shun and other students can do is keep trying to win... (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

21

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2011-02-09

Jisatsutou

(Suicide Island)

7.32

Description:

Treating non-successful suicidal patients requires a lot of money and resources. With low budget and a personal respect argumentation, a doctor will ask a non-successful suicidal patient if they still want to live on or not. If not, the government will respect their wish. However, the government doesn't just simply kill them...
Type

manga

Volumes

17

Chapters

168

Status

finished

Started

2008-11-14

Goth

(Goth)

7.12

Description:

A rather morbid, sombre manga about two high school students, Kamiyama Itsuki and Morino Yoru, who have a peculiar interest in deaths and especially in murders that are committed near to them. Due to their strong fascination with murder and highly-developed analytical skills(along with some luck), they manage to solve the murders that have even eluded the authorities. However, acting on their own sense of justice and in self-interest, the murderers are often able to escape with the murders that they have committed. Often, it is Kamiyama that solves the cases even to the most subtle of details, but he is only interested in one thing, and that is the method to which Yoru Morino should be killed.
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

5

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2002-08-26

Kasane

(Kasane)

7.73

Description:

Beautiful people are loved and revered. They have everything they desire right at their fingertips... Even if that beauty is a complete illusion. Before Kasane's mother died, she was given a special tube of lipstick from her mother. She was told that if times ever got really really hard, she should wear the lipstick and kiss whatever she really desires. But is this keepsake a blessing? Or a curse?
Type

manga

Volumes

14

Chapters

126

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2013-04-23

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