7 Essential Psychological Anime Horror Films To Watch This Christmas 2024

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Khuraijam Roger Singh
Dec 24, 2024

Memories (1995)

An animated science fiction anthology film, the film showcases three separate science-fiction stories by three prominent Japanese animators where the stories are of Magnetic Rose, Stink Bomb, and Cannon Fodder.

Wicked City (1987)

A peace treaty that has been in place for hundreds of years to keep Earth and the Black World from going to war. Evil forces try to prevent it from happening, even though it is scheduled to be renewed.

Midori (1992)

Hiroshi Harada's film focuses on an orphan girl who is raped and abused after she joins the freak circus. However, her life changed when a magician joined the circus.

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989)

The Overfiend, a tremendously strong demon who would reincarnate after 3,000 years to alter the universe to his will, is about to upend the relative coexistence of the human, demon, and beast worlds.

Angel's Egg (1985)

The story revolves around a young girl who protects an egg, and bonds with a boy who has a dream about a bird.

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

In this Yoshiaki Kawajiri-directed film, a renowned dhampir battles a diverse group of bounty hunters to bring a young woman back to her family after she appears to have been kidnapped by a vampire.

Perfect Blue (1997)

An animated psychological thriller film by Satoshi Kon follows a member of a Japanese idol group who retires from music to pursue an acting career. But she becomes a victim of stalking by her obsessive fan.

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