Any horror? Anyone?

[NoCashOtaku]

Welp, just looking for more horror anime/visual novels/RPG Maker stuff. So... anyone got anything?

Things I already seen:

Anime:

Lucky Star Another

I loved this one. People may call me a sadist, but I find the sudden deaths amusing. And hilarious, some times.

Shiki

Wonderful show about vampire/zombies.( I kind of ship Megumi and Natsuno, but that's for ANOTHER post).

Not sure what else actually counts as horror here. Future Diary seems more gore than scares. RAINBOW... same thing.

Visual Novels:

None so far. Looking forward to seeing a few, though.

RPG MAKER (Not sure if this counts as games):

Ib

The crayon-y scene kind of ruined the horror aspect. Eh, other parts were good though.

Witch's House

Loved it.

Mermaid Swamp

More visual novel-y, but again, loved it.

Yume Nikki

Interesting... I guess? This one kind of confuses me.

Dreaming Mary

It's nice, sweet, and sort of like a certain anime featured in the "Make A Contract" badge. That said...

[spoiler=DM Spoiler]

It's a trap! It's not nice and fluffy after all!

Anything translated by VGPerson.

Other Stuff:

Silent Hill 2 & 4

Keyword: Horror, not gore. Gore's fine, but I want a good scare now and then.

Edited March 24, 2015 by NoCashOtaku

[Scarlet]

Ohhh, finding good Horror media is really difficult, so I can sympathize.

You're right, Mirai Nikki is more gore/psychological than actual horror (although Yuno can be pretty freaking scary at times).

As far as anime go, consider giving Higurashi no Naku Koro ni a try. It starts out fun and happy-looking, but watch at least the first four episodes before you decide whether to continue watching or not.

It's not a horror show per se, but it's one of the few that I know of that come close, atmosphere-wise and all.

There's also a visual novel of it, but I don't know terribly much about it.

Corpse Party: Tortured Souls is very straightforward if you can tolerate the rather inappropriately placed fanservice.

Have you played Yume Nikki? It's an atmospheric exploration-based RPG Maker game. Not all areas in it involve horror, but the ones that do are pretty good.

I can most definitely recommend .flow, a Yume Nikki fangame. It's significantly darker (and gorier) in overall tone than Yume Nikki and has some really nasty scares. It's great.

Yume 2kki is another high-quality Yume Nikki fangame, probably even better than the original. It's similar in tone to the original, maybe slightly darker overall, and it has a massive amount of content compared to the other two.

[Draco]

As Scarlet mentioned, .flow is a fantastic one~
Yume Nikki is similar, but more... weird? I dunno.

One that hasn't been said - OFF, by Mortis Ghost. A sort of a psychological horror, I guess? It has some incredibly scary moments, especially in the late game. It's an RPG and has an overall unsettling atmosphere and stuff. One of my favorite games ever, worth a shot, definitely.

EDIT: I love horror anime and VNs, and especially RPGMaker games. I can sympathize as well.

Edited March 24, 2015 by Reason

[Parrhesia]

The early Silent Hills, I guess?

[Original Alear]

The early Silent Hills, I guess?

The Silent Hills teaser too?

[The Geek]

Re: Mirai Nikki. I think it qualifies more as a thriller than horror. When it's not being straight up Shounen, of course.

[blyegg]

As far as anime go, consider giving Higurashi no Naku Koro ni a try. It starts out fun and happy-looking, but watch at least the first four episodes before you decide whether to continue watching or not.

It's not a horror show per se, but it's one of the few that I know of that come close, atmosphere-wise and all.

There's also a visual novel of it, but I don't know terribly much about it.

I'll go ahead recommend Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - not the anime, but the visual novel. As far as I've heard, the anime is bad in comparison to the VN.

It's not terribly scary but still pretty good.

Edited March 24, 2015 by Blyvern

[RikuTheHedgehog]

Irisu Syndrome.

Regards.

[infiniterhapsody]

How about Forest of Drizzling Rain (Kirisame ga furu mori)? I really loved it, and it scared me few times, mostly because of the themes and sudden scenes. It has 5 endings as well. Also, the game has a manga adaptation as well, although its not frequently translated. But the art is beautiful in it.

[NoCashOtaku]

Interesting.I will be sure to give those a try. Although I probably should of added Yume Nikki and Silent Hill to my already done list. Yume Nikki was a bit... strange, but amusing nonetheless. Silent Hill 2, however, was actually quite scary(and a bit desturbing).

Taking a look at Higurashi no Naku Koro ni right now.

EDIT: Should of added Dreaming Mary too. I liked that one a lot more than Yume Nikki.

Edited March 24, 2015 by NoCashOtaku

[infiniterhapsody]

Yume Nikki was very creepy and weird, i agree. But it's so popular... Other games like Yume Nikki are Middens which was very creepy and tought provoking, but kinda freakier than YN, and Gingiva, also very abstract game.

There is also Dreaming Mary which was........ very triggering for some people once you understand the story behind it.

Higurashi was very disturbing but also made more sense in second season. So when you watch it, do watch second season too if you want explanations.

Also, good choice is also Umineko no naku koro ni, which is very like Higurashi, but on a closed island, includes witches and lots of twisted murders and mysteries. I recommend both anime and novels, and in case you can't play novels, you can always read manga, as there are adaptations of all Umineko episodes. ^_^

Edited March 24, 2015 by infiniterhapsody

[Perfect Infinitive Exitus]

The Anime of Higurashi has very good story for horror so i recommend it, the reason its bad though is because of the voice acting and the animation, the eng dub is supposed to be even worse then the jap one and that sucked

i guess Hellsing Ultimate is also good horror if consindered as

i also highly recommend the Corpse party Series; the Anime as well as the Games

Hello hell...o? is an rpg maker game, it may be short but it is good and has different outcomes

Mad Father: very good game, i don't know if it could be consindered to be better then witchs house but it has the potential to

Crooked man: memorable, not as good as mad father but different in a good way

Misao: school horror, not like corpse party but little similar

Forest of drizzling rain: at first it has some mystery then comes the horror even though it is not that scary, witchs house has a much more horror like atmosphere

Corpse party: the worse the desicions you make the worse the endings you get and the scarier it will be, the music brings the right atmosphere and is very catchy, great school horror, the later games are somewhat fanservicy though(not too much)

[Scarlet]

Umineko no Naku Koro ni clearly goes for the atmosphere, so I guess it counts, but I didn't recommend it because I don't consider the anime good. Unlike Higurashi, it eventually completely throws any form of logic out of the window. Again, not sure if the same holds true for the VN, so I guess if you're gonna give Umineko a try, try the VN.

The Anime of Higurashi has very good story for horror so i recommend it, the reason its bad though is because of the voice acting and the animation, the eng dub is supposed to be even worse then the jap one and that sucked

The animation, okay, it's a 2006 anime (although personally, I never took issue with it), but what's wrong with the voice acting?

Hello hell...o? is an rpg maker game, it may be short but it is good and has different outcomes

Mad Father: very good game, i don't know if it could be consindered to be better then witchs house but it has the potential to
Crooked man: memorable, not as good as mad father but different in a good way
Misao: school horror, not like corpse party but little similar

These are all games translated by vgperson, which is why I didn't mention them.

[infiniterhapsody]

Umineko no Naku Koro ni clearly goes for the atmosphere, so I guess it counts, but I didn't recommend it because I don't consider the anime good. Unlike Higurashi, it eventually completely throws any form of logic out of the window. Again, not sure if the same holds true for the VN, so I guess if you're gonna give Umineko a try, try the VN.

Hmmmm, i recommended it mostly because its similar to Higurashi in a way. Well, yes, you get more answers in VN in any case. But now that i think about it, watching its anime is pointless unless you continue on VN or manga i guess :/

Edited March 24, 2015 by infiniterhapsody

[Balcerzak]

Listing in order of what may best fit your interests, but I honestly have no idea. Keeping the list to things I've personally watched/played and can recommend, rather than passing on rumors.

Devilman Lady (episode 3 especially gives me chills just remembering it, a little monster of the weeky at times was its only real downside)

3x3 Eyes (old classic)

Narutaru (hidden under a veneer of light airy faux-shoujo, imo)

Bokurano (more psychological, actually but I can't not recommend it)

Hitsugi no Uta (kind of incesty, IIRC, and slow-paced)

Shikabane-Hime (maybe counts?)

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro (more mystery/supernatural, but I feel it has strong horror undertones in parts)

......

Blood(+/c/etc.) (more supernatural action really, sasuga vampire animes, still probably closer to horror than Hellsing though)

Claymore (maybe too shouneny but has a few good moments)

Gantz (probably fails your gore test, tbh)

Elfen Lied (see my note on Gantz)

Shigofumi (a bit of a more peaceful take on traditional underworldy stuff, wouldn't really call it horror but...)

Shinigami no Ballad (see my note on Shigofumi)

VN

Saya no Uta (not safe for life, seriously if you're under 18 don't even. quite lovecrafty imo)

Atlach=Nacha (Japanese only atm, not for arachnophobes)

Moon. (don't let the fact that it was done by people who later went on to form Key fool you...)

Chaos;Head (some of the delusion triggers are delicious)

Aoishiro (all ages, lesbian overtones, dead ends galore)

Tsukhime (and old standby at this point)

Steins;Gate (I only saw the anime yet, I still need to fix that, might not fully count as "horror" but nitro+ so including anyway)

Hanachirasu (if you're familiar with "food porn", this is basically "swordfight porn" as far as I remember, with a few dystopian possibly horror-esque but probably not really, but nitro+ so listing)

apologies for the not incredibly detailed explanations, if you need more elaboration ask.

Edited March 25, 2015 by Balcerzak

[Junk]

hey i played saya no uta when I was 13.

I also recommend tsukhime even if it isn't really much of a horror game IMO.

Edited March 25, 2015 by Junk

[NoCashOtaku]

Listing in order of what may best fit your interests, but I honestly have no idea. Keeping the list to things I've personally watched/played and can recommend, rather than passing on rumors.

Devilman Lady (episode 3 especially gives me chills just remembering it, a little monster of the weeky at times was its only real downside)

3x3 Eyes (old classic)

Narutaru (hidden under a veneer of light airy faux-shoujo, imo)

Bokurano (more psychological, actually but I can't not recommend it)

Hitsugi no Uta (kind of incesty, IIRC, and slow-paced)

Shikabane-Hime (maybe counts?)

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro (more mystery/supernatural, but I feel it has strong horror undertones in parts)

......

Blood(+/c/etc.) (more supernatural action really, sasuga vampire animes, still probably closer to horror than Hellsing though)

Claymore (maybe too shouneny but has a few good moments)

Gantz (probably fails your gore test, tbh)

Elfen Lied (see my note on Gantz)

Shigofumi (a bit of a more peaceful take on traditional underworldy stuff, wouldn't really call it horror but...)

Shinigami no Ballad (see my note on Shigofumi)

VN

Saya no Uta (not safe for life, seriously if you're under 18 don't even. quite lovecrafty imo)

Atlach=Nacha (Japanese only atm, not for arachnophobes)

Moon. (don't let the fact that it was done by people who later went on to form Key fool you...)

Chaos;Head (some of the delusion triggers are delicious)

Aoishiro (all ages, lesbian overtones, dead ends galore)

Tsukhime (and old standby at this point)

Steins;Gate (I only saw the anime yet, I still need to fix that, might not fully count as "horror" but nitro+ so including anyway)

Hanachirasu (if you're familiar with "food porn", this is basically "swordfight porn" as far as I remember, with a few dystopian possibly horror-esque but probably not really, but nitro+ so listing)

apologies for the not incredibly detailed explanations, if you need more elaboration ask.

That's... quite a few. Looks like I got a whole bunch to binge.

Probably going to try Chaos;Head after Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Veeeery interesting. I'll look them up when I can.

[Bankai]

Not sure if it would count but there is the anime Monster but I don't really remember much of the show

[sirmola]

If you like reading, keep in mind that pretty much every story by lovecraft is in the public domain and thus easily available legally on the internet.
As for games: A recent game that i have heard was good was "alien:isolation", although i have never actualy played it
I also heard that "kentucky route zero" is good. It is apparently something like an interactive campfire ghost story with a narrative focus. THis vidio is where i got all of my information on it:

Here. have a lovecraft story you can read in 5 minutes:
http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/frombeyond.htm

Also, I copypasted an especialy short lovecraft story (although this one is more of a twist ending than a horror):

Memory

By H.P. Lovecraft
In the valley of Nis the accursed waning moon shines thinly, tearing a path for its light with feeble horns through the lethal foliage of a great uperas-tree. And within the depths of the valley, where the light reaches not, move forms not meant to be beheld. Rank is the herbage on each slope, where evil vines and creeping plants crawl amidst the stones of ruined palaces, twining tightly about broken columns and strange monoliths, and heaving up marble pavements laid by forgotten hands. And in trees that grow gigantic in crumbling courtyards leap little apes, while in and out of deep treasure-vaults writhe poison serpents and scaly things without a name. Vast are the stones which sleep beneath coverlets of dank moss, and mighty were the walls from which they fell. For all time did their builders erect them, and in sooth they yet serve nobly, for beneath them the grey toad makes his habitation.
At the very bottom of the valley lies the river Than, whose waters are slimy and filled with weeds. From hidden springs it rises, and to subterranean grottoes it flows, so that the Demon of the Valley knows not why its waters are red, nor whither they are bound.
The Genie that haunts the moonbeams spake to the Demon of the Valley, saying, "I am old, and forget much. Tell me the deeds and aspect and name of them who built these things of Stone." And the Demon replied, "I am Memory, and am wise in lore of the past, but I too am old. These beings were like the waters of the river Than, not to be understood. Their deeds I recall not, for they were but of the moment. Their aspect I recall dimly, it was like to that of the little apes in the trees. Their name I recall clearly, for it rhymed with that of the river. These beings of yesterday were called Man."
So the Genie flew back to the thin horned moon, and the Demon looked intently at a little ape in a tree that grew in a crumbling courtyard.

Edited March 25, 2015 by sirmola

[Balcerzak]

On the topic of Lovecraft, let me toss in my 2 cents and say that I find

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward > At the Mountains of Madness > Shadow Over Innsmouth > Shadow Out of Time >>>>> Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadith

I'm not quite sure where I'd place all of his more shorter pieces, but I should say that I'm particularly fond of both Whisperer in Darkness and Dunwich Horror.

[Rapier]

Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is not a terror genre Visual Novel, but the atmosphere is very similar to one. Especially when you reach a certain part of the game. It feels like a thriller.

[infiniterhapsody]

Now that we talk about Lovecraft, Call of Cthulhu was fantastic horror game. But old.

[sirmola]

Now that we talk about Lovecraft, Call of Cthulhu was fantastic horror game. But old.

It's also a tabletop roleplaying game, although it has had one or two video game adaptations. It is considered a classic of that genera, and is still played today. It also had a board game adaptation called "arkham horror", which i highly recomend you play.

[NoCashOtaku]

Wait, when did we go into Lovecraft? And more importantly, what is Lovecraft? Is it a genre or the person?

[sirmola]

Wait, when did we go into Lovecraft? And more importantly, what is Lovecraft? Is it a genre or the person?

H.P. Lovecraft is probably the single most influential writer of horror stories in the last century. It is he that invented such horror staples as Cthulu and the Necronomicon. Lovecraft's stories tend to be about the insignificance of man, and include monsters and forces that are utterly beyond the ability of our puny brains to comprehend. There is very little in the way of shock and gore, and much in the way of existential dread. There have been adaptations of lovecraft's fiction into pretty much every medium imaginable, and many more works try to get the same feeling (if you see the word "Eldritch", then it is probably trying to be lovecraftian). I derailed the tread into the works of H. P. lovecraft because i thought that it felt like what you were asking for (primarily psychological horror), even though it was not technically covered by your question. I was specificaly refering to the auther, simply because i have not read any other wrighters that i could recomend. Although other wrighters of eldritch horror (like august derlith) exist, i have not read any of their works and can't really talk about them (although from what i have heard, Derlith tends to be very love it or hate it).

(and yes, I am a bit of a lovecraft fanboy. Why do you ask?)

Edited March 27, 2015 by sirmola