All the horror anime I've watched have been sadly pretty lacking; being either not scary at all or purely shock value. I'm looking for something that's neither of those, I want a genuinely scary narrative that doesn't rely on jumpscares or gore to be scary (I'm fine with them as long as that's not the main element of the show.) Any recommendations welcome!
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Monster is more of a psychological horror. If you’ve ever seen Hannibal (the show), it’s kind of like that. Maybe it was just because I was young when I first watched it, but the ending credits always freaked me out lol. Especially in the later episodes where the animation would expand and reveal more and the context is explained in the show.
I stopped watching Serial Experiments Lain when I was younger because of the creepy ass, surreal atmosphere. The way the father just is just casually negligent and uninterested already raised some hairs. But then later with the faces of the characters and whatnot creeped me out more.
I've seen both Monster and Lain, both are really good