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So the Halloween season just isn’t feeling creepy enough yet… How about getting in the mood with some scary anime? I was just thinking that very thought, and decided to find a couple of shows to get me in the mood, and thought maybe others might like some recommendations.

First off… What I’m intending to watch… Soul Eater and Rin: Mnemosyne no Musume tachi Can’t tell you much about them as I haven’t seen them myself yet, but the trailers I’ve seen at Funimation have my mouth watering, and I got a sudden craving for blood. If you haven’t seen them yet be sure to check out the trailers at Funimation’s video portal, and there are 21 subbed episodes of Soul Eater to watch for free. Soul Eater is an action-comedy more than a horror, but it looks to have plenty of creepiness. Rin… Well… Just watch the trailer… From what I understand most video sites won’t even let Funi put the trailer up because of the violent content… Adam Sheehan from Funimation described it as “Saw meets anime.”

So… What shows can I recommend to others… Let’s see.

Higurashi When They Cry is an obvious one. I just recently watched it (and reviewed it here). It will definitely make the hairs on your neck stand up.

Ghost Hunt is another one that I highly recommend… I’m pretty sure I was watching this during last Halloween.

Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl) is a must. The first season is available at most retailers, The second and third seasons Futakomori and Mitsugane have not been released in the US, but we’ll just pretend we don’t know about things like downloads and torrents.

Mushi-Shi is another great show… Not exactly scary, but there is some creepiness to be seen.

Shikabane Hime is more of an action, but I think zombie killing school girls who are themselves zombies can qualify it for a Halloween themed show. It’s opening sequence also still happens to be one of my favorites.

Tsukyomi MoonPhase and Princess Resurrection are a couple of good monster type shows if you’d like something less serious. And by all means if you absolutely want a horror based comedy then you must get a hold of the ADV dubbed Ghost Stories.

Another show that is not scary, but kinda fits in with the whole Halloween atmosphere is Clamp’s xXxHolic. You can watch the entire first season over at Funimation for free.

I know… There are more shows I could have listed, but I am sticking to recommending the ones I have actually seen.  So that will do it for this list.