The 10 Best Horror Manga of All Time

Spiral curses and body snatchers sit next to shonen hits that borrowed horror's toolkit. Which one actually keeps you up at night?

1. 1
   Uzumaki

   Junji Ito's 1998–1999 story of a small town consumed by spirals.
   1000pts
2. 2
   The Summer Hikaru Died

   Mokumokuren's series about a boy who realises his best friend has been replaced by something else.
   906pts
3. 3
   Jujutsu Kaisen

   Gege Akutami's 2018–2024 Weekly Shonen Jump series about sorcerers fighting curses born from human fear.
   765pts
4. 4
   Chainsaw Man

   Tatsuki Fujimoto's 2018–2026 series about Denji, a devil hunter fused with the Chainsaw Devil.
   647pts
5. 5
   Tomie

   Junji Ito's long-running series about a girl who regenerates every time she is killed.
   647pts
6. 6
   The Drifting Classroom

   Kazuo Umezu's 1972–1974 classic about a school transported to a ruined future.
   647pts
7. 7
   Parasyte

   Hitoshi Iwaaki's 1988–1995 body-horror series about alien parasites that take over human heads.
   503pts
8. 8
   Tokyo Ghoul

   Sui Ishida's 2011–2014 series about a student turned half-ghoul after a deadly date.
   503pts
9. 9
   Gyo

   Junji Ito's 2001–2002 nightmare of fish walking ashore on mechanical legs.
   0pts
10. 10
    Dorohedoro

    Q Hayashida's grimy 2000–2018 series about a lizard-headed man hunting the sorcerer who cursed him.
    0pts

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