Best Japanese Horror Movies

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Ranked #1
Battle Royale
Released in 2000
( 761 Battles )

Ranked #2
Audition
Released in 1999
( 3712 Battles )

Ranked #3
Grotesque
Released in 2009
( 1191 Battles )

Ranked #4
Ju-on: The Grudge
Released in 2004
( 2385 Battles )

Ranked #5
Godzilla
Released in 1956
( 733 Battles )

Ranked #6
Tokyo Gore Police
Released in 2008
( 7234 Battles )

Ranked #7
Suicide Club
Released in 2002
( 7720 Battles )

Ranked #8
Dark Water
Released in 2002
( 833 Battles )

Ranked #9
Death Note
Released in 2006
( 665 Battles )

Ranked #10
Ring
Released in 1998
( 836 Battles )

Ranked #11
Ring 2
Released in 1999
( 722 Battles )

Ranked #12
Infection
Released in 2004
( 663 Battles )

Ranked #13
Godzilla 2000
Released in 2000
( 633 Battles )

Ranked #14
Evil Dead Trap
Released in 1988
( 4414 Battles )

Ranked #15
One Missed Call 2
Released in 2005
( 1046 Battles )

Ranked #16
Junk
Released in 2000
( 636 Battles )

Ranked #17
Gozu
Released in 2003
( 682 Battles )

Ranked #18
The Machine Girl
Released in 2008
( 730 Battles )

Ranked #19
Three... Extremes
Released in 2004
( 680 Battles )

Ranked #20
One Missed Call
Released in 2004
( 998 Battles )

Ranked #21
Vampire Hunter D
Released in 1993
( 614 Battles )

Ranked #22
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Released in 2003
( 691 Battles )

Ranked #23
Strange Circus
Released in 2007
( 704 Battles )

Ranked #24
Resident Evil: Degeneration
Released in 2008
( 732 Battles )

Ranked #25
Onibaba
Released in 1964
( 542 Battles )

Ranked #26
Big Man Japan
Released in 2007
( 694 Battles )

Ranked #27
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man
Released in 2010
( 660 Battles )

Ranked #28
Tokyo Zombie
Released in 2009
( 645 Battles )

Ranked #29
Ichi the Killer
Released in 2001
( 3495 Battles )

Ranked #30
Reincarnation
Released in 2006
( 677 Battles )

Ranked #31
Cold Fish
Released in 2011
( 648 Battles )

Ranked #32
Nightmare Detective
Released in 2006
( 631 Battles )

Ranked #33
Blood: The Last Vampire
Released in 2001
( 712 Battles )

Ranked #34
Premonition
Released in 2004
( 662 Battles )

Ranked #35
House
Released in 1977
( 684 Battles )

Ranked #36
Ring 0: Birthday
Released in 2000
( 676 Battles )

Ranked #37
Emblaming
Released in
( 588 Battles )

Ranked #38
Versus
Released in 2000
( 745 Battles )

Ranked #39
Crows Zero
Released in 2007
( 690 Battles )

Ranked #40
Visitor Q
Released in 2001
( 637 Battles )

Ranked #41
Splatter: Naked Blood
Released in 1996
( 642 Battles )

Ranked #42
Crows Zero II
Released in 2009
( 668 Battles )

Ranked #43
Cure
Released in 2001
( 701 Battles )

Ranked #44
RoboGeisha
Released in 2009
( 660 Battles )

Ranked #45
MPD - Psycho (Multiple Personality Detective)
Released in 2000
( 709 Battles )

Ranked #46
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Released in 2009
( 733 Battles )

Ranked #47
Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment
Released in 1985
( 714 Battles )

Ranked #48
2LDK
Released in 2004
( 619 Battles )

Ranked #49
Noriko's Dinner Table
Released in 2006
( 638 Battles )

Ranked #50
Rasen
Released in 1998
( 685 Battles )

Ranked #51
Slow Death: The Dismemberment
Released in 1985
( 806 Battles )

Ranked #52
Entrails of a Virgin
Released in 1986
( 726 Battles )

Ranked #53
Guinea Pig 6: Mermaid in the Manhole
Released in 1988
( 728 Battles )
 

 
 
 
 

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