The Best Animated Horror Movies

If you think of animation as strictly kid stuff, you have another think coming. Which of these animated movies is the scariest?

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1 Dead Space: Downfall
An alien presence possesses space travelers and makes them do bad -- very bad -- things. 41 283

2 Vampire Hunter D
In a post-apocalyptic future, half-vamp, half-man D goes around slaying the fanged ones. 36 294

3 Akira
A breakthrough anime, this post-apocalyptic tale features gloom, doom, intestines -- and lots of blood. 31 299

4 Sleeping Beauty
Remember how much Maleficent the witch scared you when you were a kid? She's still frightening. 28 408

5 Heavy Metal
This multi-part movie offers sex, sword fights and melting people. Best to wait until the kids are asleep! 26 270

6 Watership Down
It's about bunnies, but even rabbits will do not-so-cute things to each other. Don't let the fuzziness fool you. -14 250

7 The Black Cauldron
Think medieval fantasy is silly? Stay away from the zombie-producing cauldron. Who's the geek now? -14 256

8 The Fox and the Hound
Don't think this Disney flick is about baby animals: There's dog fighting and other nightmarish stuff too. -47 297

9 Pinocchio
Well, Pinocchio gets swallowed by a whale, led astray by bad men and sees his friends turned into donkeys. -47 301