Scary Horror Movies (Japanese/Western) Ranking!

Recently, video distribution services have been enhanced, and it is now possible to watch movies in various ways, not just in theaters and TV broadcasts. If you're looking for a change of pace and a thrilling terror, the rankings in this article will surely help you.

This time, we conducted a survey of male and female members of Mynavi News and asked them about the title of the movie that made them feel fear and the reason for it. Let's start with Japanese movies.

Have you ever seen a scary movie (Japanese/Japanese movie)?

Yes (57.0%), No (43.0%)

As a result of the survey, 57.0% of Mynavi News members have experienced fear when watching a movie. I was.

In addition, when I was asked to tell me about the movies that made me feel scared, the ranking of Japanese movies was as follows.

Scary horror movie (Japanese movie) ranking

1st place "Ring" (released in 1998 / 45.1%) 2nd place "Yatsuhakamura" (1977 release / 26.4%) 3rd place " Spiral” (published in 1998 / 19.8%) 3rd place “Ju-on” (published in 2003 / 19.8%) 5th place “Calling Ali” (published in 2004 / 18.8%) 6th place “From the bottom of the dark water” (2002 Released in 2016 / 9.7%) 7th "Sadako vs Kayako" (Released in 2016 / 7.3%) 8th "This child's seven celebrations" (Released in 1982 / 6.3%) 9th "Shikoku" (1999) Released / 5.2%) 9th "Rinne" (Released in 2005 / 5.2%) 9th "Inunaki Village" (Released in 2020 / 5.2%) 12th "Infection" (Released in 2004 / 4.9%) 13th "Kuroyuri Danchi" (Released in 2013 / 4.5%) No. 14 "Accident Property Scary Floor Plan" (Released in 2020 / 3.8%) No. 15 "Noroi" (Released in 2005 / 3.5%) No. 15 "Remnants: A Room You Shouldn't Live In" (2016) Released in 2021/3.5%) No. 17 "Actress Spirit" (Released in 1996/3.1%) No. 18 "Siren FROBIDDEN SIREN" (Released in 2006/3.1%) No. 19 "Jukaimura" (Released in 2021/3.1%) 20 Ranked "CURE" (released in 1997 / 2.4%)

Next, let's introduce the reasons why we chose each work.

1st place "Ring"

Film adaptation of Koji Suzuki's best-selling novel. Depicts the fear that spreads in the wake of a “cursed videotape” that curses and kills those who see it.

Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yuko Takeuchi, Hitomi Sato, Hiroyuki Sanada Director: Hideo Nakata Released: 1998 Female/Designer/Administrative/Planning/Management related)・“It was the first time I saw a horror movie and I had a very scary memory because it seemed like it would happen in real life.” "I was horrified by the scene in which Sadako emerged from the TV screen and her unique way of walking." (43-year-old male/Other/Other, housewife, etc.) (30-year-old male/food business/sales/service-related) ・"Sadako is the most important thing. I was scared of the video cursed to die if I watched it." (46-year-old male/medical/welfare/nursing care service/ Sales related)・「The scene where Sadako comes out of the well was scary」(39-year-old male/Other/Other・Housewife, etc.)・「I've only seen this movie, but even at the time, I thought it was real and it was a dark night. (45-year-old male/education/sales/service-related)・“I tried watching it because it was a hot topic at the time, but I wish I hadn’t watched it.” (44-year-old female/other/other/ Full-time housewives, etc.) ・“I couldn’t sleep because the shock was too big” (53-year-old female/other electrical/electronic related/office/planning/management-related) ・“It was amazing innovative” (53-year-old male/computer equipment / IT-related technical positions)

Second place "Yatsuhakamura"

Film adaptation of Seishi Yokomizo's novel of the same name. In response to the call of a stranger, a young man who came to Yatsuhakamura, where grudges are alive, is involved in a serial murder case.

Starring: Kenichi Hagiwara, Mayumi Ogawa, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kiyoshi Atsumi Director: Yoshitaro Nomura Released: 1977 /Other technical jobs) ・"I was very scared of the old woman who approached me because it was the curse of Yatsuhakamura" (51-year-old male/distribution/chain store/sales/service related)・"I was scared as a child. The scary atmosphere is the best, and it's one of my favorite works now." (46-year-old female/Other/Other, housewife, etc.) "The fading atmosphere that seems to be a film movie from the Showa era promoted fear." (43-year-old male/internet-related/IT-related technical job)・"It was just creepy and disgusting" (56-year-old male/police, firefighting, Self-Defense Forces/public service)・"When I was a child, I was scared of everything. (52-year-old female/bank/sales-related)・“I vowed never to see her again” (47-year-old female/specialized trading company/sales-related)

3rd place "Spiral"

Sequel to the movie "Ring" released at the same time. Starting with a piece of paper with a list of numbers found during the autopsy, the anatomists approach the great truth.

Starring: Koichi Sato, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shingo Tsurumi, Hinako Saeki Director: Joji Iida Published year: 1998 )・”It’s scary” (58-year-old female/other/other, full-time housewife, etc.)・“No matter how many times I watch it, it’s scary” (64-year-old male/other/IT-related technician)・“Japan’s unique sense of fear” (48 male/education/professional service-related)・"Bad for health" (39-year-old male/merchandise/creative-related)

3rd place "Ju-on"

A female college student who had a strange experience at a house in the suburbs that she visited as a nursing care volunteer. Eventually, the people involved in the house are hit by mysterious phenomena one after another.

Starring: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa Director: Takashi Shimizu Release year: 2003・Management-related) ・“The fear lurking in everyday life was amazing” (44-year-old male/other/other, full-time housewife, etc.)・"The feeling of fear was very strong, and I thought it was very well made" (37-year-old male/software/information processing/IT-related technician) Others/others, full-time housewives, etc.)

5th Place: Chakuken Ari

A female college student follows a mysterious phenomenon in which people who receive calls on their mobile phones with unfamiliar ring tones die mysteriously one after another. The original is Yasushi Akimoto.

Starring: Kou Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Renji Ishibashi, Goro Kishitani, Yutaka Matsushige Director: Takashi Miike Release year: 2004 IT-related technical job)・“I was nervous even in my daily life for a while”(39-year-old female/advertising, publishing, printing/clerical, planning, management-related)・“It was eerie and scary when my cell phone rang in the middle of the night”(55-year-old male) /real estate/others, full-time housewives, etc.)・"I can still remember some scenes clearly" (60-year-old male/construction/civil engineering/technical job related to construction/civil engineering)

6th place "From the Bottom of the Dark Water"

Film adaptation of Koji Suzuki's novel. In order to gain custody of her daughter, her mother and daughter move into an apartment building in order to become independent.

Starring: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mimio Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa, Fumiyo Kohinata Director: Hideo Nakata Released: 2002

・“I was impressed by the disgusting feeling that the stain gradually spread” (41-year-old male / food / sales related) Service/professional service-related)・“I am somewhat impressed. I am afraid of such indirect expressions.” )

7th place "Sadako vs. Kayako"

An ambitious work that goes beyond the framework of the work, where Sadako from "Ring" and Kayako from "Ju-on" confront each other. A girl visits an urban legend researcher for her best friend who has seen a cursed video...

Cast: Mizuki Yamamoto, Tina Tamaki, Manami Satsukawa, Misato Tanaka, Masahiro Komoto, Masanobu Ando Director: Koji Shiraishi Release year: 2016 48-year-old male/education/professional service-related) ・“Sadako itself was very scary” (48-year-old female/food/sales-related)・“The poster is also scary” (25-year-old male/other/other/housewife, etc.)・"I don't remember what I was scared of, but I still have a scary image."

8th place "Konoko no Nanatsu no Celebration"

A film adaptation of Saito Mio's novel of the same name, which won the Seishi Yokomizo Prize. Depicts the life of a woman whose life was derailed by war, and her revenge filled with her passion.

Starring: Shima Iwashita, Jinpachi Nezu, Mari Henmi, Yoko Hatanaka, Hitomi Nakahara, Shinsuke Ashida, Kyoko Kishida Director: Yasuzo Masumura Release year: 1982 (46-year-old female/software/information processing/IT-related technical staff)・“I can't stop hearing the words”(54-year-old male/marine/railway/airlift/land transportation/sales-related)・"It's a trauma." (44-year-old male/Others/Other, full-time housewife, etc.) "Shocking" (38-year-old male/Cosmetics, pharmaceuticals/Other technical jobs)

9th place "Shikoku"

Film adaptation of Masako Bando's novel of the same name. A horror film based on the traditional ritual of "reverse strike", in which the dead are resurrected by going around 88 places in Shikoku in reverse.

Starring: Yui Natsukawa, Michitaka Tsutsui, Chiaki Kuriyama, Toi Negishi, Makoto Sato, Ren Osugi Director: Shunichi Nagasaki Release year: 1999 service-related)・"Kowaiyone" (58-year-old male/hotel/ryokan/sales/service-related)

9th place "Rinne"

A rookie actress who was selected to play the leading role in a movie based on a real-life mass murder case confronts a terrifying fear due to the fate of her previous life.

Starring: Yuka, Karina, Kippei Shiina, Atsushi Haruta, Tetsuta Sugimoto, Shun Oguri, Marika Matsumoto, Kantaro Koichi Director: Takashi Shimizu Release year: 2005 / Others, full-time housewives, etc.) ・ "It's more funny than scary" (53-year-old male / medical equipment / medical-related / professional service-related) safe/others, full-time housewives, etc.)

9th place "Inunaki Village"

Strange things start to happen around the woman who is a clinical psychologist, and she eventually heads for the "Inunaki Tunnel", which is commonly involved in all events. …….

Starring: Ayaka Miyoshi, Ryuta Bando, Takeshi Furukawa, Haruna Miyano, Rinka Otani, Megumi Okina, Masanobu Takashima, Reiko Takashima Director: Takashi Shimizu Release year: 2020 (53-year-old male/other electrical/electronics-related/mechatronics-related technical job)・“I was afraid that it might really exist” (33-year-old male/educational/professional-related)・“Scary” (53-year-old male/other/ Others, other full-time housewives)

12th place "Infection"

An emergency patient with a strange symptom of internal organs melting is brought in to a hospital that is in financial crisis, and a mysterious virus spreads infection within the hospital.

Starring: Koichi Sato, Masanobu Takashima, Kaho Minami, Shiro Sano, Mari Hoshino Director: Masayuki Ochiai Release year: 2004 Related to engineering, transportation, and equipment) "I think it was very graphic to see people dying from a virus infection. I will never forget the scene where an infected person bleeds out of their eyes and dies." (40-year-old male/ education/office work/planning/management related)

13th place "Kuroyuri Danchi"

A woman who has moved to an apartment complex where suspicious deaths occur one after another has a horrible experience when she notices a mysterious sound coming from the next room. become.

Starring: Atsuko Maeda, Hiroki Narimiya, Masanobu Katsumura, Naomi Nishida Director: Hideo Nakata Released: 2013

14th place "Accident Property Scary Floor Plan"

Film based on a book about the experiences of comedian Tanishi Matsubara. An unsuccessful entertainer is bullied by his seniors and begins living in a property where a murder was allegedly committed...

Starring: Kazuya Kamenashi, Nao, Koji Seto, Noriko Eguchi, MEGUMI, Mao Director: Hideo Nakata Released: 2020 ・I was afraid to look behind me in my room alone before going to bed (63-year-old male/communication) Sales/Internet sales/Administrative/Planning/Management related)/"It's scary to think in terms of yourself" (42-year-old male/Other electrical/electronic related/Skilled workers/transportation/equipment related)## 15th "Noroi" {# ID16} A writer of bizarre true stories completes a documentary on the theme of a "curse" and mysteriously disappears. A mockumentary work (an expression technique that makes fiction look like a documentary film) that examines his leftover work and makes it into a movie. Starring: Masafumi Kobayashi, Marika Matsumoto, Kana Yano, Mitsuo Hori, Ungirls, Maria Takagi, Duncan, Ai Iijima, Hiroshi Aramata Director: Koji Shiraishi Release year: 2005 (57-year-old male/game-related/other, full-time housewife, etc.) ・“Because the thrill was amazing.” (31-year-old male/other/other, full-time housewife, etc.)

15th place "Remnants: A room you shouldn't live in"

Film adaptation of Fuyumi Ono's novel. A horror novelist receives a story about hearing strange sounds in a certain room, and out of curiosity begins to investigate the past residents...

Cast: Yuko Takeuchi, Ai Hashimoto, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kenichi Takifuji, Kuranosuke Sasaki Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura Release year: 2016 Male/system integrator/IT-related technician)・"Because I was scared until the end. I feel like it's not over yet."

17th place "Actress Spirit"

A rookie director discovers an undeveloped film in the middle of a camera test for his debut film. Triggered by that, strange events begin to occur one after another in the studio.

Starring: Yurei Yanagi, Yasuyo Shirashima, Kei Ishibashi, Ren Osugi, Takanori Kikuchi Director: Hideo Nakata Released: 1996 /Others/Others, full-time housewives, etc.)

18th place "Siren FROBIDDEN SIREN"

Movie based on the popular game "SIREN2". Girls who moved to a remote island where everyone disappeared 29 years ago are swallowed by an unpredictable monster.

Starring: Yui Ichikawa, Naoki Tanaka, Hiroshi Abe, Naomi Nishida, Suzuki Matsuo, Kyusaku Shimada, Leo Morimoto Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi Release year: 2006 (39-year-old male/general trading company/sales related)

19th place "Jukai Village"

It has been 13 years since the powerful curse that shook people was sealed. "That" appears in front of a certain sister, and missing people start to appear one after another in Jukai.

Starring: Anna Yamada, Mayu Yamaguchi, Haruka Kudo, Takemasa Tsukaji, Yumi Adachi, Hideko Hara, Jun Kunimura Director: Takashi Shimizu Release year: 2021 (53-year-old male/government office/office/planning/management related)

20th place "CURE"

A detective who feels uncomfortable with the commonalities of slashing the chest in an X shape in separate murder cases with a clear killer is chasing the truth. I reach a man who is

Starring: Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Release year: 1997 As a result, the first place was "Ring" with 45.1% by far, and it was the first place with a difference of nearly 20% from the second place. The 2nd place is "Yatsuhakamura" with 26.4%, and the 3rd place is "Rasen" and "Ju-on" with 19.8%.

1st place "Ring" was released at the same time as 3rd place "Spiral", and the release of this work sparked the J-horror boom. In particular, Hideo Nakata, who directed "Ring", became a movie director driving the boom, and this year's ranking also includes "Ring" (1st place), "From the bottom of the dark water" (6th place), "Kuroyuri Danchi" (13th place). 5th place), “Accident Property Scary Floor Plan” (14th place), and “Actress Spirit” (17th place).

Among them, "Actress Spirit" is the first tag work of "Ring" director Hideo Nakata and screenwriter Hiroshi Takahashi, and it is Nakata's debut movie released in theaters. "Yuuyurei" is now regarded as a work that forms the foundation of J-horror, but at the time of its release, it was said that it was not so scary. It seems that it was "Ring" that focused only on "frightening" with such a reputation as a springboard.

After that, the "Ring" series will be followed by a Hollywood remake, a 3D sequel movie, and a battle movie "Sadako vs. Kayako" (7th place) with the vengeful spirit Kayako that appears in "Ju-on" (3rd place). It shows various developments such as, and continues to expand the world even now.

Takashi Shimizu, who directed "Ju-on", is also one of the leading directors of J-horror. In this ranking, 4 works are ranked: "Ju-on" (3rd place), "Rinne" (9th place), "Inunaki Village" (9th place), and "Jukai Village" (19th place).

Second place, "Yatsuhakamura," features the mysterious performances of famous actors such as Tsutomu Yamazaki and Etsuko Ichihara, and Kiyoshi Atsumi, who has a strong impression of comical acting, plays Kosuke Kindaichi. It traumatizes people. Although it was released in 1977, it is a result that you can see that it still instills fear in the hearts of many people.

Besides that, there are other scary movies ranked in, so why not refer to the voices of the questionnaire?

Survey period: May 12, 2021 Survey target: Mynavi News Number of members surveyed: 252 men and women in total Survey method: Internet login questionnaire