15 Japanese Horror Movies on Tubi in April 2024

Why Watch It? 2LDK is amazingly fun to watch as the wild violence between two roommates spins further and further out of control while heading towards its inevitably bloody finale.

Official Description: One fateful night, any and all pretense drops between a pair of roommates and actresses gunning for the same role as they enter a duel to the death.

Why Watch It? Whether you’re a fan of the Onechanbara video games (which this movie is based on), or you’re just a fan of ridiculous movies with zombies, sword fighting, and bikinis, this movie is for you.

Official Description: A bikini-clad beauty slices her way through legions of the undead after a sloppy scientist accidentally ushers in a zombie apocalypse.

Why Watch It? Descriptions don’t really do justice to how strange (and bloody) Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki becomes by the end. The ending alone makes it worth watching.

Official Description: Haunted by the image of a small boy, a female projectionist in Japan comes to a shocking realization as a serial killer prowls the city.

Why Watch It? The H-Man is classic 1950’s sci-fi horror with a gross and goopy monster. Also, it’s directed by legendary monster-movie filmmaker Ishiro Honda.

Official Description: The famed studio Toho, of the “Godzilla” films, made this 1958 sci-fi horror film about a killer monster created by hydrogen bomb testing.

Why Watch It? The Vampire Doll is a Japanese spin on the style of horror/monster movies produced by the London-based Hammer studios beginning in the 1950s.

Official Description: After returning from the U.S., a man visits his fiancee at her remote country home and is never heard from again. His sister sets out to find him.

Why Watch It? Pulse is a classic of the J-horror era of the late 90s and early 2000s. In contrast to many of its contemporaries, Pulse takes a more esoteric approach to its themes and scares which results in a chillingly creepy experience.

Official Description: Japanese teens investigate a series of suicides linked to a sinister website promising visitors the opportunity to reach the dead.

Why Watch It? Though the title makes it sound like a slasher movie, The Scissors Massacre is more of a dark psychological thriller that moves more into horror as it goes along. It’s also really good.

Official Description: After being mutilated by her boyfriend, a teen sinks deep into depression. Meanwhile, chilling news sends shock waves through her small town.

Why Watch It? Black Rat is a fun teen slasher movie for fans of melodramatic high-school horror.

Official Description: Six classmates receive an e-mail from a student who’d committed suicide telling them to return to their classroom in the middle of the night. There, they meet a killer wearing a bloody rat mask who seeks revenge. Why couldn’t it have gone to spam?

Why Watch It? The effects are quite good in Vampire Clay, and there’s a Body Snatchers element to the way the vampiric clay goes about consuming living beings.

Official Description: Absurdity and gore ensue as a demonically possessed pile of clay terrorizes students at a rural art school in Japan after an earthquake.

Why Watch It? Brutal falls into the more extreme categories of Japanese horror. It’s extremely violent and gory right from the start.

Official Description: A killer in Japan searches for meaning in life, until he meets his match in a murderess. This dark and twisted tale examines the cost of love.

Why Watch It? Ring is an iconic part of horror cinema history, so if you haven’t seen it yet, there’s no better time than now.

Official Description: A determined aunt investigates how her niece died in such a sudden and unexplainable way. She uncovers a videotape with devastating consequences.

Why Watch It? Dark Water is from director Hideo Nakata who also directed Ring (1998). Dark Water might not be as popular as Ring, but it’s equally as good.

Official Description: While dealing with a bitter divorce and custody battle, a young mother moves her daughter into an eerie apartment with a mysterious water problem.

Why Watch It? Dead Sushi is very dumb and very bloody, which is the whole point.

Official Description: After a bad turn of luck, a researcher injects his former employers’ lunches with a potion that turns their sushi into flesh-eating monsters.

Why Watch It? Gore, body horror, aliens, fighting, and utter ridiculousness are just a few of the many reasons to watch Meatball Machine.

Official Description: When alien parasites take control of human beings and change them into repulsive monsters, a dizzying, full-splatter, cyberpunk battle begins.

Why Watch It? Audition is a must-see movie for all fans of horror and thriller movies. The finale is the stuff of legend.

Official Description: In his search for a new wife, a widowed TV producer stages a dating service to screen women and finds one who isn’t quite as perfect as her audition.