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Meeble likes the cheeses. from the ruins of Granseal Since: Aug, 2009
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#1: Feb 24th 2011 at 7:57:46 AM

edit: Horror Western Animation is live! Thanks to everyone for their assistance, any further examples can be added directly to the index.

edited 28th Mar '11 7:33:33 PM by Meeble

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kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#2: Feb 24th 2011 at 8:11:50 AM

Coraline? That counts as a kind of light suspense film I suppose.

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#3: Feb 24th 2011 at 8:24:56 AM

Thanks, I've added it. =)

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#4: Feb 24th 2011 at 8:25:31 AM

I'm looking through the HONF page.

Courage The Cowardly Dog kinda counts. It's pretty much horror directed at kids and mixed with comedy.

Dead Space Downfall definitely counts. Felidae probably counts. The B-17 sequence in Heavy Metal counts, but the rest of the movie definitely doesn't.

The Short film "Butterfly" is pretty freaky.

edited 24th Feb '11 8:28:15 AM by Scardoll

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kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#5: Feb 24th 2011 at 8:26:47 AM

Some episodes of Samurai Jack count.

Because of its demographic, you can look at any original programming on Adult Swim and find varying degrees of horror in any of them, even though they are all comedies.

edited 24th Feb '11 8:31:15 AM by kyun

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#7: Feb 24th 2011 at 10:32:52 AM

Gahan Wilson's Diner. Possibly one of the weirdest things ever financed by a major studio.

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Meeble likes the cheeses. from the ruins of Granseal Since: Aug, 2009
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#8: Feb 24th 2011 at 3:55:35 PM

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I am adding them now. Let me know if you think of any more!

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OhSillyUs Since: Jan, 2011
#9: Feb 24th 2011 at 4:05:28 PM

You should probably cut the comedies, even with a tint of horror they're still comedy first. Go for things with horror as the primary focus.

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#10: Feb 25th 2011 at 2:47:53 AM

UPA, I believe, did an adaptation of Telltale Heart that was pretty creepy. Svankmejier's (sp?) stuff could probably count as well.

edited 25th Feb '11 2:48:07 AM by punchy

Meeble likes the cheeses. from the ruins of Granseal Since: Aug, 2009
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#11: Feb 28th 2011 at 12:24:56 PM

Horror Western Animation is now live, thanks to the help of everyone here and on the YKTTW. If you come across any more examples, feel free to add them to the index directly.

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#12: Feb 28th 2011 at 12:40:24 PM

The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto is a horror, but it seems to suit the parody since it has comedy elements in it.

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#13: Feb 28th 2011 at 4:30:41 PM

As said, comedies are usually not included in this list. Even though I have not seen El Superbeasto, I assume it's a comedy with elements of horror in there.

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Does The Nightmare Before Christmas count as a Horror Parody?

edited 28th Feb '11 4:31:59 PM by Shota

BrayPhantom from Cloudsdale Since: Jul, 2010
#14: Feb 28th 2011 at 7:30:11 PM

Would Danny Phantom really count? Its about ghosts, but it isn't really supposed to be scary or anything.

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#15: Feb 28th 2011 at 8:10:05 PM

Danny Phantom seems like an action series, not a horror series. Invader Zim is a parody (Albeit a scary one). Scooby Doo Mystery Inc probably isn't meant as a horror series, unless it really deviated from the old Scooby Doo cartoons like the (animated) movies did..

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Apocali Yep, My Brain Stopped from The End of Time Since: Jan, 2011
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#16: Feb 28th 2011 at 8:22:39 PM

^ Speaking of which I think at least Scooby Doo On Zombie Island and Scooby Doo and The Witch's Ghost would count, the rest of the franchise, yeah they're really not.

edited 28th Feb '11 8:24:03 PM by Apocali

scythemantis first insect politician from Oregon Since: Nov, 2009
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#17: Mar 19th 2011 at 5:05:08 AM

Genuine horror really is tragically rare in western animation, and not all that common in other animation either. I would actually consider Courage to be the very purest example, since the vast majority of episodes went for scares or a disturbing, eerie quality. Just because it was kid-friendly horror doesn't mean it isn't still horror.

edited 19th Mar '11 5:07:07 AM by scythemantis

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RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#18: Mar 19th 2011 at 6:18:32 AM

I believe there was a Garfield Halloween special that, while it had a lot of comedy, had some ghost pirates or something along those lines that were played fairly straight.

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#19: Mar 19th 2011 at 6:35:53 AM

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend counts as horror. But, still a mention anyways.

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#20: Mar 21st 2011 at 7:46:37 AM

Woah. Did it get refrained for launch and returned YKTTW? Bummer.

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#21: Mar 24th 2011 at 9:19:30 AM

^Flat "What". It seems like it had a lot of examples already.

Anyway, I'd also like to add Monster House, Watership Down, Wallace And Gromit The Curse Of The Wererabbit, and Corpse Bride. While none of those were particularly scary films, save Watership (shudder), they all certainly Horror-genre films.

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kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#22: Mar 24th 2011 at 11:15:41 AM

Eeeeh Wallace And Gromit was a comedy that parodied horror movies, but yes, it should be included there if there's a Parody Section.

Meeble likes the cheeses. from the ruins of Granseal Since: Aug, 2009
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#23: Mar 28th 2011 at 7:30:02 PM

Woah. Did it get refrained for launch and returned YKTTW? Bummer.

Huh? I don't think anything happened to it after it was originally launched. I'm not seeing anything on the edit history to that effect. Unless I'm misunderstanding your question.

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WolfMan16 Since: Sep, 2010
#24: Mar 29th 2011 at 7:27:56 PM

Do you guys think I should add a few more episodes to the Spongebob entry?


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