Hideshi Hino delivers another nightmare-soaked collection that blends folklore, cruelty, and childhood terror into something uniquely unsettling.
A murder of crows circles a quiet town. The elders see it as a bad omen, while their adult children brush it off as senile nonsense. Three kids decide to follow the birds—and narrowly escape as the entire town is wiped out by a devastating earthquake.
In another story, a boy’s corpse found in a swamp begins sending messages to a young girl, warning her that her own parents plan to murder her for insurance money. She flees as her house burns to the ground, killing the parents. The spirit guiding her turns out to be her brother—murdered when she was only a baby.
There’s also the haunting tale of a boy slowly transforming into a plant, his body betraying him in quiet, horrifying ways.
Hino doesn’t just rely on shock—though the grotesque imagery and splatter-style gore are absolutely here. He leans hard into tragic innocence, abusive adults, doomed children, and cruel twists of fate. His art is raw and distorted, making every panel feel sickly and claustrophobic, like you’re trapped inside a bad dream that smells of rot and despair.
If you’re into Japanese horror manga that mixes cruelty with body horror and bleak morality, Gallery of Horrors is essential Hino—ugly, sad, and unforgettable.