Just read the Berserk, it was great. Also Jackson, I highly recommend giving berserk a look, if anything just read up to the end of the Golden Age arc (first 13 volumes, about 100 chapters). You could also watch the 1997 anime to check things out, but you'd be missing out on a lot, but I do think the anime is pretty great. I know you like the horror stuff, (early)Berserk is incredibly dark and morbid, and it's even got the whole Hellraiser and Evil Dead thing going on. The art in Berserk has changed dramatically over the years, the older stuff looks a lot different, the more recent stuff has a lot more softer rounded features and is more refined, earlier stuff is a bit rougher/stylistic and maybe a more traditional anime look. The more recent stuff doesn't really help give an accurate take on the earlier content, things have changed quite a bit. But seriously check it out, Golden Age is a classic, and you are missing out!