The Crypt Charts
The Top 13 Horror Movies of 1990
The thirteen horror films of 1990 that the crypt judged worthiest, ranked by the Crypt Score.
Ranked by Crypt Score · Updated weekly · captured Jul 20, 2026
Eligibility: a title needs at least 2 rating sources and 1,000+ votes to chart — no thin-data entries.
Tremors
PG-131990 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 96m · Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
Jacob's Ladder
R1990 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 113m · Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
The Witches
PG1990 · Fantasy, Family, Horror · 91m · Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Anjelica Huston, Charlie Potter
While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.
Ghost
PG-131990 · Fantasy, Romance, Thriller · 127m · Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Wild at Heart
R1990 · Crime, Thriller, Romance · 125m · Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Diane Ladd
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
The Reflecting Skin
R1990 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 95m · Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore
In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.
Arachnophobia
PG-131990 · Comedy, Horror · 109m · Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman, Julian Sands
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
PG-131990 · Comedy, Horror, Fantasy · 106m · Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Robert Prosky
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!
Night of the Living Dead
R1990 · Horror · 88m · Patricia Tallman, Tony Todd, McKee Anderson, Bill Moseley
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
Flatliners
R1990 · Drama, Science Fiction, Horror · 115m · Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin
Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.
Society
R1990 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 100m · Billy Warlock, Connie Danese, Ben Slack, Evan Richards
Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns home to find a party in full swing.
Buried Alive
R1990 · Thriller, Crime, Horror · 94m · Tim Matheson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, William Atherton, Hoyt Axton
A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires in surprising ways.
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