Decade
1990s Horror
The horror that defined the 1990s — ranked by Crypt Score, from era-defining classics to the deep cuts worth resurrecting.
527 titles
The Prophecy II
›R1998 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 83m · Christopher Walken, Russell Wong, Jennifer Beals
The archangel Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposition of the angel Danyael.
Knight Moves
›R1992 · Mystery, Thriller · 116m · Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt
A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.
The Puppet Masters
›R1994 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 109m · Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner
The Midwest USA is invaded by stingray-shaped alien slugs that ride on people's backs and control their minds in order to spread their dominion. Government agency reps Sam Givens, Andrew Nivens, and Mary Sefton must stop the aliens.
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
›R1992 · Horror, Comedy, Fantasy · 104m · Zach Galligan, Monika Schnarre, Martin Kemp
The survivors of the first Waxwork must use a portal through time to defeat the evil that has followed them and turned their lives upside down.
Body Parts
›R1991 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Duncan, Kim Delaney
A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to the surviving two.
Head of the Family
›R1996 · Comedy, Horror · 82m · Blake Adams, Jacqueline Lovell, Alexandra Quinn
In the midst of a torrid affair, Lance discovers that Nob Hollow's weirdest residents, the Stackpoole family, have been doing hideous human experiments in the bowels of their basement.
Bad Channels
›1992 · Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror · 88m · Robert Factor, Martha Quinn, Aaron Lustig
An alien determined to capture human females takes over a radio station to do it.
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
›R1992 · Horror · 104m · Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Charles Klausmeyer, Maria Ford
A creature of demonic nature, too hideous to have a name, once again terrorizes the college kids that summoned it.
Crash and Burn
›R1990 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Action · 85m · Paul Ganus, Megan Ward, Ralph Waite
Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to insure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability". When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm".
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor
›R1990 · Horror, Science Fiction · 98m · Tara Leigh, Dianna Flaherty, Katherine Romaine
A virus from outer space transforms a bio-researcher into a blood thirsty monster. But chief, Dr.Vialini doesn't like the cops and public to be involved in this secret experiment. But he becomes lunch very soon.
Skinner
›R1993 · Horror · 90m · Ted Raimi, Traci Lords, Ricki Lake
A man rents a room in a couple's house and roams the streets at night looking for victims to skin, while constantly being followed by a junkie he mutilated who is now looking for revenge.
Midnight Ride
›1990 · Thriller, Action, Horror · 93m · Michael Dudikoff, Mark Hamill, Robert Mitchum
A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin McKay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
›NR1996 · Comedy, Family, TV Movie · 91m · Ann Magnuson, Bug Hall, Mary Woronov
The made for television movie Munster's Scary Little Christmas, created three decades after the demise of the original series, concerns son Eddie missing his home in Transylvania. Soon the entire family bands together to teach the young boy everything great about the holiday season.
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies
›R1992 · Comedy, Horror · 100m · Karen Black, Pat Morita, Kristine Rose
A devil-worshiping woman sends out her four beautiful nieces to lure men back to her place so they can be killed, ground up and sold as meat pies.
Slaughter of the Innocents
›1993 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 103m · Scott Glenn, Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus, Sheila Tousey
A seasoned FBI Agent's child-genius son assists him on catching a child-killer, a schizophrenic mohab nut who believes he's been chosen by god to be a new Noah.
I'm Dangerous Tonight
›R1990 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 88m · Mädchen Amick, Corey Parker, Daisy Hall
An ancient Aztec cloth with a curse accidentally finds its way into the possession of a young woman. She decides to make a dress from the cloth. Whoever wears this cloth/dress comes under its spell; all inhibitions and moral responsibilities are lost.
Pale Blood
›1990 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · George Chakiris, Wings Hauser, Pamela Ludwig
3 dead women, blood drained through small bites and placed around L.A. The murders catch international attention of a lonely man looking to teach a suspected vampire some morals.
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh
›R1991 · Comedy, Horror · 89m · Jake Dengel, Joe Sharkey, Susann Fletcher
A police detective teams up with his buddy's daughter to investigate cult-ritual mutilations.
All-American Murder
›1991 · Horror, Mystery, Romance · 94m · Christopher Walken, Charlie Schlatter, Josie Bissett
Artie Logan is the new guy on Campus. Suddenly, he meets Tally Fuller: the most popular and beautiful girl at Fairfield college and she finally agrees to go on a date with him. But that night she is brutally killed by a blowtorch-wielding maniac and Artie is wrongfully arrested. Despite protests from other Police officers, detective P.J. Decker believes Artie's story and gives him 24 hours to track down the real killer.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
›1999 · Fantasy, Horror, Mystery · 105m · Brent Carver, Rachelle Lefevre, Vlasta Vrana
Ichabod Crane, a Yankee wanderer, arrives in Sleepy Hollow and becomes the new schoolmaster. He meets Katrina Van Tassel, and blissfully fantasizes about how can marry her, ultimately, inherit her father's rich estate. Her suitor Brom Bones, the blacksmith, wants to scare him away and dresses up as the legendary Headless Horseman. During the prank, the real ghost appears and drives Ichabod off
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
›R1992 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Terry Farrell, Doug Bradley, Kevin Bernhardt
Pinhead is set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of Cenobitic kin.
Wishmaster
›R1997 · Horror, Fantasy · 90m · Angus Scrimm, Andrew Divoff, Tammy Lauren
The Djinn, having been released from his ancient prison, seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow Djinn to take over the earth.
Bad Moon
›R1996 · Horror · 80m · Mariel Hemingway, Michael Paré, Mason Gamble
One man's struggle to contain the curse he hides within... and his last-ditch attempt to free himself with the love of family. But when it looks as if he is losing his battle, and endangering all he holds most dear, the family dog, Thor, is the last hope for his family's survival... and the end to his Werewolf curse.
Puppet Master II
›R1990 · Horror · 88m · Elizabeth Maclellan, Collin Bernsen, Steve Welles
A new team of paranormal researchers has come to the hotel to investigate its murder-soaked past; the puppets -- led by a new member, Torch -- shed some light on the matter, as they tunnel, burn, strangle and hook to survive.