
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

Disturbing Behavior
›R1998 · Mystery, Horror, Science Fiction · 84m · James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean living. But, like the rest of the town, they're a little too perfect. When Steve's rebellious friend Gavin mysteriously joins their ranks, Steve searches for the truth with fellow misfit Rachel.

Brainscan
›R1994 · Horror, Science Fiction · 96m · Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, T. Ryder Smith
A lonely teenage horror fan and video gamer plays a new immersive and hypnotic computer game where he becomes a psychopathic killer, but when he emerges, he finds that the murder has actually happened.

Tammy and the T-Rex
›NR1994 · Science Fiction, Horror, Comedy · 91m · Denise Richards, Paul Walker, George Pilgrim
An evil scientist implants the brain of a murdered high school student into an animatronic Tyrannosaurus, who later wreaks vengeance on the bullies who killed him, and is reunited with his sweetheart.

Brain Dead
›R1990 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort
In a battle of man versus machine, Martin, a top neurosurgeon who's studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illness, delves deep into his own mind to save himself from a megalomaniacal corporation.

Puppet Master 5
›R1994 · Horror · 82m · Gordon Currie, Chandra West, Ian Ogilvy
Sutekh, the dark pharaoh from another dimension, sends his own puppet, Totem, to continue his quest to kill Rick and steal the magic which animates the puppets.

The First Power
›R1990 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 98m · Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober
A dedicated L.A. police detective and a female psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.

Mosquito
›R1994 · Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction · 92m · Gunnar Hansen, Ron Asheton, Steve Dixon
An alien starship crashes in a swamp in a U.S. National Park. Some mosquitos begin to feed from the alien's corpses, causing them to grow to the size of a vulture. These mutant insects became very agressive, killing every human being they find. Will the few survivors fight successfully against this nightmare...?

Witchboard 2
›R1993 · Mystery, Horror · 98m · Ami Dolenz, Timothy Gibbs, Laraine Newman
A young woman starts receiving messages through a Ouija board, claiming to be from the former occupant of her apartment.

Scissors
›R1991 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 105m · Sharon Stone, Steve Railsback, Ronny Cox
A woman trying to recover from a sexual attack is locked in a posh apartment with a corpse of the very man she's been dreaming would murder her. She tries to hang on to reality when objects around her seem to come to life.

Strays
›1991 · Horror, TV Movie · 83m · Kathleen Quinlan, Timothy Busfield, Claudia Christian
A young married couple and their daughter are terrorized by a pride of ferocious feral felines.

Psycho Cop Returns
›R1993 · Horror · 85m · Robert R. Shafer, Barbara Niven, Miles Dougal
A group of office workers decide to have a party in the office building. Among other things, they want to have some drugs there. Their conversation on the subject is overheard by Joe Vickers, which is rather unfortunate for them, since Joe Vickers is a policeman. Even more unfortunate is the fact that Vickers is also an undead psychotic satanist, and instead of arresting them, he will make sure that nobody leaves the party alive...

Sleepstalker
›R1995 · Horror · 105m · Michael Harris, Jay Underwood, Kathryn Morris
Seventeen years after slaughtering all but one member of a family, a vicious serial killer known only as "The Sandman" awaits execution. But first, his jailers allow a minister to visit the killer to give him last rites, unaware that the minister is a voodoo priest and an ally of the condemned prisoner. The priest places a hex on the Sandman so that when he is executed, his soul migrates into a new body made of sand. To sever his ties with his former life and achieve absolute power, the sandman must find and kill a man named Griffin, the sole survivor of the last family murdered by the killer

Happy Hell Night
›1991 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 87m · Nick Gregory, Laura Carney, Sam Rockwell
25 years ago at Winfield College, psycho-priest Zachary Malius murdered seven frat boys and was put away in the local asylum. Now, however, the same fraternity stages a prank from which Malius is inadvertently set free and returns to the house to repeat his crime...

Shadowzone
›R1990 · Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · Louise Fletcher, David Beecroft, James Hong
After someone is killed in the subterranean project called "Shadowzone," a NASA captain is called in to investigate. In the project, sleeping subjects are induced into a deep EDS state whereby they become portals to a parallel universe. Unfortunately this causes adverse reactions in the subject, and something gets through the portal, the consequence of which is an attrition problem.

Shrunken Heads
›R1994 · Thriller, Comedy, Horror · 86m · Leigh-Allyn Baker, Julius Harris, Meg Foster
Three teens killed by a local crime boss return for revenge after a witch doctor revives them through voodoo magic.

Scary Movie
›1991 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 82m · John Hawkes, Jason Waller, Suzanne Aldrich
On Halloween night, big-time nerd Warren attends a spookhouse in a small Texas town. But is the haunted house as harmless as it seems, or has a psychotic mental patient found a new stomping ground?

Shock 'Em Dead
›R1991 · Music, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Traci Lords, Stephen Quadros, Troy Donahue
Martin is a total loser, who nobody cares for. When he fails to get a position as guitar player in Lindsay's band and loses his job on the way, he makes a deal with a Voodoo priestess. She promises him the fulfillment of all his dreams if he swears obedience to her. He becomes a rock star and has many women - but to stay alive, he has to kill other people.

Big Monster on Campus
›1998 · Comedy, Horror · 92m · Matthew Lawrence, Ryan Reynolds, Justin Walker
A student receives a serial killer's brain in a transplant after being thrown into a pool with no water in it.

Last Gasp
›NC-171995 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Robert Patrick, Joanna Pacula, Vyto Ruginis
A ruthless real estate developer is possessed by the violent spirits of the Native American tribesmen he massacred, which force him to go on an indiscriminate killing spree against his will.

Dracula: Dead and Loving It
›PG-131995 · Comedy, Horror · 88m · Leslie Nielsen, Mel Brooks, Amy Yasbeck
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.

House on Haunted Hill
›R1999 · Horror · 93m · Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Ali Larter
An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.

The Lawnmower Man
›R1992 · Science Fiction, Horror · 108m · Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright
A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.

Virtuosity
›R1995 · Action, Crime, Science Fiction · 106m · Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.

Darkman II: The Return of Durant
›R1995 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 93m · Larry Drake, Arnold Vosloo, Kim Delaney
Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in and try to stop Durant once and for all.
