
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 TommyknockersSeries
›1993 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery · 1 season · Jimmy Smits, Marg Helgenberger, E.G. Marshall
A buried UFO slowly turns local inhabitants into gizmo-building alien mutants.

Clownhouse
›R1990 · Horror · 81m · Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Bobby Salem
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.

Curdled
›R1996 · Comedy, Crime, Thriller · 88m · William Baldwin, Angela Jones, Bruce Ramsay
A death-obsessed cleaning woman uncovers a clue identifying a Florida bartender for a series of socialite murders.

The Last Broadcast
›NR1998 · Horror, Mystery · 87m · David Beard, Jim Seward, Stefan Avalos
In December 1995, a four-man team from the public-access program, "Fact or Fiction", braved the New Jersey's desolate Pine Barrens determined to deliver a live broadcast of the legendary Jersey Devil. Only one came out alive. It took the jury ninety minutes to sentence the lone survivor to life in prison. One year later, a filmmaker decides to mount his own investigation...

Shakma
›R1990 · Horror, Science Fiction · 101m · Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss, Ari Meyers
A murderous baboon escapes from a laboratory and roams the research building, and begins to kill some teenagers who are also in the building playing a Dungeons-and-Dragons type game.

Hideous!
›R1997 · Horror, Comedy · 82m · Michael Citriniti, Rhonda Griffin, Mel Johnson Jr.
Dr. Lorca, an eccentric collector of biological oddities - has just "acquired" his greatest specimen: a horrible mutant born of toxic sewage, but the creature's rightful owner wants it back. The collector's clash is cut short though, as the sickening specimen comes to life, re-animating an angry, oozing little army of ferocious freaks

The Unborn
›R1991 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Brooke Adams, Jeff Hayenga, James Karen
Joy turns to horror when a pregnant mother discovers the nightmarish truth behind her doctor's unexpected success in helping her conceive.

Shadow Builder
›R1998 · Horror · 101m · Michael Rooker, Leslie Hope, Shawn Thompson
A demon is summoned to take the soul of a young boy who has the potential to become a saint. By doing this he will open a doorway to hell and destroy the world.

Progeny
›R1998 · Horror, Science Fiction · 98m · Arnold Vosloo, Jillian McWhirter, Brad Dourif
An unsuspecting woman is impregnated by aliens who are experimenting on the human population.

Children of the Night
›R1991 · Horror · 92m · Karen Black, Peter DeLuise, Ami Dolenz
In the quiet little town of Allburg, friends Lucy and Cindy are on the verge of going away to college when they partake in a cleansing ritual by swimming in an abandoned church crypt. After Lucy accidentally drops her crucifix in the water, it drifts down and awakens the ancient vampire Czakyr, who becomes thirsty for Lucy's virgin blood.

Pledge Night
›1990 · Comedy, Horror · 86m · Todd Eastland, Shannon McMahon Lichte, Dennis Sullivan
A fraternity pledge returns from the grave to even the score with the members who caused his death 20 years ago.

Deadly Manor
›R1990 · Horror · 87m · Jennifer Delora, Kathleen Patane, Jerry Kernion
A group of teenagers take refuge in an old, deserted mansion. Soon the members of the group start turning up dead, and the teenagers realize that they're not alone in the mansion.

The Eighteenth Angel
›1997 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 88m · Christopher McDonald, Rachael Leigh Cook, Maximilian Schell
Mythology and religious dogma are slowly revealed when an attractive young woman is approached by a modeling agency that pulls her into an underworld of priests that are not Christian but rather want to resurrect Satan by collecting the souls of 18 beautiful children.

Aberration
›1998 · Horror, Science Fiction · 94m · Pamela Gidley, Simon Bossell, Valery Nikolaev
After stealing a fortune from the Russian mob, Alex Langdon tries to hide out in a remote cabin but discovers that the area is home to a dangerous species of mutant lizards that have developed a taste for human flesh.

Godzilla
›PG-131998 · Science Fiction, Action, Thriller · 139m · Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.

Sleepwalkers
›R1992 · Horror, Fantasy, Thriller · 89m · Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick, Alice Krige
Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.

Psycho IV: The Beginning
›R1990 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · Anthony Perkins, Henry Thomas, Olivia Hussey
When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.

Phantasm IV: Oblivion
›R1998 · Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Angus Scrimm, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury
Taking off immediately where the last one ended, Mike travels across dimensions and time, fleeing from the Tall Man while trying to find the origins of his enemy and what really happened the night that his brother died. Meanwhile, Reggie battles spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation.

The Guardian
›R1990 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 92m · Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell
Phil and Kate select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child, but the seemingly lovely Camilla is not what she appears to be...

In Dreams
›R1999 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 100m · Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea
A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
›R1992 · Action, Horror, Mystery · 85m · Robert Davi, Caitlin Dulany, Gretchen Becker
A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and returns from the dead...again...to do his bidding.

Gate II
›R1990 · Horror, Fantasy · 93m · Louis Tripp, Simon Reynolds, James Villemaire
It's been five years since Terry's friend Glen discovered The Gate to hell in his backyard. Glen has now moved away and Terry begins practicing rituals in Glen's old house and eventually bringing back demons through The Gate and leading to demoniac possession and near world domination.

The Dark Side of the Moon
›R1990 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 91m · Will Bledsoe, Robert Sampson, Joe Turkel
It is the year 2022. A mysterious systems failure causes the crew of a spaceship to be stranded on the dark side of the moon, while rapidly running out of fuel and oxygen. They are surprised to discover a NASA space shuttle floating in space, and board it in the hope of salvaging some supplies. One by one, the crew is possessed and killed, and it is up to Paxton Warner to find the links between the dark side of the moon, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Devil himself.

Spontaneous Combustion
›R1990 · Horror, Science Fiction · 97m · Brad Dourif, Cynthia Bain, Jon Cypher
A young man learns that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before his birth, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
