
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

Dark Waters
›NR1993 · Horror, Mystery · 94m · Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist
After the death of her father, a young woman travels to a remote convent on an island in the Black Sea to find out why her father funded it for years.

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
›1991 · Comedy, Horror · 104m · David Carradine, Morgan Brittany, Bruce Campbell
Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sunscreen to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.

Nadja
›R1995 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Elina Löwensohn, Suzy Amis, Galaxy Craze
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.

Dark Angel: The Ascent
›1994 · Horror, Romance, Fantasy · 81m · Angela Featherstone, Daniel Markel, Nicholas Worth
A bored female demon ventures to the surface world to punish the wicked before they enter her hellish domain.

Fear
›R1990 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 95m · Ally Sheedy, Lauren Hutton, Michael O'Keefe
A psychic helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent, who wants to share the fear of his victims with her!

Star Time
›1992 · Mystery, Crime, Horror · 85m · Michael St. Gerard, John P. Ryan, Maureen Teefy
When his favorite television show is canceled, Henry Pinkle is driven over the edge and decides to commit suicide. Then he meets Sam Bones, a mysterious agent who promises happiness and stardom if he follows his instructions.

Predator 2
›R1990 · Science Fiction, Action, Thriller · 108m · Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades
A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
›R1994 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 123m · Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce
Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.

Mimic
›R1997 · Horror, Science Fiction · 105m · Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Giancarlo Giannini
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

Fear
›R1996 · Thriller, Horror · 97m · Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William L. Petersen
Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who charms and seduces her, body and soul. But her perfect boyfriend is not all he seems to be. His sweet facade masks a savage, dark side that will soon transform Nicole's dream into a nightmare.

The Good Son
›R1993 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 87m · Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.

Just Cause
›R1995 · Action, Drama, Mystery · 102m · Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Blair Underwood
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.

The Relic
›R1997 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 110m · Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt
A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

Jennifer Eight
›R1992 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 124m · Andy Garcia, Lance Henriksen, Uma Thurman
John Berlin, a big-city cop from LA moves to a small-town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, Berlin meets a young blind woman named Helena, whom he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose—and only John knows it.

Raising Cain
›R1992 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer
Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequences of this past on his own psyche and the influence of his returning father and violent brother Cain, Carter becomes involved in a series of murders and kidnappings. Meanwhile, his wife Jenny rekindles an old love affair, placing herself in the crosshairs of her increasingly unstable husband.

Maniac Cop 2
›R1990 · Action, Horror, Mystery · 87m · Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner
Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.

Basket Case 2
›R1990 · Horror, Comedy · 90m · Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross, Heather Rattray
Duane and his basket-bound mutant brother are taken in by a secret home for wayward freaks.

Dust Devil
›R1992 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 103m · Robert John Burke, Chelsea Field, Marianne Sägebrecht
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.

Highway to Hell
›R1991 · Fantasy, Action, Comedy · 94m · Chad Lowe, Kristy Swanson, Patrick Bergin
Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will become one of Satan's brides.

Terror Firmer
›R1999 · Comedy, Horror · 114m · Trent Haaga, Alyce LaTourelle, Will Keenan
A low-budget film crew working in New York City find themselves being preyed upon by a sexually conflicted serial killer.

The Minus Man
›R1999 · Drama, Thriller · 111m · Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Cox
When the quiet and amiable Vann Siegert drifts into town, no one suspects the evil that lies beneath the surface. Despite his easy charm, Vann is merely a reflection of what those he encounters want him to be. Soon, as locals start to disappear, it becomes clear that an eerie subtraction is at work in the sleepy hamlet.

The BeastSeries
›TV-PG1996 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · William L. Petersen, Karen Sillas, Charles Martin Smith
Mysterious deaths and unexplained disappearances begin to occur in the small seaport village of Graves Point. When a large, strange claw is discovered on an empty raft washing up on the shore, marine biologist Dr. Herbert Talley identifies it as belonging to a rare giant squid.

Bloodlust: Subspecies III
›R1994 · Horror · 83m · Anders Hove, Denice Duff, Kevin Spirtas
Still in the thrall of the evil vampire Radu, Michelle yearns to be taught the skills of the vampire. Meanwhile, her sister Becky tries to free her from his evil clutches, and this time, she's brought some help.

Blood & Donuts
›1995 · Horror, Comedy · 90m · Gordon Currie, Louis Ferreira, Helene Clarkson
In 1994, in Toronto, the vampire Boya awakens from his twenty-five years of sleep in a basement hit by a golf ball. He takes a cab to the local cemetery, retrieves his belongings from a grave and lodges in a low budget hotel nearby an all-night donut shop. Boya does not drink human blood anymore but rats and pigeons blood instead. While in the donut shop, Boya befriends and protects the taxi driver Earl, who is having trouble with two criminals, and falls in love for the waitress Molly. Meanwhile, his former passion of 1969, Rita, who misses her lost youth, is trying to locate him.
