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
Afraid of the Dark
›R1991 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 91m · Ben Keyworth, James Fox, Fanny Ardant
A little boy, obsessed with blindness and violence, slowly gets trapped in his own delusions.
Deep Blue Sea
›R1999 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 105m · Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J
Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.
Needful Things
›R1993 · Drama, Horror · 121m · Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
The LangoliersSeries
›1995 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery · 1 season · Patricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, Kate Maberly
A jet leaves on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston. But early in the flight, ten passengers awaken to a startling realization: All of the other passengers have vanished.
The Dark Half
›R1993 · Mystery, Horror · 122m · Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker
Following the public's realization that Thad Beaumont and George Stark are one and the same, the former stages a mock funeral, only for a series of gruesome murders to begin occurring as in his books.
Lord of Illusions
›R1995 · Horror, Fantasy, Drama · 109m · Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, Famke Janssen
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Begotten
›NR1991 · Fantasy, Horror · 72m · Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
Switchback
›R1997 · Thriller, Mystery · 118m · Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, R. Lee Ermey
After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
Innocent Blood
›R1992 · Comedy, Horror, Crime · 112m · Anne Parillaud, David Proval, Rocco Sisto
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.
The Pit and the Pendulum
›R1991 · Horror, Romance · 97m · Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William Norris
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.
The Resurrected
›1991 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 105m · John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
The 4th Floor
›R1999 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 90m · Juliette Lewis, William Hurt, Shelley Duvall
A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor.
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
›1993 · Family, TV Movie, Horror · 96m · Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Cloris Leachman
On Halloween night, two precocious little girls try to save their parents from their nasty old capitalist aunt's greedy clutches. Magic abounds and they meet mysterious new friends along the way.
Campfire Tales
›R1997 · Horror · 88m · James Marsden, Jay R. Ferguson, Christine Taylor
Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.
The Vagrant
›R1992 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Bill Paxton, Michael Ironside, Marshall Bell
A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.
Ed and His Dead Mother
›PG-131993 · Comedy, Horror · 93m · Steve Buscemi, Ned Beatty, John Glover
A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.
Lisa
›PG-131990 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 95m · Staci Keanan, Cheryl Ladd, D.W. Moffett
A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a stranger who is, unbeknownst to her, a serial killer.
The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer
›1993 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 99m · Carl Crew, Christopher 'CJ' Smith, Donna Stewart Bowen
Based on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and ate many of them before he was caught in 1991.
I Know What You Did Last Summer
›R1997 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 102m · Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar
After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.
Child's Play 2
›R1990 · Horror · 84m · Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Christine Elise
Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where the chase begins again.
Vampires
›R1998 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · 108m · James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
Return of the Living Dead III
›R1993 · Horror, Romance · 97m · Melinda Clarke, J. Trevor Edmond, Kent McCord
Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.
Screamers
›R1995 · Horror, Science Fiction, War · 108m · Peter Weller, Jennifer Rubin, Roy Dupuis
SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.
Nightwatch
›R1997 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 102m · Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin
A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.
