Popular Horror 1990s, a list by Craig Midwinter

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85

/35766/

83

/17428/

4.3

/2629175/

95

/157/

95

/29657/

86

/20/

3.5

age 17+

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

49

4.9

/121559/

55

/4330/

53

/2690/

2.4

/144366/

41

/58/

24

/8380/

37

/20/

3.5

age 14+

A 'National Geographic' film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest — and deadliest — snake.

70

7.5

/437910/

76

/12887/

74

/6543/

3.6

/412207/

65

/66/

80

/6178/

60

/19/

2.5

age 18+

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

72

7.4

/265422/

74

/8188/

74

/5586/

3.7

/495104/

69

/128/

79

/10199/

57

/17/

3.0

age 17+

Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula travels to Victorian London, where he becomes obsessed with Mina Murray—the fiancée of his solicitor, Jonathan Harker—believing her to be the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

68

7.2

/365553/

74

/11576/

70

/6296/

3.5

/364695/

66

/56/

76

/9975/

48

/15/

3.0

age 17+

After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.

75

7.4

/435834/

75

/15461/

74

/7613/

4.0

/1935109/

78

/130/

80

/15581/

66

/25/

3.0

age 16+

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

67

7.1

/326391/

73

/16580/

68

/6490/

3.5

/371402/

59

/113/

78

/14807/

47

/25/

3.0

age 17+

The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.

75

7.4

/127335/

74

/3802/

73

/1812/

3.9

/179840/

72

/69/

84

/2892/

62

/20/

3.5

age 16+

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

73

7.3

/409544/

73

/10775/

71

/7189/

3.5

/461055/

71

/129/

80

/21126/

65

/35/

3.5

age 18+

Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.

71

7.3

/117125/

75

/3628/

74

/2160/

4.3

/392861/

66

/82/

78

/2157/

45

/29/

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

69

6.5

/311930/

65

/9712/

64

/5250/

3.3

/857435/

86

/175/

57

/16475/

80

/33/

age 16+

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.

61

7.1

/101619/

72

/3170/

69

/1658/

3.5

/71722/

65

/43/

71

/2350/

52

/27/

1.0

age 18+

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

54

6.2

/289433/

64

/10983/

61

/5378/

2.6

/283594/

56

/163/

39

/7351/

62

/21/

1.5

age 17+

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

65

6.7

/148910/

70

/5089/

67

/2882/

3.8

/418243/

58

/59/

62

/3718/

56

/24/

age 13+

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

63

6.6

/145809/

67

/4207/

65

/2148/

3.4

/152160/

58

/64/

57

/4177/

61

/19/

age 16+

When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!

62

6.5

/118744/

70

/4644/

68

/1994/

3.6

/514063/

57

/60/

65

/6183/

55

/20/

2.0

age 15+

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.

53

6.3

/199114/

64

/7420/

63

/3646/

2.9

/169915/

36

/118/

44

/4842/

46

/19/

2.0

age 16+

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.

67

6.3

/230794/

67

/8517/

65

/4526/

3.3

/716472/

83

/133/

59

/7324/

62

/22/

3.0

age 16+

Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.

73

7.2

/163922/

72

/6684/

69

/3455/

3.5

/200041/

89

/53/

76

/7065/

65

/13/

age 13+

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

56

6.3

/63208/

65

/1453/

64

/1324/

3.0

/49167/

42

/52/

49

/1513/

49

/17/

2.5

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.

69

7.4

/206415/

75

/6991/

72

/3399/

3.7

/295728/

68

/91/

87

/11662/

59

/32/

2.0

age 16+

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.

66

6.5

/119658/

68

/5014/

65

/2800/

3.5

/163691/

72

/67/

59

/4881/

69

/28/

2.5

age 13+

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

49

6.4

/48616/

68

/1484/

67

/1011/

3.1

/42598/

26

/27/

54

/1795/

45

/17/

0.5

age 15+

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.

77

7.3

/191753/

72

/4400/

71

/2401/

3.7

/146226/

88

/58/

85

/6594/

72

/23/

3.5

age 16+

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

57

6.7

/208313/

67

/5205/

64

/3232/

3.1

/116961/

44

/97/

58

/4134/

44

/30/

2.0

age 15+

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.

33

15

4.1

/724/

40

/4/

33

/8/

33

/6/

34

/18/

21

/6/

Though once an average wizard's apprentice, the evil sovereign known only as 'The Presence' has the distinct quality of having gained the hatred of heaven and hell alike. Cast aside to rule a bizarre alternate dimension filled with unending violence and bloodshed, those unfortunate to live under his command hire Alison, an assassin, to hunt and destroy him. Soon after her mission begins, Alison finds herself haunted by ghastly visions of death, destruction, and mass chaos.

35

11

3.4

/1106/

49

/11/

44

/14/

2.8

/406/

20

/5/

12

/9/

As the result of a corrupt businessman's illegal toxic waste dumping, a small desert town is beset by a deadly swarm of huge bloodthirsty mutant mosquitoes!

48

46

5.0

/6832/

57

/325/

55

/190/

2.7

/8361/

33

/6/

39

/290/

FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as "The Guyver" from Chronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend's father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver's hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.

61

6.0

/59088/

62

/1822/

60

/1190/

3.0

/53234/

67

/52/

37

/863/

56

/15/

3.5

age 15+

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.

46

44

5.4

/8448/

59

/249/

55

/172/

2.8

/12052/

23

/31/

42

/290/

39

/14/

In 1957, Evan Rendell flees after his father is lynched for killing multiple patients in his effort to find a replacement heart for his ailing wife. After 35 years, Evan escapes from a mental institution and returns to town for revenge, killing off residents one by one. When Jennifer and her friends break into the Rendell house out of morbid curiosity, Evan notices Jennifer has a heart condition similar to his mother and decides to make her his final victim.

55

6.0

/21749/

62

/654/

59

/450/

3.0

/17597/

58

/38/

42

/302/

53

/17/

2.0

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.

55

6.1

/15928/

64

/593/

60

/346/

3.1

/13480/

40

/30/

46

/256/

Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. While involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner is killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene...

52

6.3

/29943/

65

/822/

61

/535/

3.0

/15174/

49

/37/

46

/550/

49

/17/

1.0

The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.

66

6.6

/10929/

68

/527/

63

/180/

3.7

/30089/

60

/25/

69

/359/

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.

52

45

5.4

/4490/

58

/101/

57

/124/

2.8

/3074/

53

/17/

34

/70/

The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.

51

6.3

/29946/

67

/1035/

62

/584/

3.0

/17284/

35

/26/

44

/502/

43

/18/

1.5

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.

65

7.1

/87684/

72

/3041/

72

/1824/

3.8

/163282/

58

/53/

73

/1389/

53

/17/

2.0

An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.

49

5.8

/178189/

62

/6291/

60

/3132/

3.0

/414887/

47

/116/

41

/8469/

52

/17/

1.0

age 16+

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.

42

4.9

/25055/

55

/906/

55

/585/

2.6

/22569/

21

/24/

31

/711/

35

/11/

The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.

39

4.6

/37783/

53

/803/

49

/546/

2.3

/23337/

23

/35/

20

/925/

37

/23/

A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.

41

4.7

/55219/

54

/2272/

53

/1430/

2.1

/82418/

23

/40/

32

/1814/

39

/14/

Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams. Their quest for answers leads to a certain house on Elm Street -- where the nightmares become reality.

56

45

6.0

/2641/

64

/85/

54

/48/

3.0

/2002/

50

/6/

51

/57/

A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.

47

5.4

/41798/

60

/1538/

56

/810/

2.6

/31009/

35

/43/

31

/781/

42

/17/

A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.

47

5.8

/69835/

62

/1918/

59

/1212/

2.8

/52863/

47

/96/

37

/2979/

34

/25/

1.0

age 15+

When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!

55

6.0

/63489/

65

/3179/

64

/1966/

3.2

/156864/

47

/15/

53

/2129/

37

/16/

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.

66

6.0

/22809/

62

/689/

61

/450/

3.3

/21563/

69

/32/

47

/313/

65

/22/

4.0

When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.

49

24

5.2

/1389/

57

/12/

46

/20/

2.9

/602/

38

/16/