For the most part, apart from a few sporadic gems, horror went into a slight hibernation in the '90s. After the genre experienced an unprecedented boom in the '80s, the following decade saw a gentle hibernation. Major slasher franchises had dried up, Tarantino and the indie crime thriller scene was hot, taking its toll on horror movies.
The master of horror, Wes Craven, delivered some serious blows, first with his return to his beloved Freddy Krueger and then with a film that would reinvigorate the genre for years to come: Scream. At the same time, foreign-language horror began to reverberate beyond Hollywood, and after the success of The Silence of the Lambs, the horror experienced a brief window of prestige, with bigger-name directors embracing the genre.
Here's a quick look at the best '90s horror you can stream right now: from Scream to The Blair Witch Project to Oscar-winning works like The Silence of the Lambs and Misery. Have a scary time!
Scramble (1996)
The latter half of the '90s got a boost after A Nightmare on Elm Street's Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson released Scream, a nod to the slasher mystery about a small town whose teenagers are being terrorized by a killer who contains a ton of knowledge about horror movies. Yes, the same horror movies we know. This clever portrayal of the genre's most beloved tropes and clichés was wicked, wise, and punctuated by flawless performances from its young cast of celebrities.
For what it's worth, and sticking with the '90s, Scream 2 also offered a healthy dose of diabolical fun as one of the more solid horror sequels.
Scream and Scream 2 can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
Candyman (1992)
A Clive Barker short story of impoverished communities and urban myths has been brought to America, to Chicago's infamous Cabrini Green low-rent housing, for a modern gothic dance featuring a sinister specter (marked with a deep voice, a hook hand and bee entrails) who collects victims and targets a graduate student investigating his legend. By bringing the story to America, Candyman became a trailblazer for systemic racism and social and economic issues that still resonate strongly today. Two minor sequels followed, but decades later in 2021, director Nia DaCosta and producer Jordan Peele would resurrect the franchise with an acclaimed legacy sequel.
Candyman can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
Final Horizon (1997)
While sci-fi and horror have mixed remarkably over the years, it's typically been in the form of a monster movie rather than a haunted house. Paul WS Anderson's Final Horizon, starring Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill, gave us a terrifying possessed spaceship. A ship that had disappeared on a mission years ago and had now mysteriously resurfaced from god knows where.
Final Horizon can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
Tales from the Crypt: Devil Knight (1995)
After striking gold with "Back to the Future" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" director Robert Zemeckis moved to HBO and produced the pulp horror anthology series "Tales from the Crypt." In the 1990s, two films were made under the Crypt brand, and the first one, Knight of the Devil, is a true marvel. A hilarious adventure directed by Ernest Dickerson, featuring Billy Zane as a fun-loving demon who wants to get his hands on an artifact that could spell the end of mankind. Standing in his way are William Sadler, Jada Pinkett and the unlucky residents of a seedy boarding house.
Tales from the Crypt: Devil Knight can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Two of the greatest innovators of the '90s joined forces for From Dusk Till Dawn, part hostage movie, part vampire bloodbath. Directing from a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino (who also co-stars with George Clooney), Robert Rodriguez assembles a shocking and hair-raising story of two outlaw brothers who think they've managed to escape the law in Mexico, only to discover that the stop of seedy trucks in which they rest is a secret lair of bloodsuckers. Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis and Salma Hayek also appear.
From Dusk Till Dawn can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
More than one might throw their hands in the head with this statement, but The Silence of the Lambs is a horror movie. And it is a horror movie that has managed to win acclaim from the general public. Starring award-winning performances by Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs is a first-rate horror film, with unforgettable scenes that every movie buff must see.
The silence of the lambs can be seen through Amazon Prime Video or Filmin with an active subscription.
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Misery (1990)
The Silence of the Lambs may have represented the height of prestige horror in the early '90s, but just a year before, director Rob Reiner (who was an absolute force during this era) adapted Stephen King's Misery and got huge box office receipts, critical acclaim and an Oscar for Kathy Bates. The story of a best-selling author, played by James Caan, who is "cared for" after an accident with a fan is one of the creepiest and most intense looks at fandom gone unhinged.
Misery can be seen through Movistar + with an active subscription.
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Oscar winner Francis Ford Coppola delivered a lavish, lusty swipe at the classic Dracula story, casting Gary Oldman in the title role as a cursed immortal vampire who attempts to hypnotize a woman he believes to be the reincarnation of her lost love. . Anthony Hopkins, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves round out this stellar adaptation of Bram Stoker's landmark 1897 horror novel.
Dracula can be viewed through Netflix with an active subscription.
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project wasn't the first faux-horror documentary to be made, but it was the first to break out with huge success thanks to a creepy premise, strong performances (which were largely improvised, guided solely by directors). who stayed out of the walk, which the actors filmed themselves) and a clever stealth marketing campaign and a website that used the early days of the Internet to trick people into thinking it was a true story.
The Blair Witch Project can be seen through Filmin with an active subscription.
Chronos (1993)
Guillermo del Toro's first feature film, Mexican independent horror film Cronos, put the future Oscar-winning director on the map with a bloody, clever drama about an antiques dealer who stumbles upon Cronos, a 400-year-old beetle that , when she hooks up with him, it grants her youth and eternal life... as a vampire. Del Toro would never have another big movie in the '90s, but Cronos was strong enough to beat him to it and deliver The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth in the following decade.
Cronos can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
Tales From the Hood (1995)
Executive produced by Spike Lee and directed by Rusty Cundieff, Tales from the Hood, like Candyman, marks an important era for African-American representation in horror, merging scares with themes of racism, police corruption and gang violence. the bands. This groundbreaking horror-comedy anthology recently received its first sequels, decades later, in 2018 and 2020, as director Cundieff brought back the concept to continue the exploration of socially relevant themes past and present.
Tales from the Hood can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
This movie from director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal) is a weird, jittery movie with an ending that, well, we can't explain without revealing everything. Tim Robbins stars as a Vietnam veteran who begins to experience strange fragmentary visions and disturbing hallucinations and... that's all we're going to share here. Not a pure "horror" movie, as some might say, Jacob's Ladder is a nightmarish exploration of morality that not only developed a cult following over the years, but also influenced the visuals of the Silent Hill game series.
Jacob's Ladder can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
TheRing (1998)
Hideo Nakata's Ringu helped popularize Japanese horror internationally, to the point that it was remade for America in 2002 and was one of the biggest horror hits of the 1980s. A fusion of ghosts, technology and sheer horror, The Ring revolves around a cursed VHS tape that kills anyone who sees it seven days later. The visual template and supernatural style created here continue to influence supernatural stories today.
The Ring can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
Tremors (1990)
Tremors, a light-hearted and upbeat monster comedy, follows the inhabitants of a small Nevada town as they are terrorized by gigantic, slug-like underground creatures that can sense the movement of people above ground. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward lead this group of armed citizens fighting burrowing bugs, though Bacon didn't star in any of the six sequels (which is handled by Michael Gross). In recent years there has been talk of a Tremors television series starring Bacon, but the actor himself said that the reboot was scrapped.
Tremors can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
Audition (1999)
Audition is one of the most brutal movies in horror history. A vicious combination of Japanese fear and "Torture Porn," this Takashi Miike classic follows a widower who, at the urging of his son, begins holding auditions for women to play the "role" of his new wife, in an attempt to actually find a new girlfriend. This strange social experiment unfortunately attracts a hidden monster named Asami, who gives the poor widower much more than he bargained for.
Audition can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
The prestige horror of the '90s was completed, and partly closed, with Neil Jordan's acclaimed and riveting take on Anne Rice's popular novel. Starring two megastars in Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, and introducing the world to Kirsten Dunst, Interview with the Vampire chronicles the journey of reclusive vampire Louis, Pitt, and Louis' father Lestat (Cruise, playing Cruel), as they live through the centuries and form an evil surrogate family with the addition of 10-year-old Claudia (Dunst).
Interview with the Vampire can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
Bride of Chucky (1998)
After three movies, creator Don Mancini hit the table with Bride of Chucky, a horror comedy that, following in the footsteps of Scream, had a little more fun with the meta aspects of the genre. And with that, Chucky was given new life and the one-story franchise largely lives on to this day (as Mancini continues to write the new series for USA/Syfy). In a highly engaging film directed by Ronny Yu, Jennifer Tilly enters the picture as Tiffany, Charles Lee Ray's ex, whose love/hate/heartbreak relationship with Chucky has her trapped inside her own doll.
Bride of Chucky can be viewed through Amazon Prime Video with an active subscription.
Young and Witches (1996)
The teen supernatural thriller, Boys and Witches, follows four outcast teenage girls who take up witchcraft and must decide whether or not to use their abilities for their own gain. Although it received mixed reviews at the time, Boys and Witches has developed a healthier following over the years and is considered a very stylish and influential film of the time, for portraying the struggles of teenage girls and the patriarchal obstacles they face. they face each other at an important and sometimes volatile time in their lives. Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk and Rachel True star in this chilling tale of revenge.
Boys and Witches can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Before Wes Craven used elements of his own to launch an entirely new horror franchise with Scream, he tried to meld a crazy, fourth-wall-breaking idea with his own creation, Freddy Krueger. After 1991's The Death of Freddy, which essentially ended the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise (until 2003's Freddy vs. Jason), Wes Craven's New Nightmare went completely out of continuity and featured the villain fictional character from the movies, Freddy (well, a dark entity that took the form of Freddy), invading the real world and stalking the cast and crew involved in making the movies about him.
Wes Craven's new nightmare can be rented and purchased on different platforms such as Google Play, Apple TV and Amazon.
The Sixth Sense (1999)
M. Night Shyamalan, with his 1999 smash hit The Sixth Sense, which immediately crowned him (for better or worse) as the king of film twists, delivered one of the greatest performances by child actors of all time. , combined with some really creepy final minutes that made audiences at the time gasp for their work. The sad and disturbing story of a boy who lives in terror of the ghosts he sees all day resonated strongly at the box office and made The Sixth Sense one of the scariest movie experiences of all time.
The sixth sense can be seen through Movistar + with an active subscription.
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