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Best Horror Movies

of the 1990s

The 20 highest-rated horror movies released between 1990 and 1999, ranked by IMDb score.

1

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island(1998)

7.8 IMDb89% RT

After going their separate ways, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred reunite to investigate the ghost of Moonscar the pirate on a haunted bayou island, but it turns out the swashbuckler's spir

2

The Devil's Advocate(1997)

7.5 IMDb65% RT60 Meta

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.

3

Ghosts(1997)

7.5 IMDb

In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to t

4

Funny Games(1997)

7.5 IMDb73% RT69 Meta

Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

5

Cure(1997)

7.5 IMDb94% RT70 Meta

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.

6

Interview with the Vampire(1994)

7.5 IMDb66% RT62 Meta

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

7

Braindead(1992)

7.5 IMDb89% RT54 Meta

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

8

Scream(1996)

7.4 IMDb78% RT66 Meta

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.

9

Bram Stoker's Dracula(1992)

7.4 IMDb69% RT57 Meta

Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, is condemned to live off the blood of the living for eternity. Young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to Dracula's castle to finalise a land deal, but when the Coun

10

Army of Darkness(1992)

7.4 IMDb68% RT59 Meta

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.

11

Jacob's Ladder(1990)

7.4 IMDb72% RT62 Meta

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 hi

12

Sleepy Hollow(1999)

7.3 IMDb71% RT65 Meta

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 attri

13

The Day of the Beast(1995)

7.3 IMDb77% RT

When a rogue priest discovers the exact date the Antichrist will be born, he enlists a Death Metal record store clerk and a cheesy TV psychic for an urban spree of gore, sacrilege and twisted humor to

14

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me(1992)

7.3 IMDb66% RT45 Meta

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 experienc

15

Ring(1998)

7.2 IMDb98% RT

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

16

From Dusk Till Dawn(1996)

7.2 IMDb66% RT48 Meta

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.

17

Nightwatch(1994)

7.2 IMDb63% RT

Martin, a law student, takes up a job as a nightwatchman at a mortuary to fund his studies. But the mortuary harbours a dark secret, and he has to find the truth before he is implicated in a serial mu

18

The Frighteners(1996)

7.1 IMDb65% RT52 Meta

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

19

The Quiet Family(1998)

7 IMDb

A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodie

20

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah(1995)

6.9 IMDb100% RT

A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of t

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