01 A quiet, old-fashioned ghost story that earns its final twist.
12 Best 90s Horror Movies
By Vlad Zakh · February 17, 2025
Scream reinvented the slasher genre by having its characters openly discuss slasher-movie rules, and The Silence of the Lambs remains the only horror film to ever win Best Picture.
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02 Peak late-90s teen slasher, pure genre comfort food.
03 The Japanese original that launched an entire wave of cursed-media horror.
04 A haunted-ship-in-space premise that's genuinely disturbing in its back half.
05 Gothic, mournful, and more interested in tragedy than shocks.
06 Kathy Bates as the most terrifying "number one fan" ever put on screen.
07 A genuinely unsettling urban legend movie with more on its mind than jump scares.
08 Found-footage horror before the format had a name, made on almost no budget.
09 Grim, atmospheric, and one of the most influential thrillers of its decade.
10 A twist ending so famous it's hard to remember how shocking it was on release.
11 Reinvented the slasher genre by having its characters know the rules of one.
12 Still the gold standard for a genuinely terrifying, Oscar-winning thriller.
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