Best 1990s Horror Movies

Looking for the best 1990s Horror movies? These are the 48 highest-rated 1990s Horror titles in our catalogue, led by Ghosts, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and Cure. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Ghosts (1997)

★ 8.0/10

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 the mansion in an…
2. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)

★ 7.7/10

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 spirit isn't the only…
3. Cure (1997)

★ 7.6/10

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
4. The Devil's Advocate (1997)

★ 7.5/10

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.
5. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

★ 7.4/10

In 19th century England, Count Dracula travels to London and meets Mina Harker, a young woman who appears as the reincarnation of his lost love.
6. Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998)

★ 7.4/10

After a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow he and his brothers back to their home all hell breaks lose.
7. Braindead (1992)

★ 7.4/10

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. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

★ 7.4/10

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…
9. Army of Darkness (1992)

★ 7.3/10

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.
10. In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

★ 7.2/10

An insurance investigator begins discovering the impact a horror writer's books has on his fans is more than inspirational.
11. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

★ 7.0/10

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.
12. The Quiet Family (1998)

★ 7.0/10

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 bodies start piling up…
13. Tremors (1990)

★ 6.9/10

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.
14. The Witches (1990)

★ 6.9/10

A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into…
15. Death Becomes Her (1992)

★ 6.8/10

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…
16. Blade (1998)

★ 6.8/10

The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.
17. The Craft (1996)

★ 6.8/10

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.
18. Ravenous (1999)

★ 6.8/10

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman…
19. Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell (1995)

★ 6.8/10

After a surprise phone call interrupts his daily workout, beefy body builder Naoto agrees to meet his photojournalist ex-girlfriend to help with her research on haunted houses. Accompanied by a professional psychic…
20. Candyman (1992)

★ 6.6/10

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
21. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

★ 6.6/10

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls…
22. The Faculty (1998)

★ 6.6/10

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!
23. Event Horizon (1997)

★ 6.6/10

In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something…
24. Return of the Living Dead III (1993)

★ 6.6/10

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.
25. Copycat (1995)

★ 6.5/10

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
26. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

★ 6.5/10

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…
27. Scream 2 (1997)

★ 6.5/10

Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
28. The People Under the Stairs (1991)

★ 6.5/10

Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.
29. New Nightmare (1994)

★ 6.5/10

Cast and crew from A Nightmare on Elm Street are terrorized by Freddy Krueger and his razor-fingered glove as he crosses over into the real world.
30. The Ninth Gate (1999)

★ 6.5/10

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.
31. Alien³ (1992)

★ 6.4/10

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more…
32. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

★ 6.4/10

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…
33. Ebola Syndrome (1996)

★ 6.4/10

A violent fugitive on the run from the law makes his way from Hong Kong to South Africa, where he discovers that he's immune to the Ebola virus, and later returns home to spread the deadly disease.
34. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

★ 6.4/10

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.
35. Child's Play 2 (1990)

★ 6.3/10

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.
36. Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)

★ 6.3/10

Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for…
37. Single White Female (1992)

★ 6.3/10

Having recently split from her fiancé, Allison Jones welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson. The young women quickly form a bond, but soon Allison begins to notice not all’s well with her new tenant.
38. Stigmata (1999)

★ 6.3/10

A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's…
39. Tower of Terror (1999)

★ 6.3/10

A disgraced reporter investigates an abandoned luxury hotel where five people mysteriously disappeared sixty years earlier.
40. Alien Resurrection (1997)

★ 6.2/10

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…
41. Genesis (1998)

★ 6.2/10

A sculptor is traumatized by the death of his wife in a car accident. He builds a sculpture in her memory. As the lifelike sculpture begins to bleed through the cracks of clay, the sculptor's flesh mutates and crumbles…
42. Deep Rising (1998)

★ 6.2/10

A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
43. Bride of Chucky (1998)

★ 6.1/10

Chucky is reborn when his old flame, Tiffany, rescues his battered doll parts from a police impound.
44. Castle Freak (1996)

★ 6.1/10

John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.
45. End of Days (1999)

★ 6.1/10

On 28 December 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, Satan decides to crash the party by coming to the city and searching for his chosen bride — a 20-year-old…
46. Wolf (1994)

★ 6.1/10

An aging publisher becomes a demon wolf and, with this newfound youthful vigor, fights to keep his job.
47. Wishmaster (1997)

★ 6.1/10

The Djinn having been released from his ancient prison seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow Djinn to take over the earth.
48. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

★ 6.1/10

When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.