The Best ’90s Horror Movies, According to Rotten Tomatoes
The 1990’s weren’t exactly a golden age for horror, at least not for a minute. After a bunch of lame sequels that didn’t do justice to horror icons like Jason, Michael Myers, and Freddy Krueger, the genre was struggling. There are some hidden gems, however. Rotten Tomatoes recently ranked the best horror films of the decade, and while the ‘90s may have been uneven, it still delivered some truly unforgettable chills. Here are the top ten:
🎥 1. Ringu (1998)
Combines supernatural terror with modern anxieties about technology. Viewers are still haunted by that cursed videotape decades later.
🎥 2. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The only horror film to ever win Best Picture at the Oscars. Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster deliver terryfying and iconic performances.
🎥 3. Arachnophobia (1990)
A creepy-crawly throwback to classic creature features. Spiders. All the spiders.
🎥 4. Misery (1990)
Stephen King’s story was made unforgettable by Kathy Bates’ Oscar-winning performance—Oh, that sledgehammer scene!
🎥 5. Cronos (1993)
Guillermo del Toro’s debut blends gothic beauty and blood with the story of a mysterious 400-year-old scarab.
🎥 6. Dead Alive (1992)
Before The Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson gave us one of the goriest and funniest zombie movies.
🎥 7. Tremors (1990)
Kevin Bacon vs. underground monsters. It’s a perfect mix of humor, heart, and horror. A B movie classic.
🎥 8. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
This low-budget flick proved that what you don’t see can be scarier than anything on screen.
🎥 9. The Sixth Sense (1999)
M. Night Shyamalan’s ghostly thriller has one of the most famous twist endings of all time.
🎥 10. Audition (1999)
Takashi Miike’s slow-burn nightmare that starts as a love story and ends as something far more disturbing.
The decade also gave rise to some now-legendary directors—Peter Jackson (The Frighteners) and Guillermo del Toro (Mimic)—and blended horror with smart storytelling in films like Jacob’s Ladder, Candyman, and From Dusk Till Dawn.
The ’90s may not have been horror’s peak, but it was the decade that redefined what the genre could be—bloody, brainy, and sometimes even beautiful.
So, horror fans—did Rotten Tomatoes get it right? Or did your favorite ’90s nightmare get left off the list? Let the arguments begin!
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
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