Cronos (1993)
June 6, 2026
Guillermo del Toro reroutes the vampire myth through a clockwork device in his startling 1993 debut. The fascination with antique machinery.
Tag: 1990s
The 1990s sit at the hinge between analog and digital, and its films show the seam. This tag collects reviews of 1990s cinema: the era’s styles, anxieties, and the classics the decade quietly stacked up.
1990sFrom Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
June 6, 2026
The tonal whiplash is the entire experience. From Dusk Till Dawn earns its 7 by being two completely different movies stapled together, and by the strange fact that the staple holds.
1990sNadja (1994)
June 6, 2026
Nadja earns its 6.5 as a singular artifact of nineties downtown independent cinema, a black-and-white art-house vampire film that filters the Dracula. Michael Almereyda made it cheaply in 1994 with Hollywood backing from David Lynch, who also appears in a…
1990sInnocent Blood (1992)
June 6, 2026
John Landis fuses the vampire film with the mob movie in a fun, tonally chaotic horror comedy. The film's premise is its strongest asset.
1990sVampires (1998)
June 6, 2026
John Carpenter turns vampire hunting into blue-collar work and James Woods carries the whole film. Not a calling, not a tragic destiny, not a brooding romance with the dark.
1990sThe Blair Witch Project (1999)
May 19, 2026
Three student filmmakers documenting a Maryland witch legend get lost in the woods, in the found-footage horror pioneer. The Blair Witch Project is Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's 1999 American found-footage horror film depicting three student filmmakers who disappear in…
1990sAudition (1999)
May 19, 2026
Takashi Miike directs the story of a widower staging fake auditions to find a new wife, with consequences he could not anticipate. Audition is Takashi Miike's 1999 Japanese horror-thriller film depicting a Tokyo widower who stages fake film auditions to…
1990sCandyman (1992)
May 19, 2026
Bernard Rose adapts Clive Barker's story about a graduate student researching an urban legend that summons a hook-handed killer. Candyman is Bernard Rose's 1992 American supernatural horror film adapted from Clive Barker's short story 'The Forbidden', depicting a graduate student…
1990sRingu (1998)
May 19, 2026
Hideo Nakata directs the Japanese supernatural horror about a cursed videotape that kills viewers seven days after watching. Ringu is Hideo Nakata's 1998 Japanese supernatural horror film adapted from Koji Suzuki's 1991 novel, depicting a Tokyo television reporter investigating a…
1990sThe Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
May 19, 2026
Michael Caine plays Scrooge opposite Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the Muppet ensemble in a sincere adaptation of Dickens. The Muppet Christmas Carol is Brian Henson's 1992 American adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella, with Michael Caine playing Ebenezer Scrooge among…
1990sThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)
May 19, 2026
An FBI trainee consults imprisoned cannibal Hannibal Lecter to catch a serial killer skinning his victims. The Silence of the Lambs is Jonathan Demme's 1991 American psychological-thriller film adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel, depicting an FBI trainee who consults…
1990sThe Santa Clause (1994)
May 19, 2026
A divorced father inadvertently kills Santa Claus and discovers a contractual clause requiring him to take over the role permanently. The Santa Clause is John Pasquin's 1994 American Christmas comedy about Scott Calvin, a divorced toy company executive who inadvertently…