1990sNadja 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 mythology. Michael Almereyda made it cheaply in 1994 with Hollywood backing from David Lynch, who also appears in…
1990sJohn Carpenter turns vampire hunting into blue-collar work and James Woods carries the whole film. That choice is the film.
1990sThree 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…
1990sBernard 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…
1990sTakashi 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…
1990sMichael 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…
1990sHideo 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…
1990sAn 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…
1990sA 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…
1990sWes Craven directs the meta slasher about a high school targeted by a killer in a Ghostface mask who knows horror conventions. Scream is Wes Craven's 1996 American slasher film depicting a high school targeted by a killer in a…
1990sMisery is Rob Reiner's 1990 American psychological-thriller film adapted from Stephen King's 1987 novel, depicting a romance novelist who crashes his car in a Colorado snowstorm and is rescued by his self-described number-one fan, who imprisons him in her isolated…
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