Other highlights from this era in horror movies include the only one to ever win Best Picture ( The Silence of the Lambs), the rise of Peter Jackson ( Dead Alive, The Frighteners) and Guillermo del Toro ( Cronos, Mimic), sophisticated adult fare ( Jacob’s Ladder, Candyman), and winking B-movie mashups ( From Dusk Till Dawn, Tremors). A woman has to protect her young daughter and her friends when three armed men break into her home and take them as hostages. Even more, New Nightmare‘s post-modern meta-story would pave the way for Craven’s own Scream, which would revive horror leading into the 21st century. 1997 1 hr 29 min 4.9 (281) Starring Veronica Hamel and Bonnie Root. Jason, Michael, and Freddy all got canceled, with only Wes Craven’s New Nightmare getting good enough reviews to show up on this list. The first half of this decade was notoriously rough for horror, as diminishing production value, lost craft, and sequel bloat buried the genre. Nevertheless, if you feel like getting grungy and/or jiggy with it (in whichever order, we’re fair) then check out Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the 40 Best ’90s Horror Movies! As a result, there are less entries here than on our ’70s and ’80s lists. Maybe we just had it too good during the ’90s because audiences weren’t flocking much to horror movies this decade.
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