Best '90s horror movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best '90s horror movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. To qualify, the film had to have horror as one of its genres on IMDb, have a Metascore, and have at least 5,000 IMDb user votes. Ties were broken by votes.

OMDb

1 / 50

#50. Two Evil Eyes (1990)

- Director: Dario Argento
- Stacker score: 81.7
- IMDb user rating: 6.1
- Metascore: 61
- Runtime: 120 minutes

OMDb

2 / 50

#49. Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

- Director: Brian Yuzna
- Stacker score: 82.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.2
- Metascore: 54
- Runtime: 96 minutes

OMDb

3 / 50

#48. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

- Director: John Harrison
- Stacker score: 82.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.2
- Metascore: 54
- Runtime: 93 minutes

OMDb

4 / 50

#47. Predator 2 (1990)

- Director: Stephen Hopkins
- Stacker score: 82.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.3
- Metascore: 46
- Runtime: 108 minutes

OMDb

5 / 50

#46. The Vanishing (1993)

- Director: George Sluizer
- Stacker score: 82.7
- IMDb user rating: 6.3
- Metascore: 49
- Runtime: 109 minutes

OMDb

6 / 50

#45. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

- Director: Kenneth Branagh
- Stacker score: 82.7
- IMDb user rating: 6.3
- Metascore: 49
- Runtime: 123 minutes

OMDb

7 / 50

#44. Alien: Resurrection (1997)

- Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Stacker score: 83.2
- IMDb user rating: 6.2
- Metascore: 63
- Runtime: 109 minutes

OMDb

8 / 50

#43. The Prophecy (1995)

- Director: Gregory Widen
- Stacker score: 83.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.4
- Metascore: 44
- Runtime: 98 minutes

OMDb

9 / 50

#42. Nightbreed (1990)

- Director: Clive Barker
- Stacker score: 84.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.5
- Metascore: 40
- Runtime: 102 minutes

OMDb

10 / 50

#41. Scream 2 (1997)

- Director: Wes Craven
- Stacker score: 84.4
- IMDb user rating: 6.3
- Metascore: 63
- Runtime: 120 minutes

OMDb

11 / 50

#40. The Craft (1996)

- Director: Andrew Fleming
- Stacker score: 84.7
- IMDb user rating: 6.4
- Metascore: 55
- Runtime: 101 minutes

OMDb

12 / 50

#39. Event Horizon (1997)

- Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
- Stacker score: 84.7
- IMDb user rating: 6.6
- Metascore: 35
- Runtime: 96 minutes

OMDb

13 / 50

#38. The People Under the Stairs (1991)

- Director: Wes Craven
- Stacker score: 84.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.4
- Metascore: 57
- Runtime: 102 minutes

OMDb

14 / 50

#37. The Exorcist III (1990)

- Director: William Peter Blatty
- Stacker score: 85.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.5
- Metascore: 48
- Runtime: 110 minutes

OMDb

15 / 50

#36. Alien³ (1992)

- Director: David Fincher
- Stacker score: 85.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.4
- Metascore: 59
- Runtime: 114 minutes

OMDb

16 / 50

#35. New Nightmare (1994)

- Director: Wes Craven
- Stacker score: 85.7
- IMDb user rating: 6.4
- Metascore: 64
- Runtime: 112 minutes

OMDb

17 / 50

#34. Flatliners (1990)

- Director: Joel Schumacher
- Stacker score: 85.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.5
- Metascore: 55
- Runtime: 115 minutes

OMDb

18 / 50

#33. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

- Director: Joe Dante
- Stacker score: 86.4
- IMDb user rating: 6.4
- Metascore: 69
- Runtime: 106 minutes

OMDb

19 / 50

#32. The Faculty (1998)

- Director: Robert Rodriguez
- Stacker score: 86.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.5
- Metascore: 61
- Runtime: 104 minutes

OMDb

20 / 50

#31. Death Becomes Her (1992)

- Director: Robert Zemeckis
- Stacker score: 87.2
- IMDb user rating: 6.6
- Metascore: 56
- Runtime: 104 minutes

OMDb

21 / 50

#30. Arachnophobia (1990)

- Director: Frank Marshall
- Stacker score: 87.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.5
- Metascore: 67
- Runtime: 109 minutes

OMDb

22 / 50

#29. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

- Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
- Stacker score: 87.5
- IMDb user rating: 6.7
- Metascore: 48
- Runtime: 92 minutes

OMDb

23 / 50

#28. Candyman (1992)

- Director: Bernard Rose
- Stacker score: 89.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.7
- Metascore: 61
- Runtime: 99 minutes

OMDb

24 / 50

#27. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

- Director: Daniel Myrick
- Stacker score: 89.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.5
- Metascore: 81
- Runtime: 81 minutes

OMDb

25 / 50

#26. Hocus Pocus (1993)

- Director: Kenny Ortega
- Stacker score: 89.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.9
- Metascore: 43
- Runtime: 96 minutes

OMDb

26 / 50

#25. Night of the Living Dead (1990)

- Director: Tom Savini
- Stacker score: 89.4
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 54
- Runtime: 92 minutes

OMDb

27 / 50

#24. Ravenous (1999)

- Director: Antonia Bird
- Stacker score: 89.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.9
- Metascore: 46
- Runtime: 101 minutes

OMDb

28 / 50

#23. Cronos (1993)

- Director: Guillermo del Toro
- Stacker score: 90.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.7
- Metascore: 70
- Runtime: 94 minutes

OMDb

29 / 50

#22. eXistenZ (1999)

- Director: David Cronenberg
- Stacker score: 91.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 68
- Runtime: 97 minutes

OMDb

30 / 50

#21. Stir of Echoes (1999)

- Director: David Koepp
- Stacker score: 92.2
- IMDb user rating: 6.9
- Metascore: 67
- Runtime: 99 minutes

OMDb

31 / 50

#20. Blade (1998)

- Director: Stephen Norrington
- Stacker score: 92.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 47
- Runtime: 120 minutes

OMDb

32 / 50

#19. The Witches (1990)

- Director: Nicolas Roeg
- Stacker score: 92.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 78
- Runtime: 91 minutes

OMDb

33 / 50

#18. The Frighteners (1996)

- Director: Peter Jackson
- Stacker score: 92.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 52
- Runtime: 110 minutes

OMDb

34 / 50

#17. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

- Director: John Carpenter
- Stacker score: 92.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 53
- Runtime: 95 minutes

OMDb

35 / 50

#16. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

- Director: David Lynch
- Stacker score: 93.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 45
- Runtime: 134 minutes

OMDb

36 / 50

#15. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

- Director: Robert Rodriguez
- Stacker score: 93.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 48
- Runtime: 108 minutes

OMDb

37 / 50

#14. Tremors (1990)

- Director: Ron Underwood
- Stacker score: 94.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 96 minutes

OMDb

38 / 50

#13. Audition (1999)

- Director: Takashi Miike
- Stacker score: 94.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 69
- Runtime: 115 minutes

OMDb

39 / 50

#12. Cube (1997)

- Director: Vincenzo Natali
- Stacker score: 95.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 61
- Runtime: 90 minutes

OMDb

40 / 50

#11. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

- Director: Jim Mallon
- Stacker score: 95.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 73 minutes

OMDb

41 / 50

#10. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

- Director: Tim Burton
- Stacker score: 96.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 105 minutes

OMDb

42 / 50

#9. Dracula (1992)

- Director: Francis Ford Coppola
- Stacker score: 97.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 57
- Runtime: 128 minutes

OMDb

43 / 50

#8. Army of Darkness (1992)

- Director: Sam Raimi
- Stacker score: 97.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 59
- Runtime: 81 minutes

OMDb

44 / 50

#7. Jacob's Ladder (I) (1990)

- Director: Adrian Lyne
- Stacker score: 97.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 62
- Runtime: 113 minutes

OMDb

45 / 50

#6. Pi (1998)

- Director: Darren Aronofsky
- Stacker score: 97.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 72
- Runtime: 84 minutes

OMDb

46 / 50

#5. Dead Alive (1992)

- Director: Peter Jackson
- Stacker score: 97.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 54
- Runtime: 104 minutes

OMDb

47 / 50

#4. Scream (1996)

- Director: Wes Craven
- Stacker score: 98.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 111 minutes

OMDb

48 / 50

#3. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

- Director: Neil Jordan
- Stacker score: 98.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 59
- Runtime: 123 minutes

OMDb

49 / 50

#2. Cure (1997)

- Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Stacker score: 98.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 70
- Runtime: 111 minutes

OMDb

50 / 50

#1. The Crow (1994)

- Director: Alex Proyas
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 71
- Runtime: 102 minutes

Best '90s horror movies

#50. Two Evil Eyes (1990)

#49. Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

#48. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

#47. Predator 2 (1990)

#46. The Vanishing (1993)

#45. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

#44. Alien: Resurrection (1997)

#43. The Prophecy (1995)

#42. Nightbreed (1990)

#41. Scream 2 (1997)

#40. The Craft (1996)

#39. Event Horizon (1997)

#38. The People Under the Stairs (1991)

#37. The Exorcist III (1990)

#36. Alien³ (1992)

#35. New Nightmare (1994)

#34. Flatliners (1990)

#33. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

#32. The Faculty (1998)

#31. Death Becomes Her (1992)

#30. Arachnophobia (1990)

#29. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

#28. Candyman (1992)

#27. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

#26. Hocus Pocus (1993)

#25. Night of the Living Dead (1990)

#24. Ravenous (1999)

#23. Cronos (1993)

#22. eXistenZ (1999)

#21. Stir of Echoes (1999)

#20. Blade (1998)

#19. The Witches (1990)

#18. The Frighteners (1996)

#17. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

#16. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

#15. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

#14. Tremors (1990)

#13. Audition (1999)

#12. Cube (1997)

#11. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

#10. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

#9. Dracula (1992)

#8. Army of Darkness (1992)

#7. Jacob's Ladder (I) (1990)

#6. Pi (1998)

#5. Dead Alive (1992)

#4. Scream (1996)

#3. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

#2. Cure (1997)

#1. The Crow (1994)

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