List of Horror Films of the 1990s
by PalefaceJack | created - 22 Feb 2021 | updated - 05 Apr 2021 | PublicA complete list of horror film's from the 1990s from 1990-1999. Each entry includes the following: 1. Sub-genre the film is categorized as. 2. English title if the film is in a foreign title. 3. Work or works the film is based on/inspired by. 4. Whether or not the film is a remake or has been remade. (Note: This list excludes films exclusively released on television, Comedy films with horror elements, and films that are missing plot descriptions and images)
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1. Living Doll (1990)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him.
Directors: George Dugdale, Peter Mackenzie Litten | Stars: Mark Jax, Katie Orgill, Gary Martin, Freddie Earlle
Votes: 332
Genre: Supernatural Horror
2. Playroom (1990)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered.
Director: Manny Coto | Stars: Lisa Aliff, Aron Eisenberg, Christopher McDonald, James Purcell
Votes: 342
Genre: Supernatural Horror
3. Mirage (1990)
85 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A smiling, sadistic and seemingly demonic young killer in black, who drives a black pick up truck, is hunting three young couples who came to the desert to drink, party and have sex.
Director: Bill Crain | Stars: Jennifer McAllister, Todd Caldecott, Kenny Johnson, Kevin Masterson
Votes: 448
Genre: Action/Psychological Horror
4. Blood Salvage (1990)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror
Twisted tale about a crazy, preaching redneck named Jake who kidnaps people off the highway and performs sick medical experiments on them. He then proceeds to sell their organs on the black... See full summary »
Director: Tucker Johnston | Stars: Danny Nelson, Lori Birdsong, Christian Hesler, Ralph Pruitt Vaughn
Votes: 633
Genre: Comedy Horror
5. Disturbed (1990)
R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
10 years ago the perverse Dr. Russell couldn't resist the beauty of a young patient in his mental clinic and raped her one night. When she plunged herself from the roof shortly after, he ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Winkler | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Geoffrey Lewis, Priscilla Pointer, Pamela Gidley
Votes: 1,893
Genre: Psychological Horror
6. Midnight Ride (1990)
R | 93 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.
Director: Bob Bralver | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Mark Hamill, Savina Gersak, Robert Mitchum
Votes: 1,144
Genre: Action Horror
7. Grim Prairie Tales (1990)
R | 86 min | Horror, Western
"Grim Prairie Tales" is a 1990 horror anthology movie where a cynical bounty hunter and a clerk traveling through the prairie rest by the campfire telling four stories of terror to each other.
Director: Wayne Coe | Stars: James Earl Jones, Brad Dourif, Will Hare, Marc McClure
Votes: 1,112
Genre: Western/Horror Anthology
8. Shadowzone (1990)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Scientists experiment with Extreme Dream Sleep and find a Parallel Dimension. Now they find the door works both ways and something has come through.
Director: J.S. Cardone | Stars: Louise Fletcher, David Beecroft, James Hong, Frederick Flynn
Votes: 1,319
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
9. Hard to Die (1990)
NC-17 | 77 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorised by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Gail Thackray, Karen Mayo-Chandler, Deborah Dutch, Melissa Moore
Votes: 1,460
Genre: Slasher Film
10. Xtro II: The Second Encounter (1991)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Military scientists discover an alternate dimension and, subsequently, aliens with an appetite for human flesh.
Director: Harry Bromley Davenport | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Paul Koslo, Tara Buckman, Jano Frandsen
Votes: 1,862
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
11. Mirror Mirror (I) (1990)
R | 104 min | Horror, Thriller
A teenage girl begins receiving black magic power through an antique mirror that drips blood, not realizing the mirror is controlled by demonic forces.
Director: Marina Sargenti | Stars: Karen Black, Yvonne De Carlo, William Sanderson, Rainbow Harvest
Votes: 2,197
Genre: Supernatural Horror
12. Shakma (1990)
R | 100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of medical students are attacked by an aggressive laboratory animal while competing in an after-hours role-playing game at their school.
Directors: Hugh Parks, Tom Logan | Stars: Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss, Ari Meyers, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 2,516
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
13. Sorority House Massacre II (1990)
Unrated | 77 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Five college women buy the old Hokstedter place for their new sorority house. They decide to stay in it for the night to meet the movers in the morning, but begin to get the creeps when the weird neighbor starts poking around.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Gail Thackray, Melissa Moore, Stacia Zhivago, Barbii
Votes: 2,380
Genre: Slasher Film
14. Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Horror
The malevolent spirit of Mary Lou Maloney returns to Hamilton High, where she manipulates a naive male student into helping her wreak havoc on the school.
Directors: Ron Oliver, Peter R. Simpson | Stars: Tim Conlon, Cynthia Preston, David Stratton, Courtney Taylor
Votes: 2,562
Genre: Supernatural Slasher Film
15. Gate 2: The Trespassers (1990)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Four teens summon forth a diminuitive, demonic minion from The Other Side to do their bidding and grant their wishes, but of course, they must all ultimately pay the price...
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Louis Tripp, Simon Reynolds, James Villemaire, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 2,666 | Gross: $2.03M
Genre: Supernatural Horror
16. The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
In 2022, a repair crew is sent to fix an orbital weapon but their spaceship malfunctions and ends up heading towards the dark side of the moon. There, in a mysterious, seemingly abandoned space shuttle, a sinister force lies in wait.
Director: D.J. Webster | Stars: Robert Sampson, Will Bledsoe, Joe Turkel, Camilla More
Votes: 2,921
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
17. Demon Wind (1990)
R | 96 min | Horror
With the need to investigate the mysterious death of his grandparents, Cory and his friends assemble back to the old farm where it all began, sixty years earlier.
Director: Charles Philip Moore | Stars: Eric Larson, Francine Lapensée, Jack Forcinito, Stephen Quadros
Votes: 3,246
Genre: Supernatural Horror
18. Mister Frost (1990)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer gets sent to a mental institution, but as his insidious presence cause the doctors and orderlies to receive strange visions, his psychiatrist tries to find out his true identity.
Director: Philippe Setbon | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker, Alan Bates, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 2,808
Genre: Crime Horror
19. Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror
Jackie Cassidy and her friends are stalked by a serial killer while having a slumber party.
Director: Sally Mattison | Stars: Keely Christian, Brittain Frye, Michael Harris, David Greenlee
Votes: 3,447 | Gross: $1.24M
Genre: Slasher Film
20. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
The ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances.The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda
Votes: 4,129 | Gross: $0.33M
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
Based on Brian Aldiss novel
21. The First Power (1990)
R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A dedicated L.A. police detective and a psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.
Director: Robert Resnikoff | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykelti Williamson
Votes: 4,881 | Gross: $22.42M
Genre: Supernatural Horror
22. Brain Dead (1990)
R | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In a showdown of man versus machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation.
Director: Adam Simon | Stars: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort, Nicholas Pryor
Votes: 5,433 | Gross: $1.63M
Genre: Psychological Horror
23. Basket Case 2 (1990)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
Duane and his basket-bound mutant brother are taken in by a secret home for wayward freaks with journalists hot on their tail.
Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: Kevin VanHentenryck, Judy Grafe, Annie Ross, Heather Rattray
Votes: 5,696
Genre: Comedy Horror
24. The Guardian (1990)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young couple with a newborn baby don't realize that the nanny they hired is a magical nymph who sacrifices infants to an evil tree.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall
Votes: 6,392 | Gross: $17.04M
Genre: Supernatural Horror
Based on Dan Greenburg novel (The Nanny)
25. Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.
Director: William Lustig | Stars: Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Bruce Campbell
Votes: 8,636
Genre: Action Horror
26. Class of 1999 (1990)
R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Three ex-military robots are reprogrammed as teachers and secretly placed in a school where most students are part of organized gangs. They begin to respond violently to unruly students, and their military training starts to take over.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach
Votes: 8,633 | Gross: $2.46M
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action Horror
27. The Reflecting Skin (1990)
R | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
In the 1950s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.
Director: Philip Ridley | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore
Votes: 9,341
Genre: Dramatic Horror
28. Graveyard Shift (1990)
R | 86 min | Horror
In a very old textile mill with a serious rat infestation, deadly accidents start happening, but the corrupt foreman continues to put his workers in danger, until they discover a horrifying secret deep in the basement.
Director: Ralph S. Singleton | Stars: David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht, Andrew Divoff
Votes: 12,641 | Gross: $11.58M
Genre: Monster Movie
Based on Stephen King short story
29. Dark Angel (1990)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A Renegade Cop is forced to work with an FBI Agent in order to bring down a group of Drug Dealers with sinister plans.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley, Matthias Hues
Votes: 13,826 | Gross: $4.35M
Genre: Action Horror
30. Blue Steel (1990)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rookie in the police force must engage in a cat-and-mouse game with a pistol-wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Peña
Votes: 17,765 | Gross: $8.22M
Genre: Crime Horror Classified as Horror by literary sources
31. Hardware (1990)
R | 94 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, Carl McCoy
Votes: 16,441 | Gross: $5.73M
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror Classified as Horror by literary sources.
32. Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain discover the secret to creating human life and proceed to create a perfect woman from dead tissue.
Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones, Fabiana Udenio
Votes: 17,572
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
Based on H.P. Lovecraft Short Story
33. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A California couple and a survivalist encounter Leatherface and his family.
Director: Jeff Burr | Stars: Kate Hodge, Ken Foree, R.A. Mihailoff, William Butler
Votes: 19,350 | Gross: $5.77M
Genre: Slasher Film
34. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
To stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.
Director: John Harrison | Stars: Debbie Harry, Matthew Lawrence, Christian Slater, David Forrester
Votes: 19,358 | Gross: $16.32M
Genre: Horror Anthology
Based on television series
35. Nightbreed (1990)
R | 102 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
Director: Clive Barker | Stars: Craig Sheffer, David Cronenberg, Anne Bobby, Charles Haid
Votes: 26,411 | Gross: $8.86M
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
Based on Clive Barker novella
36. The Exorcist III (1990)
R | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.
Director: William Peter Blatty | Stars: George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller
Votes: 38,826 | Gross: $26.10M
Genre: Supernatural Horror
Based on William Peter Blatty novel (Legion)
37. Troll 2 (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A vacationing family discovers that the entire town they're visiting is inhabited by goblins, disguised as humans, who plan to eat them.
Director: Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Michael Paul Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey, Connie Young
Votes: 34,673
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy Horror
38. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
R | 92 min | Horror
When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.
Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson
Votes: 45,487 | Gross: $5.84M
Genre: Zombie Film
Remake of George Romero film
39. Child's Play 2 (1990)
R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
While Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.
Director: John Lafia | Stars: Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise
Votes: 57,641 | Gross: $28.50M
Genre: Supernatural/Slasher Film
40. Arachnophobia (1990)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A new species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to a small California town in a coffin and starts to breed, leaving a trail of deaths that puzzle and terrify the young doctor newly arrived in town with his family.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Julian Sands, John Goodman, Harley Jane Kozak
Votes: 75,776 | Gross: $53.21M
Genre: Natural Horror
41. Flatliners (1990)
R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin
Votes: 93,400 | Gross: $61.49M
Genre: Supernatural Horror
Remade in 2017
42. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.
Directors: Joe Dante, Chuck Jones | Stars: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Howie Mandel, Tony Randall
Votes: 112,816 | Gross: $41.48M
Genre: Monster Movie
43. Jacob's Ladder (I) (1990)
R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven
Votes: 117,841 | Gross: $26.12M
Genre: Supernatural/Psychological Horror
Remade in 2019
44. Tremors (1990)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Horror
Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.
Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross
Votes: 150,458 | Gross: $16.67M
Genre: Monster Movie
45. Predator 2 (1990)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Predator returns to Earth, this time to stake a claim on the war-torn streets of a dystopian Los Angeles.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Kevin Peter Hall, Rubén Blades
Votes: 182,481 | Gross: $30.67M
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
46. Misery (1990)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 235,469 | Gross: $61.28M
Classified as Horror by literary sources
Genre: Psychological Horror
Based on Stephen King novel
47. Baby Blood (1990)
R | 88 min | Horror
When a strange creature crawls into a woman's uterus she becomes a killer in order to feed the tiny terror growing within her.
Director: Alain Robak | Stars: Emmanuelle Escourrou, Christian Sinniger, Jean-François Gallotte, Roselyne Geslot
Votes: 2,324
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
48. Amavas Ki Raat (1990)
Horror
Amawas Ki Raat revolves around Tantrik who best tows his knowledge to his wife Nanda hoping that she wiliest it for the good of humanity. Now Tantric Nanad receive a letter from her sister ... See full summary »
Director: Mohan Bhakri | Stars: Kiran Kumar, Javed Khan, Kunika Sadanand, Kamna
Votes: 25
English Title: Moon Night
Genre: Supernatural Horror
49. Tanha Nam Man Phrai (1990)
85 min | Drama, Horror
Fighting over the affections of an unfaithful married man, the neglected wife and his kept mistress go to war with one another using black magic.
Stars: Tanit Pongmanoon, Somsak Chaisongkram, Chatrin Tana Pong, Nadira Al Khor
English Title: Craving for Corpse Oil
Genre: Occult Horror
50. Fatal Vacation (1990)
96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A pleasant trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for the Rebel Leader's brother.
Director: Eric Tsang | Stars: Eric Tsang, Irene Wan, Kwong-Leung Wong, Chih-Hsi Li
Votes: 238
English Title: Fatal Vacation
Genre: War Horror
51. Love & Murder (1990)
R | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A photographer who lives in an apartment building takes sneak photos of women in their apartments. One day he accidentally photographs a murder, and the killer goes after him.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Todd Waring, Kathleen Laskey, Ron White, Wayne Robson
Votes: 55 | Gross: $0.01M
Genre: Crime Horror
52. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
R | 120 min | Horror
A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.
Directors: Dario Argento, George A. Romero | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada, Bingo O'Malley
Votes: 8,135 | Gross: $0.35M
Genre: Horror Anthology
Based on Edgar Allan Poe short stories
53. The Death King (1990)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Horror
Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.
Director: Jörg Buttgereit | Stars: Hermann Kopp, Heinrich Ebber, Michael Krause, Eva-Maria Kurz
Votes: 2,851
Genre: Horror Anthology
54. Metamorphosis (I) (1990)
R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An anti-aging serum is being developed by a scientist. When he loses his funding he uses it on himself with dire results.
Director: George Eastman | Stars: Gene LeBrock, Catherine Baranov, Harry Cason, David Wicker
Votes: 1,089
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
55. The Dreaded (1990)
85 min | Horror
Some old real estate in town has a new owner...and he's a vampire!!!
Director: Chris Robinson | Stars: Tim Cobb, Lisa Watts, Todd Jones, Raney Lasusa
Votes: 99
Genre: Vampire Film
56. Adrénaline (1990)
77 min | Horror
Adrénaline is a compilation of 13 short films: Metrovision, Revestriction, Graffiti, Elephant Cemetery, Traffic Jam, Corridor, Urgence, Interrogation, The Last Fly, T.V. Buster, Cyclops, Physical Sculpture and The Blind.
Directors: Anita Assal, Barthélémy Bompard, Philippe Dorison, John Hudson, Jean-Marie Maddeddu, Yann Piquer, Alain Robak | Stars: Clémentine Célarié, Franck Baruk, Alain Aithnard, Barthélémy Bompard
Votes: 250
Genre: Horror Anthology
57. The Sleeping Car (1990)
R | 96 min | Horror, Comedy
Jason (David Naughton) moves into an abandoned train car where he resurrects the vicious ghost of his landlady's dead husband - The Mister. After some near-fatal encounters with the violent... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Curtis | Stars: David Naughton, Judie Aronson, Kevin McCarthy, Jeff Conaway
Votes: 629
Genre: Comedy/Supernatural Horror
58. The Haunting of Morella (1990)
R | 82 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller
Loosely based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, a witch is sent to death, only to try & return from the grave, seventeen years later, to possess her daughter's adult body.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Nicole Eggert, David McCallum, Christopher Halsted, Lana Clarkson
Votes: 1,015 | Gross: $1.55M
Genre: Supernatural Horror
Based on Edgar Allan Poe short story
59. Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
R | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Brad Dourif, Cynthia Bain, Jon Cypher, William Prince
Votes: 2,996
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
60. Click: The Calendar Girl Killer (1990)
Unrated | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
Click: The Calendar Girl Killer is a thriller that probes the inner sanctum of the mind of a psychotic killer as he uses the world of big fashion photography for his sadistic playground.
Directors: Ross Hagen, John Stewart | Stars: Troy Donahue, Ross Hagen, Hoke Howell, Gregory Scott Cummins
Votes: 414
Genre: Psychological Horror
61. Perjanjian Terlarang (1990)
79 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A spirit of woman, who was killed by her greedy husband, takes revenge to him with the dwarf shaman.
Director: B.Z. Kadaryono | Stars: Sally Marcellina, Johan Saimima, Wenda Wijaya, El Koesno
English Title: Forbidden Agreements
Genre: Supernatural Horror
62. The Rift (1990)
R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Siren II, a submarine under the command of Capt. Phillips, ventures into the deep on a mission to recover the missing Siren I. Their quest is hindered when the submarine becomes entangled in a patch of toxic seaweed.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey, Ray Wise, Deborah Adair
Votes: 2,763
Genre: Action/Adventure Horror
63. Meng gui ba wang hua (1990)
93 min | Comedy, Horror
To cut down on expenses, a Hong Kong police superintendent orders a captain to take a group of S.W.A.T. team rookies to a rigorous training camp, hoping to force them to resign after ... See full summary »
Director: Cheung-Yan Yuen | Stars: Joanna Chan, Mandy Chan, Charlie Cho, Andy Chi-On Hui
Votes: 62
Translated Title: Here Comes a Vampire
Genre: Comedy/Supernatural Horror
64. The Ambulance (1990)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A comic-book artist meets a woman on the NYC streets, but after a quick flirtation, she suddenly collapses and is picked up by an old ambulance. He checks all the hospitals in the area, but the woman has disappeared.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Megan Gallagher, Red Buttons
Votes: 4,183
Genre: Comedy Horror
65. Bloodmoon (1990)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A serial killer is loose at an all girl school, where he strangles girls with a piece of barbed wire.
Director: Alec Mills | Stars: Leon Lissek, Christine Amor, Ian Williams, Helen Thomson
Votes: 674
Genre: Slasher Film
66. Al filo del terror (1990)
92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A famous ventriloquist whose career is going down hill takes his anger out on his strange puppets who seem to have a life of their own.
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Fernando Almada, Lina Santos, Roberto Cañedo, Karla Talavera
Votes: 60
English Title: On the Edge of Terror
Genre: Psychological Horror
67. Cursed (1990)
85 min | Horror
When a gargoyle falls off a church during a storm, a scientist and his assistant take it back to their lab, where they are doing genetic experiments. However, the gargoyle is possessed by ... See full summary »
Director: Mychel Arsenault | Stars: Ron Lea, Catherine Colvey, Tom Rack, Joy Boushel
Votes: 116
Genre: Monster Movie
68. Shaitani Ilaaka (1990)
128 min | Horror
An evil sorceress feeds the blood of new brides to a Shaitan, an ancient and fearsome demon.
Director: Kiran Ramsay | Stars: Deepak Parashar, Sripradha, Kanwaljeet Singh, Neelam Mehra
Votes: 78
English Title: Devil's Domain
Genre: Supernatural Horror/Monster Movie
69. Def by Temptation (1990)
R | 95 min | Horror
An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York City, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop who specializes in cases involving the supernatural.
Director: James Bond III | Stars: James Bond III, Kadeem Hardison, Bill Nunn, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 2,407 | Gross: $2.22M
Genre: Comedy Horror
70. Tales of the Unknown (1990)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Tales of the Unknown" was a 1990 direct to video, non-hosted, horror anthology movie of four different scary stories.
Directors: Greg Beeman, John Kim, Todd A. Marks, Roger Nygard | Stars: Russ Fega, Diana Karanikas, Johnnie Morello, Denise Cochran
Votes: 53
Genre:Horror Anthology
71. A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell (1990)
Not Rated | 82 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
In a post-Armageddon world, a young woman finds herself in a fight for survival against mutant cavemen, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.
Director: Brett Piper | Stars: Paul Guzzi, Linda Corwin, Alex Pirnie, Mark Deshaies
Votes: 1,787
Genre: Fantasy Horror
72. Erotic Ghost Story (1990)
90 min | Fantasy, Horror
Three women who are Taoist devotees are tricked by the Wu-Tung demon god into following their sexual desires.
Director: Ngai Choi Lam | Stars: Amy Yip, Hitomi Kudô, So Man, Pal Sinn
Votes: 1,076
Genre: Supernatural Horror
73. Ruff Sex (1990)
58 min | Drama, Horror
Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Kanako Kishi, Kazuhiro Sano, Yuri Sasaki, Emi Uehara
Votes: 195
Genre: Dramatic Horror
74. Shredder Orpheus (1990)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror
Skateboarder named Orpheus and friends go to Hell to stop television signals that are brainwashing America.
Director: Robert McGinley | Stars: Robert McGinley, Megan Murphy, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Linda Severt
Votes: 189
Genre: Fantasy Horror
75. Pathimoonam Number Veedu (1990)
110 min | Horror
Selvam (Nizhalgal Ravi), an estate manager, and his family move into a new house based in a remote village. There, Selvam falls in love with Annam (Sadhana), a jolly village girl. Disturbed... See full summary »
Director: Baby | Stars: Achamilai Gopi, Jaishankar, Lalitha Kumari, Nalinikanth
Votes: 19
Genre: Supernatural Horror
76. Johnny in Monsterland (1990)
Not Rated | 120 min | Horror
A young drifter hitchhikes onto the tip of Cape Cod, searching for love and sanity, in a town that offers little of either.
Director: Jonathan Morrill | Stars: Cheri Apelbaum, David Bishop, Jonathan Blum, Mara Brown
Votes: 11
Genre: Psychological Horror
77.
Sabbath (1989)
Episode:
The Mask of Satan
(1989)
94 min | Horror
Loosely based on Black Sunday (1960), a group of skiers get lost in the mountains, and come across the snowy tomb of a centuries-old witch. They accidentally awaken the witch's vengeful spirit, who then proceeds to possess them one by one.
Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Giovanni Guidelli, Debora Caprioglio, Stanko Molnar, Mary Sellers
Votes: 378
Genre: Supernatural Horror
78. The Lost Platoon (1990)
R | 86 min | Action, Horror, War
An American reporter covering a civil war in Nicaragua discovers that four soldiers that he used to know during World War II are there and they are actual vampires fighting their own ... See full summary »
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: William Frederick Knight, David Parry, Stephen Quadros, Michael Wayne
Votes: 257
Genre: Horror War/Vampire Film
79. Dominus (1990)
70 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Anthology film based on Ray Bradbery's stories "The Black Ferris" and "The Scythe".
Directors: Aleksandr Khvan, Marina Tsurtsumia | Stars: Viktor Yevgrafov, Boris Yukhananov, Yelena Yevseyenko, Dmitri Brodov
Votes: 22
Genre: Horror Anthology
Based on Ray Bradbery short stories
80. Beyond Darkness (1990)
R | 95 min | Horror
A minister and his wife move into a haunted house.
Director: Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Gene LeBrock, David Brandon, Barbara Bingham, Michael Paul Stephenson
Votes: 887
Genre: Supernatural Horror
81. Night Killer (1990)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A surviving amnesiac victim of a serial killer is terrorized while the police works with a psychiatrist to bring him to justice and stop the crime wave.
Directors: Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Stars: Peter Hooten, Tara Buckman, Richard Foster, Mel Davis
Votes: 1,115
Genre: Slasher Film
82. A Cat in the Brain (1990)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Lucio Fulci, Brett Halsey, Ria De Simone, David L. Thompson
Votes: 3,773
Genre: Slasher Film
83. Legion of Iron (1990)
R | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Billy Hamilton, high-school football star, and his girlfriend, Allyson, are kidnapped from Lover's Lane by a pair of armed men who helicopter them to an underground location hidden out in ... See full summary »
Director: Yakov Bentsvi | Stars: Kevin T. Walsh, Erika Nann, Camille Carrigan, Reggie De Morton
Votes: 198
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi Horror
84. Highway to Hell (1990)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller, Horror
Escaped mass murderer goes on a rampage and is hunted by the cop who sent him up the first time.
Director: Bret McCormick | Stars: Benton Jennings, Richard Harrison, Blue Thompson
Votes: 118
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy Horror
85. Watchers II (1990)
R | 101 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A genetically re-engineered dog develops a psychic link with a monster created in a lab experiment which goes awry.
Director: Thierry Notz | Stars: Marc Singer, Tracy Scoggins, Jonathan Farwell, Irene Miracle
Votes: 1,298
Genre: Monster Movie
Inspired by Dean Koonz novel
86. Blood Clan (1990)
R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In the past, a family is executed by soldiers for cannibalism - except for the little girl, Katy Bane McKay. She is adopted by Judge Mackay and goes home with him to Canada, where she grows... See full summary »
Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Michele Little, Robert Wisden, Gordon Pinsent, Anne Mansfield
Votes: 88
Genre: Dramatic Horror
87. Kafan (1990)
147 min | Horror
A young girl gets vision of a murder at the time of occurrence of it. Things got more worse when she is possessed by a soul and started to commit real murders.
Director: Dhirendra Bohra | Stars: Javed Khan, Jamuna, Viju Khote, Mac Mohan
Votes: 65
Genre: Supernatural Horror
88. Dead Girls (1990)
106 min | Thriller, Horror
A female band, who are exponents of "death rock", retreat to a cabin for the weekend. They soon find themselves being knocked off by a masked killer who uses weapons they have mentioned in their songs.
Director: Dennis Devine | Stars: Diana Karanikas, Angela Eads, Kay Schaber, Angela Scaglione
Votes: 346
Genre: Slasher Film
89. Demoness from Thousand Years (1990)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror
When the Demoness from a Thousand Years (Lam Kin Ming) threatens to break into the real world, a Taoist priest sends his two fairy disciples (Joey Wang and Gloria Yip) to steal the Bead of ... See full summary »
Directors: Wing-Chiu Cheng, Patrick Leung | Stars: Joey Wang, Gloria Yip, Jacky Cheung, Andy Chi-On Hui
Votes: 89
Genre: Action/Supernatural Horror
90. Tales from the East (1990)
87 min | Horror
The Little Princess and her bodyguard Jiang travel 200 years from the past to the present day. They are relentlessly pursued by the evil General Shea Hai, a vicious and seemingly ... See full summary »
Director: Manfred Wong | Stars: Joey Wang, Cheuk Yan Chan, Lawrence Cheng, Alfred Cheung
Votes: 51
English Title: Blood Demon
Genre: Fantasy Horror
91. Singapore Sling (1990)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Horror
A man searching for his long-lost lover is kidnapped by her killers, an insane, mother-daughter duo, and they force him to commit various sexual atrocities with them.
Director: Nikos Nikolaidis | Stars: Meredyth Herold, Panos Thanassoulis, Michele Valley
Votes: 2,765
Genre: Experimental Horror
92. Deep Blood (1989)
Unrated | 94 min | Adventure, Horror
Several young men have to stop an ancient native American evil in the form of a killer shark which is attacking a small beach community.
Directors: Raffaele Donato, Joe D'Amato | Stars: Frank Baroni, Cort McCown, Keith Kelsch, Wayne Camp
Votes: 580
Genre: Adventure Horror
93. A Holy Place (1990)
90 min | Drama, Horror
Sveto Mesto is based on a literary classic, Nikolai Gogol's 1835 short story, 'Viy'.
Director: Djordje Kadijevic | Stars: Dragan Jovanovic, Branka Pujic, Aleksandar Bercek, Mira Banjac
Votes: 1,259
Genre: Supernatural Horror
Based on Nikolai Gogol short story (Viy)
94. The Monk (1990)
106 min | Drama, Horror
The monk Ambrosio is renowned for his faith and his strength of will, a saint in the eyes of the populace. However, when he discovers the beautiful Matilda hidden in his own monastery, all his repressed passions begin to show themselves.
Director: Francisco Lara Polop | Stars: Paul McGann, Sophie Ward, Isla Blair, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Votes: 97
Genre: Religious Horror
Based on Matthew Lewis novel
95. Vampyre (1990)
Unrated | 87 min | Horror
In a small New England village that time passed by, a stranger arrives to fight an evil force within the town in the form of vampires terrorizing the area.
Director: Bruce G. Hallenbeck | Stars: Randy Scott Rolzer, Cathy Seyler, John Brent, Marilyn Semerad
Votes: 84
Genre: Vampire Film
96. Syngenor (1990)
R | 98 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist engineers a group of genetically engineered creatures for use as "supersoldiers" to fight U.S. wars in the Middle East. However, things get ugly when the creatures malfunction and turn on their creators.
Director: George Elanjian Jr. | Stars: Starr Andreeff, Mitchell Laurance, David Gale, Charles Lucia
Votes: 796
Genre: Monster Movie
97. Red Blooded American Girl (1990)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young woman is transformed into a vampire by a virus. The vampire doctor who's treating her hires a young scientist to find a cure. He and the girl fall for each other hard, but she, mad from hunger, escapes to wreak havoc on the city.
Director: David Blyth | Stars: Andrew Stevens, Heather Thomas, Christopher Plummer, Kim Coates
Votes: 454
Genre: Vampire Film
98. Kamillions (1990)
90 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
Nathaniel Pickman Wingate has opened a gateway to another dimension using equations and equipment in his basement laboratory. His wife, Nancy, wants him to get ready for his own birthday ... See full summary »
Director: Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Christopher Gasti, Dru-Anne Perry, Kate Alexander, Dan Evans
Votes: 156
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi Horror
99. The Rain Killer (1990)
R | 94 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Together, a weary cop and an all business FBI agent, team up to catch the latest homicidal manic: The Rain Killer. Just when they think that all the clues have been washed away, they find ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Stein | Stars: Ray Sharkey, David Beecroft, Tania Coleridge, Michael Chiklis
Votes: 517 | Gross: $1.70M
Genre: Crime Horror
100. Soultaker (1990)
R | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror
Four teenagers are killed in a car accident. Two of the teenagers refuse to go with "The Grim Reaper" and a race between life and death ensues!
Director: Michael Rissi | Stars: Joe Estevez, Vivian Schilling, Gregg Thomsen, Robert Z'Dar
Votes: 3,941 | Gross: $0.23M
Genre: Fantasy Horror
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