They were massive stand-outs that proved horror was at the forefront of this truly amazing time.

Misery really hit the ground running for the genre going into the ’90s.

This tense horror crime thriller was directed by the lateJonathan Demmeand starred two-time Academy Award winnersJodie FosterandSir Anthony Hopkins.

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This is undeniably the best of 91 andone that defined the decade.

There’s honestly no mention of horror in the 90s without talking about this one.

Sweeney), who, for five days, was abducted and experimented on by extraterrestrials.

Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) holding a sledgehammer in Misery.

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That is Rusty Cundieff’sTales from the Hood.

It’s an overall powerful film that shows a lot of creativity and passion behind it.

It’s one of the shining lights of 1995 and one that certainly fans of horror can all appreciate.

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Then, in 1996, an unexpected miracle happened.

Ringuis a non-stop terror flick that gets more unsettling and paranoia-inducing with every rewatch.

This is honestlyone of the scariest horror movies of all time.

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Hannibal Lecter is shown in reflection of his glass cell as Clarice Starling looks on in Silence of the Lambs

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Ash holding his boomstick up with a crowd of onlookers in Army of Darkness

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Sam Neill stands in a long, circular, mirrored hallway looking confused in In the Mouth of Madness

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Tom Wright in Tales From the Hood

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Drew Barrymore as Casey being pursued by Ghostface outside in Scream

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Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Maurice Dean Wint in a strange room in 1997’s Cube

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Sadako Yamamura in the woods in Ringu.

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Haley Joel Osment speaking to Bruce Willis in ‘The Sixth Sense’.

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