Horror Films of the 1990s
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This filmography covers more than 300 horror films released from 1990 through 1999. The horror genre’s trends and clichés are connected to social and cultural phenomena, such as Y2K fears and the Los Angeles riots. Popular films were about serial killers, aliens, conspiracies, and sinister “interlopers,” new monsters who shambled their way into havoc.
Each of the films is discussed at length with detailed credits and critical commentary. There are six appendices: 1990s clichés and conventions, 1990s hall of fame, memorable ad lines, movie references in Scream, 1990s horrors vs. The X-Files, and the decade’s ten best. Fully indexed, 224 photographs.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
John Kenneth Muir
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 714
Bibliographic Info: 224 photos, appendices, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2019 [2011]
pISBN: 978-1-4766-7901-3
eISBN: 978-0-7864-8480-5
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xii
Preface 1
PART I: IT DEPENDS ONWHAT THEMEANING OF THEWORD “IS” IS: AN INTRODUCTION 3
PART II: THE HORROR GENOME PROJECT: A DECADE OF ALIENS, CONSPIRACIES, INTERLOPERS, SERIAL KILLERS, SCIENCE RUN AMOK AND OTHER GRIM TRENDS 16
PART III: THE FILMS (BY YEAR OF RELEASE) 50
1990
The Ambulance 51
Arachnophobia 52
Baby Blood 55
Basket Case 2 56
Blood Games 58
Blood Salvage 60
Blue Steel 61
Brain Dead 64
Bride of Re-Animator 65
A Cat in the Brain 67
Child’s Play 2: Chucky’s Back 69
Dead Alive 71
Def by Temptation 73
Demonia 75
The Exorcist III 76
Fear 79
The First Power 81
Flatliners 82
Frankenstein Unbound 86
Ghost 88
Graveyard Shift 90
Gremlins 2: The New Batch 91
Grim Prairie Tales 94
The Guardian 96
Hardware 99
The Haunting of Morella 101
Jacob’s Ladder 102
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 106
Luther the Geek 108
Maniac Cop 2 109
Misery 111
Mr. Frost 113
Night of the Living Dead 115
Nightbreed 117
Pacific Heights 119
Predator 2 122
Prom Night 3: The Last Kiss 124
Shakma 125
Sorority House Massacre 2 127
Soultaker 128
Syngenor 130
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 131
Tremors 134
Troll 2 136
1991
Alligator 2: The Mutation 38
Begotten 140
Blood Massacre 142
Body Parts 143
Campfire Tales 145
Cape Fear 147
Children of the Night 150
Child’s Play 3: Look Who’s Stalking 151
Critters 3 153
Dead Again 154
Eve of Destruction 155
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare 158
Haunting Fear 161
Hiruko the Goblin 162
The Masque of the Red Death 163
976-Evil 2: The Astral Factor 165
The People Under the Stairs 166
Popcorn 170
Puppet Master 2 (His Unholy Creations) 172
Puppet Master 3: Toulon’s Revenge 173
The Reflecting Skin 175
Servants of Twilight 177
La Setta (a.k.a. The Devil’s Daughter, Demons 4) 178
The Silence of the Lambs 180
Sleeping with the Enemy 184
Subspecies 187
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat 188
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 189
Two Evil Eyes 192
The Unborn 193
The Vanishing. 194
Warlock 196
Xtro 2: The Second Encounter 198
1992
Alien3 200
Amityville 1992: It’s About Time 205
Army of Darkness 207
Basic Instinct 210
Basket Case 3: Progeny 212
The Boneyard 213
Bram Stoker’s Dracula 214
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 219
Candyman 221
Dr. Giggles 224
Dolly Dearest 227
Dust Devil 228
The Gate II (The Trespassers) 230
Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College 230
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 231
Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth 233
Highway to Hell 235
Innocent Blood 238
Jennifer 8 239
The Lawnmower Man 241
Needful Things 243
Netherworld 245
Pet Semetary 2 246
Poison Ivy 248
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil 249
Raising Cain 250
The Resurrected 255
The Runestone 256
Single White Female 258
Sleepwalkers 260
Split Second 262
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 264
Waxwork II: Lost in Time 267
1993
Amityville: A New Generation 269
Carnosaur 270
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice 271
The Crush 273
The Dark Half. 274
Demon Possessed. 276
Fire in the Sky 278
Ghost in the Machine 280
Ghoulies IV 282
The Good Son 283
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday 285
Jurassic Park 288
Kalifornia 291
Leprechaun 292
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence 294
Man’s Best Friend 295
Night Terrors 297
Puppet Master 4: The Demon 298
Return of the Living Dead III 299
Skeeter 301
Subspecies 2: Bloodstone 303
The Temp 304
To Sleep with a Vampire 306
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter 307
The Vanishing 308
Warlock: The Armageddon. 311
Zombie Bloodbath 313
1994
Blink 315
Body Snatchers 316
Brainscan 319
Cronos 321
Dario Argento’s Trauma 322
Interview with the Vampire 323
Leprechaun 2 327
Lurking Fear 328
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 329
Mother’s Boys 334
Natural Born Killers 335
Night of the Demons 2 338
Nightwatch (Nattevagten) 339
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead 341
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings 342
Puppet Master 5 (The Final Chapter) 343
The Puppet Masters 345
The River Wild 346
Subspecies 3: Bloodlust 348
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation 349
The Unborn 2 352
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare 353
Wolf 357
1995
The Addiction 361
Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh 364
Carnosaur 2 366
Castle Freak 368
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest 369
Copycat 370
Embrace of the Vampire 372
The Fear 374
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes 375
Grim 376
Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers 377
Hideaway 380
The Ice Cream Man 382
In the Mouth of Madness 383
Jack-O 387
Leprechaun 3 388
Lord of Illusions 390
The Mangler 392
Outbreak 394
The Prophecy 397
Relative Fear 399
Roadflower 400
Rumpelstiltskin . 402
Se7en 403
Sleepstalker: The Sandman’s Last Rites 406
Sorceress 407
Species 408
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight 410
Tales from the Hood 412
A Vampire in Brooklyn 415
Village of the Damned 417
Virtuosity 422
Wes Craven Presents Mind Ripper 424
Witchboard 3: The Possession 426
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies 427
1996
The Arrival 429
Bad Moon 430
Cemetery Man 431
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering 433
The Craft 434
The Dentist 436
Diabolique 438
The Fan 440
Fear 442
The Frighteners 444
From Dusk Till Dawn 448
The Ghost and the Darkness 452
Haunted 454
Hellraiser IV: Bloodlines 455
The Island of Dr. Moreau. 458
Mary Reilly 461
Necronomicon: Book of the Dead 463
Night of the Demons 3 465
Pinocchio’s Revenge 466
The Sandman 468
Scream 469
Screamers 473
Thinner 475
Tremors: Aftershocks 2 476
1997
Alien Resurrection 478
Amityville Dollhouse 482
An American Werewolf in Paris 483
Anaconda 485
Breakdown 487
Campfire Tales 490
The Devil’s Advocate 491
Event Horizon 494
I Know What You Did Last Summer 498
Jack Frost 501
Kiss the Girls 502
Leprechaun 4: In Space. 504
Lost Highway 505
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2 507
Mimic 509
Night Flier 512
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction 514
The Relic 515
Scream 2 516
Snow White: A Tale of Terror 519
Switchback 520
Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood 522
Uncle Sam 523
The Ugly 525
The Vampire Journals 526
Wes Craven Presents Wishmaster 527
1998
Apt Pupil 529
Blade 532
Bride of Chucky 534
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror 536
Curse of the Puppet Master 537
Death Mask 538
Deep Rising 539
Devil in the Flesh 542
Die Hard Dracula. 543
Disturbing Behavior 544
The Faculty 547
Fallen 549
Godzilla 551
Halloween H20 556
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 559
John Carpenter’s Vampires. 561
The Last Broadcast 564
Nightwatch 566
Phantasm IV: Oblivion 568
Phantoms 570
The Prophecy 2 572
Psycho 573
Psycho Sisters 576
Ringu 577
The Second Arrival 578
The Shivers 579
Species 2 581
Sphere 582
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm 585
Tales of the Mummy 586
Urban Legend 587
Wes Craven Presents Carnival of Souls 589
Wicked 591
The Wisdom of Crocodiles 592
The X-Files: Fight the Future 594
1999
The Astronaut’s Wife 597
Bats 599
The Blair Witch Project 601
The Bone Collector 606
Candyman 3: Day of the Dead 607
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return 608
The Coroner 609
Deep Blue Sea 610
End of Days 613
Eyes Wide Shut 615
The Fear: Halloween Night 619
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money 621
The Haunting 622
The House on Haunted Hill 626
In Dreams 629
Knocking on Death’s Door 630
Lake Placid 630
The Ninth Gate. 633
The Rage: Carrie 2 635
Ravenous 638
Retro Puppet Master 639
Resurrection 640
Shikoku 641
The Sixth Sense. 643
Sleepy Hollow 646
The Stendahl Syndrome 649
Stigmata 651
Stir of Echoes 653
Teaching Mrs. Tingle 655
Virus 658
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies 659
Witchouse 660
PART IV: CONCLUSION—A NEW CENTURY DAWNS 662
Appendix A: 1990s Horror Conventions 665
Appendix B: The 1990s Horror Hall of Fame 674
Appendix C: Memorable Ad Lines 677
Appendix D: Movie References in Scream (1996) 681
Appendix E: Horror Films of the 1990s vs. The X-Files 682
Appendix F : The Ten Best Horror Films of the 1990s 683
References 685
Bibliography 689
Index 691
Book Reviews & Awards
- “Easy-to-use resource on horror films as well as pop culture of the decade”—Booklist
- “Muir is probably the best-known, if not the best authority on contemporary horror films, and this latest edition in his ongoing series will be a welcome addition to the library of any fan of the genre…the body of each entry is devoted to Muir’s excellent commentary. Highly recommended”—Choice
- “Muir’s writing is entertaining as well as informative, and will enable you to revisit each of your favorites with a somewhat different perspective than usual…a high-quality, hard-backed book…will give you hours and hours of enjoyment, as you revisit your memories of this decade, and revisit the films afterwards. Recommended”—The Thunder Child
- “An invaluable research book that horror fans NEED on their shelves”—Dread Central
- “An entertaining collection and definitely provides insight into a number of films that all but the most dedicated horror fan may have missed”—Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
