1990s horror movies
Seven Reasons Why The Craft Still Holds Up
We’re swiftly approaching two decades since the release of The Craft. 2016 will mark the 20th anniversary of a film that’s proven to be one of the most remembered horror hits of its decade. And that’s...
’90s Horror Movies That Defined the Decade
The ’90s was an interesting decade for horror. It stumbled a bit in the first half and became insanely commercial in the second half. Each end of the spectrum was covered with very little in bet...
Why The Rage: Carrie 2 is Worth a Second Look
I rented The Rage: Carrie 2 when it came out in 1999 and as soon as it was over I vowed never to watch it again. I was ten. I loved Stephen King, I’d seen Carrie and I loved that too. I don’t know if ...
Why 90’s Slashers Get Too Much Flack (And How They Helped the Genre)
The slasher film began to build momentum in the late ’70s and really took off in the early s80s. Halloween was a major independent success and Friday the 13th followed right on its heels and lau...
Dead Decade: How Zombies (Barely) Survived the 1990’s
The zombie genre had a hugely successful run in the 1980’s. Some of the best the sub-genre ever had to offer were released during this decade. Right at the start of the decade, we had Lucio Fulci’s Ga...
Why Now is the Time to Revisit Clive Barker’s Lord of Illusions
Clive Barker is widely regarded as one of the all-time masters of horror. It may seem weird, considering that most of his novels have been some form of fantasy. But on screen, he has definitely earned...
Five 90’s Horror Movies That Fell Through the Cracks
The 1990’s were an up and down decade for horror. It was the height of video store popularity, with much of the decade’s success coming from the birth of straight-to-video labels like Full Moon and Ve...
5 Important Contributions to Black Horror Cinema
Matt Barone recently published a piece in the Dissolve which points out the disturbing lack of African American actors, producers, writers, and more within the horror genre. With Black History month d...
How Tremors Became a Major Cult Classic
[soliloquy id=”19231″] Tremors is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this year, which makes it a great time to look back on the original film to see what made it so special. It has s...
