Horror Films of the 1990s
Published on 18. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
714 pages
978-1-4766-7901-3 (ISBN)
Description
This filmography covers more than 300 horror films released from 1990 through 1999. The horror genre's trends and cliches 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 cliches 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.
Each of the films is discussed at length with detailed credits and critical commentary. There are six appendices: 1990s cliches 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.
Reviews / Votes
"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 "Film guides like Muir's are indispensable and better than IMDb or Wikipedia."-Nightmarish Conjurings "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.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
224 photos, appendices, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1322 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-7901-3 (9781476679013)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
John Kenneth Muir is an American literary critic and award-winning author. As of 2022, he has written 30 reference books in the fields of film and television, with a particular focus on the horror and science fiction genres.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
PART I: IT DEPENDS ONWHAT THEMEANING OF THEWORD "IS" IS: AN INTRODUCTION
PART II: THE HORROR GENOME PROJECT: A DECADE OF ALIENS, CONSPIRACIES, INTERLOPERS, SERIAL KILLERS, SCIENCE RUN AMOK AND OTHER GRIM TRENDS
PART III: THE FILMS (BY YEAR OF RELEASE)
1990
The Ambulance
Arachnophobia
Baby Blood
Basket Case 2
Blood Games
Blood Salvage
Blue Steel
Brain Dead
Bride of Re-Animator
A Cat in the Brain
Child's Play 2: Chucky's Back
Dead Alive
Def by Temptation
Demonia
The Exorcist III
Fear
The First Power
Flatliners
Frankenstein Unbound
Ghost
Graveyard Shift
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Grim Prairie Tales
The Guardian
Hardware
The Haunting of Morella
Jacob's Ladder
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
Luther the Geek
Maniac Cop 2
Misery
Mr. Frost
Night of the Living Dead
Nightbreed
Pacific Heights
Predator 2
Prom Night 3: The Last Kiss
Shakma
Sorority House Massacre 2
Soultaker
Syngenor
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Tremors
Troll 2
1991
Alligator 2: The Mutation
Begotten
Blood Massacre
Body Parts
Campfire Tales
Cape Fear
Children of the Night
Child's Play 3: Look Who's Stalking
Critters 3
Dead Again
Eve of Destruction
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Haunting Fear
Hiruko the Goblin
The Masque of the Red Death
976-Evil 2: The Astral Factor
The People Under the Stairs
Popcorn
Puppet Master 2 (His Unholy Creations)
Puppet Master 3: Toulon's Revenge
The Reflecting Skin
Servants of Twilight
La Setta (a.k.a. The Devil's Daughter, Demons 4)
The Silence of the Lambs
Sleeping with the Enemy
Subspecies
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Two Evil Eyes
The Unborn
The Vanishing.
Warlock
Xtro 2: The Second Encounter
1992
Alien3
Amityville 1992: It's About Time
Army of Darkness
Basic Instinct
Basket Case 3: Progeny
The Boneyard
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Candyman
Dr. Giggles
Dolly Dearest
Dust Devil
The Gate II (The Trespassers)
Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth
Highway to Hell
Innocent Blood
Jennifer 8
The Lawnmower Man
Needful Things
Netherworld
Pet Semetary 2
Poison Ivy
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
Raising Cain
The Resurrected
The Runestone
Single White Female
Sleepwalkers
Split Second
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1993
Amityville: A New Generation
Carnosaur
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
The Crush
The Dark Half.
Demon Possessed.
Fire in the Sky
Ghost in the Machine
Ghoulies IV
The Good Son
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Jurassic Park
Kalifornia
Leprechaun
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Man's Best Friend
Night Terrors
Puppet Master 4: The Demon
Return of the Living Dead III
Skeeter
Subspecies 2: Bloodstone
The Temp
To Sleep with a Vampire
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Vanishing
Warlock: The Armageddon.
Zombie Bloodbath
1994
Blink
Body Snatchers
Brainscan
Cronos
Dario Argento's Trauma
Interview with the Vampire
Leprechaun 2
Lurking Fear
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mother's Boys
Natural Born Killers
Night of the Demons 2
Nightwatch (Nattevagten)
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Puppet Master 5 (The Final Chapter)
The Puppet Masters
The River Wild
Subspecies 3: Bloodlust
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
The Unborn 2
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Wolf
1995
The Addiction
Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh
Carnosaur 2
Castle Freak
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Copycat
Embrace of the Vampire
The Fear
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
Grim
Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers
Hideaway
The Ice Cream Man
In the Mouth of Madness
Jack-O
Leprechaun 3
Lord of Illusions
The Mangler
Outbreak
The Prophecy
Relative Fear
Roadflower
Rumpelstiltskin .
Se7en
Sleepstalker: The Sandman's Last Rites
Sorceress
Species
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tales from the Hood
A Vampire in Brooklyn
Village of the Damned
Virtuosity
Wes Craven Presents Mind Ripper
Witchboard 3: The Possession
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
1996
The Arrival
Bad Moon
Cemetery Man
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
The Craft
The Dentist
Diabolique
The Fan
Fear
The Frighteners
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Ghost and the Darkness
Haunted
Hellraiser IV: Bloodlines
The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Mary Reilly
Necronomicon: Book of the Dead
Night of the Demons 3
Pinocchio's Revenge
The Sandman
Scream
Screamers
Thinner
Tremors: Aftershocks 2
1997
Alien Resurrection
Amityville Dollhouse
An American Werewolf in Paris
Anaconda
Breakdown
Campfire Tales
The Devil's Advocate
Event Horizon
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jack Frost
Kiss the Girls
Leprechaun 4: In Space.
Lost Highway
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2
Mimic
Night Flier
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
The Relic
Scream 2
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Switchback
Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood
Uncle Sam
The Ugly
The Vampire Journals
Wes Craven Presents Wishmaster
1998
Apt Pupil
Blade
Bride of Chucky
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Curse of the Puppet Master
Death Mask
Deep Rising
Devil in the Flesh
Die Hard Dracula.
Disturbing Behavior
The Faculty
Fallen
Godzilla
Halloween H20
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
John Carpenter's Vampires.
The Last Broadcast
Nightwatch
Phantasm IV: Oblivion
Phantoms
The Prophecy 2
Psycho
Psycho Sisters
Ringu
The Second Arrival
The Shivers
Species 2
Sphere
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm
Tales of the Mummy
Urban Legend
Wes Craven Presents Carnival of Souls
Wicked
The Wisdom of Crocodiles
The X-Files: Fight the Future
1999
The Astronaut's Wife
Bats
The Blair Witch Project
The Bone Collector
Candyman 3: Day of the Dead
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
The Coroner
Deep Blue Sea
End of Days
Eyes Wide Shut
The Fear: Halloween Night
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
The Haunting
The House on Haunted Hill
In Dreams
Knocking on Death's Door
Lake Placid
The Ninth Gate.
The Rage: Carrie 2
Ravenous
Retro Puppet Master
Resurrection
Shikoku
The Sixth Sense.
Sleepy Hollow
The Stendahl Syndrome
Stigmata
Stir of Echoes
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Virus
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
Witchouse
PART IV: CONCLUSION-A NEW CENTURY DAWNS
Appendix A: 1990s Horror Conventions
Appendix B: The 1990s Horror Hall of Fame
Appendix C: Memorable Ad Lines
Appendix D: Movie References in Scream (1996)
Appendix E: Horror Films of the 1990s vs. The X-Files
Appendix F : The Ten Best Horror Films of the 1990s
References
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Preface
PART I: IT DEPENDS ONWHAT THEMEANING OF THEWORD "IS" IS: AN INTRODUCTION
PART II: THE HORROR GENOME PROJECT: A DECADE OF ALIENS, CONSPIRACIES, INTERLOPERS, SERIAL KILLERS, SCIENCE RUN AMOK AND OTHER GRIM TRENDS
PART III: THE FILMS (BY YEAR OF RELEASE)
1990
The Ambulance
Arachnophobia
Baby Blood
Basket Case 2
Blood Games
Blood Salvage
Blue Steel
Brain Dead
Bride of Re-Animator
A Cat in the Brain
Child's Play 2: Chucky's Back
Dead Alive
Def by Temptation
Demonia
The Exorcist III
Fear
The First Power
Flatliners
Frankenstein Unbound
Ghost
Graveyard Shift
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Grim Prairie Tales
The Guardian
Hardware
The Haunting of Morella
Jacob's Ladder
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
Luther the Geek
Maniac Cop 2
Misery
Mr. Frost
Night of the Living Dead
Nightbreed
Pacific Heights
Predator 2
Prom Night 3: The Last Kiss
Shakma
Sorority House Massacre 2
Soultaker
Syngenor
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Tremors
Troll 2
1991
Alligator 2: The Mutation
Begotten
Blood Massacre
Body Parts
Campfire Tales
Cape Fear
Children of the Night
Child's Play 3: Look Who's Stalking
Critters 3
Dead Again
Eve of Destruction
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Haunting Fear
Hiruko the Goblin
The Masque of the Red Death
976-Evil 2: The Astral Factor
The People Under the Stairs
Popcorn
Puppet Master 2 (His Unholy Creations)
Puppet Master 3: Toulon's Revenge
The Reflecting Skin
Servants of Twilight
La Setta (a.k.a. The Devil's Daughter, Demons 4)
The Silence of the Lambs
Sleeping with the Enemy
Subspecies
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Two Evil Eyes
The Unborn
The Vanishing.
Warlock
Xtro 2: The Second Encounter
1992
Alien3
Amityville 1992: It's About Time
Army of Darkness
Basic Instinct
Basket Case 3: Progeny
The Boneyard
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Candyman
Dr. Giggles
Dolly Dearest
Dust Devil
The Gate II (The Trespassers)
Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth
Highway to Hell
Innocent Blood
Jennifer 8
The Lawnmower Man
Needful Things
Netherworld
Pet Semetary 2
Poison Ivy
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
Raising Cain
The Resurrected
The Runestone
Single White Female
Sleepwalkers
Split Second
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1993
Amityville: A New Generation
Carnosaur
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
The Crush
The Dark Half.
Demon Possessed.
Fire in the Sky
Ghost in the Machine
Ghoulies IV
The Good Son
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Jurassic Park
Kalifornia
Leprechaun
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Man's Best Friend
Night Terrors
Puppet Master 4: The Demon
Return of the Living Dead III
Skeeter
Subspecies 2: Bloodstone
The Temp
To Sleep with a Vampire
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Vanishing
Warlock: The Armageddon.
Zombie Bloodbath
1994
Blink
Body Snatchers
Brainscan
Cronos
Dario Argento's Trauma
Interview with the Vampire
Leprechaun 2
Lurking Fear
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mother's Boys
Natural Born Killers
Night of the Demons 2
Nightwatch (Nattevagten)
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Puppet Master 5 (The Final Chapter)
The Puppet Masters
The River Wild
Subspecies 3: Bloodlust
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
The Unborn 2
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Wolf
1995
The Addiction
Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh
Carnosaur 2
Castle Freak
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Copycat
Embrace of the Vampire
The Fear
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
Grim
Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers
Hideaway
The Ice Cream Man
In the Mouth of Madness
Jack-O
Leprechaun 3
Lord of Illusions
The Mangler
Outbreak
The Prophecy
Relative Fear
Roadflower
Rumpelstiltskin .
Se7en
Sleepstalker: The Sandman's Last Rites
Sorceress
Species
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tales from the Hood
A Vampire in Brooklyn
Village of the Damned
Virtuosity
Wes Craven Presents Mind Ripper
Witchboard 3: The Possession
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies
1996
The Arrival
Bad Moon
Cemetery Man
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
The Craft
The Dentist
Diabolique
The Fan
Fear
The Frighteners
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Ghost and the Darkness
Haunted
Hellraiser IV: Bloodlines
The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Mary Reilly
Necronomicon: Book of the Dead
Night of the Demons 3
Pinocchio's Revenge
The Sandman
Scream
Screamers
Thinner
Tremors: Aftershocks 2
1997
Alien Resurrection
Amityville Dollhouse
An American Werewolf in Paris
Anaconda
Breakdown
Campfire Tales
The Devil's Advocate
Event Horizon
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jack Frost
Kiss the Girls
Leprechaun 4: In Space.
Lost Highway
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2
Mimic
Night Flier
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
The Relic
Scream 2
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Switchback
Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood
Uncle Sam
The Ugly
The Vampire Journals
Wes Craven Presents Wishmaster
1998
Apt Pupil
Blade
Bride of Chucky
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Curse of the Puppet Master
Death Mask
Deep Rising
Devil in the Flesh
Die Hard Dracula.
Disturbing Behavior
The Faculty
Fallen
Godzilla
Halloween H20
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
John Carpenter's Vampires.
The Last Broadcast
Nightwatch
Phantasm IV: Oblivion
Phantoms
The Prophecy 2
Psycho
Psycho Sisters
Ringu
The Second Arrival
The Shivers
Species 2
Sphere
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm
Tales of the Mummy
Urban Legend
Wes Craven Presents Carnival of Souls
Wicked
The Wisdom of Crocodiles
The X-Files: Fight the Future
1999
The Astronaut's Wife
Bats
The Blair Witch Project
The Bone Collector
Candyman 3: Day of the Dead
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
The Coroner
Deep Blue Sea
End of Days
Eyes Wide Shut
The Fear: Halloween Night
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
The Haunting
The House on Haunted Hill
In Dreams
Knocking on Death's Door
Lake Placid
The Ninth Gate.
The Rage: Carrie 2
Ravenous
Retro Puppet Master
Resurrection
Shikoku
The Sixth Sense.
Sleepy Hollow
The Stendahl Syndrome
Stigmata
Stir of Echoes
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Virus
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
Witchouse
PART IV: CONCLUSION-A NEW CENTURY DAWNS
Appendix A: 1990s Horror Conventions
Appendix B: The 1990s Horror Hall of Fame
Appendix C: Memorable Ad Lines
Appendix D: Movie References in Scream (1996)
Appendix E: Horror Films of the 1990s vs. The X-Files
Appendix F : The Ten Best Horror Films of the 1990s
References
Bibliography
Index