The 1990s were a period of exploration for the horror genre, and there was no shortage of ideas. The genre moved away from the formulas of the 1980s and became stranger and more ambitious. With that ambition came a new crop of filmmakers and tried-and-true filmmakers reinventing themselves in bold new ways, who in turn brought in new audiences.

When looking at horror movies from the ’90s, it proved difficult to narrow down a list of the best. What started with a shortlist of 40 films, was pared down, painfully on my part, to a sweet sixteen. There are movies from the 1990s that I love that are absent. And there will be movies from the ’90s that you love that will be absent too (though in true horror fashion, there’s always room for a sequel). But in narrowing down this list, I reflected o

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