This decade has seen a serious resurgence of ’90s tendencies. Broad-legged denims, halter tops, animal prints, and chunky heels are again. The Backstreet Boys are touring once more. Even scrunchies have made a comeback. Goodness keen, we’ll all be getting new dELiA*s catalogues within the mail once more any day now.
However whereas the ’90s could also be greatest identified for grunge fashions, massive hair, and people pop radio jams, it was additionally a peak period for teen thrillers and slasher movies. With the revival of I Know What You Did Final Summer time hitting theaters — with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. each on board besides — it’s clear that ingredient of the a long time is making a comeback proper now, too.
There have been many, many cheese-tastic teen horrors to return through the mid-to-late ’90s. The last decade started with the spine-tingling miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s IT that impressed a era of horror followers. The last decade quickly launched us to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (earlier than the TV present took the story to all-new ranges), after which there was a swell of disturbing teen-centric psychological thrillers like Poison Ivy, The Crush, and Concern, together with just a few over-the-top pics like Freeway and Strangeland.
After that got here the moody supernatural thriller The Craft and a bevy of stripling slashers, beginning with the franchise-starter Scream, adopted by the campy unique I Know What You Did Final Summer time, the anthology shrieker Campfire Tales, and excessive school-centric thrillrides like Disturbing Habits, The School, and Educating Mrs. Tingle. The period even noticed just a few dormant franchises seize on the teenager horror craze with their sequels, resembling Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and The Rage: Carrie 2.
The time interval was additionally marked with a number of standout horror comedy movies, together with the goofy Idle Fingers, the eyebrow-raising Jawbreaker, and a lot extra.
So which of the various standout ’90s teen horror/thriller movies reigns supreme? You resolve. Weigh in with our ballot beneath to decide on the last word ’90s horror favourite.