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The Dream Master
10-19-2010, 05:27 AM
Check out Brett G.'s picks of the best films the 90s had to offer! (http://www.oh-the-horror.com/page.php?id=656)
MaDMaNMaRz
10-19-2010, 08:11 AM
Cemetery Man and Demon Knight FTW! :D
WestinHillsDays
10-19-2010, 08:47 AM
Heh, Bride of Chucky made it to the list. :sniffle:
Scarecrow
10-19-2010, 09:22 AM
The Ugly was a mess and, well, dull...

Oh, and Candyman trumps Army of Darkness. :p

- Scarecrow
Brett H.
10-19-2010, 03:04 PM
The Ugly is fuggin' sweet. One of the better horror flicks I've seen that no one seems to talk about for some reason.
WesReviews
10-19-2010, 03:44 PM
Yeah, definitely Candyman over Army of Overratedness. Just not a huge Ash fan, I guess.

Also, 1995 would've been a tough one to call, but I probably would've went with In the Mouth of Madness or Lord of Illusions over Demon Knight. Demon Knight is a lot of fun for sure, but in representing the best horror of the decade, I'd probably side with one of the more serious horror flicks.
WestinHillsDays
10-19-2010, 07:41 PM
"From Dusk till Dawn" is no "Scream," but it also deserves some recognition.
Joshg
10-19-2010, 08:27 PM
I agree with Candyman. I think that it's the best horror movie of the 90s. So nightmarish.
The Dream Master
10-19-2010, 10:35 PM
Yeah, definitely Candyman over Army of Overratedness. Just not a huge Ash fan, I guess.

Also, 1995 would've been a tough one to call, but I probably would've went with In the Mouth of Madness or Lord of Illusions over Demon Knight. Demon Knight is a lot of fun for sure, but in representing the best horror of the decade, I'd probably side with one of the more serious horror flicks.

The thing with In the Mouth of Madness is that I've seen the year given as 1994 (some festival appearance) and 1995. If it's '94, it's not as good as Cemetery Man; if it's '95, well, Demon Knight stands toe to toe with it, serious horror movie or not. It takes the crown maybe by a cunt hair, which is tough cause I really like In the Mouth of Madness.

As for '92, that was a tough one between Army of Darkness, Dead Alive, and Candyman. At the end of the day, I gotta go with Ash, but you can't go too wrong with the other two.

But doing the list this way is fun for reasons like that. I think it'd be easier to make a Top 10 movies of the decade, but to actually have to not include films that are seriously noteworthy makes it tough (From Dusk Till Dawn is another one--love it, but Scream is better).
Brett H.
10-19-2010, 10:57 PM
Yeah, I really enjoy this concept and may steal that shit for the 80s... :X

It makes for a much more interesting list and I don't have issues with any movie on it, I think it's great.
MaDMaNMaRz
10-19-2010, 11:00 PM
For '92 I probably would've picked Dead Alive. I wouldn't say I completely dislike Army of Darkness....I would say I find it to be a bit overrated, but I still enjoy it nonetheless.

Even though it's not the best made film, I would've picked Slumber Party Massacre III for '90. :D That, or TCM III.
WesReviews
10-20-2010, 12:36 AM
Also, since were evidently films that many of us feel were left off the list and should've been included... doesn't this prove in itself that the 90s didn't suck as much as we might think?
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The thing with In the Mouth of Madness is that I've seen the year given as 1994 (some festival appearance) and 1995. If it's '94, it's not as good as Cemetery Man; if it's '95, well, Demon Knight stands toe to toe with it, serious horror movie or not. It takes the crown maybe by a cunt hair, which is tough cause I really like In the Mouth of Madness.

ITMOM was completed in 94, if my memory serves me right, but its release was delayed till 95. Same with Lord of Illusions, oddly enough. Lord of Illusions was delayed so long, they changed the theatrical 1-sheet.
The Dream Master
10-20-2010, 12:45 AM
Yeah, it's weird, as lately as this year (when I was preparing this list), IMDB was listing Madness's release date as '94. Now it says '95. Shit like that made it hard, though I've always considered it '95.
Violent VictiM
10-20-2010, 12:46 AM
Demon Knight was so ridiculously good.
MaDMaNMaRz
10-20-2010, 03:03 AM
Castle Freak was another really good film from the 90's. That one might even be my favorite from Stuart Gordon.
WesReviews
10-20-2010, 04:28 AM
Well, I saw it in a theater in '95, for certain.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare would've been my pick for '94. Just never been a huge fan of Cemetery Man.
The Dream Master
10-20-2010, 04:29 AM
Well, I saw it in a theater in '95, for certain.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare would've been my pick for '94. Just never been a huge fan of Cemetery Man.

Yeah, there's no doubt it was released in US theaters in February '95. Earlier in the year, it was showing some kind of festival release in late '94 on IMDB. Might have just been bad info, but it had been on there a long time.
Deathscythe
10-20-2010, 04:36 AM
Heh, Bride of Chucky made it to the list. :sniffle:

I liked it a lot actually, I'm glad to see it get some love.
The Dream Master
10-20-2010, 04:39 AM
Here's a fun game:

Who can guess what the runner-up was for 1998? Hint: think along the same lines as what I wrote about Bride of Chucky.
WesReviews
10-20-2010, 05:09 AM
Yeah, there's no doubt it was released in US theaters in February '95. Earlier in the year, it was showing some kind of festival release in late '94 on IMDB. Might have just been bad info, but it had been on there a long time.

I can still remember seeing the trailer for the first time at the beginning of New Nightmare, back in October or November of '94.
The Dream Master
10-20-2010, 05:10 AM
I can still remember seeing the trailer for the first time at the beginning of New Nightmare, back in October or November of '94.

That means I probably saw it too...just don't remember it. The only trailer I remember before New Nightmare was Dumb and Dumber. :D
WestinHillsDays
10-20-2010, 05:16 AM
From my perspective, the 90's were not too much of a special decade. Some of us grew up watching Freddy and Jason. In my case, I got into horror as a genre solely because of "A Nightmare on Elm Street." I see the 90's as the decade in which Freddy got killed and Jason was sent to hell.

All of the iconic monsters from the 70's and 80's spent too much time absent from the screen in the 90's. The only Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie that we got in that decade was shot independently, did not get a theatrical release, and is as of today the most disliked movie of the franchise.

"Scream" brought innovation to the genre, and I felt excited with Craven's return, but by the time that Urban Legend 2 came out, I felt that we all had had enough with the Scream style.

Of course, there were "Silence of the lambs," "From Dusk till Dawn," "Demon's Knight," but none of these movies made me feel enthusiastic. I only felt enthusiastic to watch a movie again in 2003 with the release of FvsJ and, more recently, with the reboots of the 80's franchises.
girlychaos
10-20-2010, 04:52 PM
No love for I Know What You Did Last Summer and Urban Legend?

Another 90's movie I really like is The Faculty, I guess it's more of a sci-fi though.
Monkey
10-20-2010, 07:48 PM
Yeah, I really enjoy this concept and may steal that shit for the 80s... :X
I'd love to see that list. :D

I would have gone with Candyman for '92, otherwise the list looks fine to me.

I wasn't that big into 90s horror movies, though. From Dusk till Dawn, Scream, Silence of the Lambs, Candyman, & Blair Witch stand out.

Didn't like any of F13, Halloween, or NOES entries made in that decade (Besides H20). :box:

Make an 80s list. See how many people comment on that one...
Just Jeans
10-26-2010, 02:53 AM
The Nostalgia Critic ripped (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/28239-it) IT a new asshole this week. I hate to admit it, but he's got a point. I need to see the film again because Sheesus, I feel my loyalty to that picture dissipating after seeing the Critic's review.

Another 90's movie I really like is The Faculty, I guess it's more of a sci-fi though.

I'd classify The Faculty as a horror film -- having aliens in it doesn't exclude it from the genre -- and I really liked it, too. I need to see if it's on Netflix.
WesReviews
10-26-2010, 07:05 PM
Never cared much for The Faculty, but maybe I need to see it again.

I didn't like Urban Legend when I first saw it (the killer's identity always seemed like a stretch to me) but over the years, it's kind of won me over. IKWYDLS is still probably the better of the two. Both solid slashers, though.
MaDMaNMaRz
10-26-2010, 10:49 PM
The killer's outfit in IKWYDLS reminds me of the Gorton's fisherman guy. :lol: