From slasher movies to the most gruesome horror flicks, the '90s were considered the GOAT for all horror fans. Based on Rotten Tomatoes ratings, here's a top ten '90s horror movies list worth your time to binge-watch at home.
And don't worry, this article also tells you where to stream them in 2025.
Scream 2 (1997)
The beginning of a long-running franchise, Scream practically set the curve for how long the slasher flicks would continue for generations. The sequel was just the beginning, as Scream 2 pokes even more fun at how terrible horror sequels can be without falling victim to the same fate.
Streaming Platforms: Hulu, Peacock, Disney+, Paramount+, BBC iPlayer
Se7en (1995)
While Se7en is, granted, not as scary as the rest of the movies on this list, the Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman-led flick shows a gruesome tale of how they discovered a number of grizzly murders, only to find out that the victims somehow represent the seven deadly sins.
Streaming Platforms: HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
The Sixth Sense (1999)
One of the earliest classic psychological thrillers out there remains The Sixth Sense. Starring Bruce Willis as a child psychologist to the patient, played by Haley Joel Osment, the expert finds himself needing to solve the mystery behind the kid's skill to see and communicate with the dead.
Streaming Platforms: Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project had one of the most chilling marketing campaigns to date, considering that most viewers believed it to be based on a true story due to its convincing raw video footage for storytelling.
The 1999 flick follows three film students (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams) who collected documentary footage after studying the Blair Witch, a legendary local murderer.
Streaming Platforms: BBC iPlayer
Purchase or Rent: Apple TV or Amazon Prime Video
Cronos (1994)
Guillermo del Toro's horror-fantasy debut, Cronos, tells the story of an antiques dealer finding a mysterious device that grants eternal life by turning him into a vampire. A classic tale told with the company of gore-ish visuals that set del Toro's resume into the future with his own cinematic signature.
Streaming Platforms: HBO Max, Hulu, BFI Player
Purchase or Rent: Amazon Video
Dead Alive (1993)
Think of Dead Alive as taking a slight turn from horror street to zombieland, which all began when an overprotective mother (Elizabeth Moody) followed her son, Lionel (Timothy Balme), into the zoo, and she was accidentally bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey that turned her into an undead flesh-eater.
Streaming Platforms: YouTube, Prime Video
Tremors (1990)
Similar to Dead Alive, this 1990s film, Tremors, explores the horror genre through another fictional creature residing in the underground. Tired of their dull lives in a perfect town, repairmen Val McKee (Kevin Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Fred Ward) end up studying the supernatural readings themselves and get to the bottom of it.
Streaming Platforms: AMC+, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
Misery (1990)
Who would've thought killing off characters in a fictional book could lead to a horror film? Misery essentially tells the story about former nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who ends up kidnapping novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) into a remote cabin to recover, only for her obsession to take a dark turn when she finds out he'd been killing off her favorite characters in his novels.
Streaming Platforms: HBO Max, Hulu, BBC iPlayer
Arachnophobia (1990)
Think of Spider-Man if a spider's venom couldn't turn anyone into the superhero we know from the billion-dollar franchise.
Arachnophobia may not be as much of a thrill to some who don't share the same fear, but it still gets the kick going when viewers find out what these creatures are capable of, even in a cinematic experience.
It all began when nature photographer Mark L. Taylor died on an assignment in Venezuela, and a poisonous spider happened to ride in his coffin to his hometown in California. Well, you know what happens next, when strange, foreign creatures arrive in towns unexpectedly.
Streaming Platforms: Hulu, Amazon Prime Video
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Based on the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs tells the story of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who eventually turned into a psychopath for multiple cases of murder and cannibalism.
Streaming Platforms: HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Apple TV+
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