horror essentials, 1990 to 2009
22 films on two axes
Twenty-two more essentials, this time from the 90s and 2000s, split the same way as the pack before it: a killer you can see versus a curse you can't, and dread that pins you to the couch versus dread that gets you moving.
American PsychoPatrick Bateman has a strict morning routine and a problem with everyone else.tap again to open
CandymanThe Candyman gets summoned to life by a skeptical grad student.tap again to open
MayMay falls for a boy with perfect hands and starts noticing everyone else's flaws.tap again to open
Funny GamesTwo young men say they know the neighbors. Soon the family can't leave the house.tap again to open
AuditionA widower auditions actresses for a movie that doesn't exist, to find himself a date.tap again to open
ScreamSidney starts getting phone calls that only want to talk about scary movies.tap again to open
28 Days LaterJim wakes up alone in a hospital to find London completely empty.tap again to open
Battle RoyaleForty-two ninth-graders are sent to an island and told only one of them leaves.tap again to open
The DescentA rockfall traps Sarah and her friends in a cave, and they're not alone.tap again to open
InsideA pregnant widow spends Christmas Eve alone, until a stranger keeps knocking.tap again to open
Shaun of the DeadShaun tries to win his ex back on the same day London turns into a zombie apocalypse.tap again to open
The OthersGrace keeps the house dark because her children can't bear the light.tap again to open
Session 9An asbestos crew takes a cleaning job inside a shut-down mental hospital.tap again to open
A Tale of Two SistersTwo sisters come home to a stepmother neither of them can settle with.tap again to open
Ju-on: The GrudgeA home visit leaves Rika cursed by a murdered mother and her son.tap again to open
The Blair Witch ProjectThree film students hike into the woods to document a legend, and vanish.tap again to open
The Devil's BackboneCarlos arrives at a wartime orphanage, and something there wants revenge.tap again to open
RingReiko is researching a cursed video when her niece dies.tap again to open
Event HorizonSomething comes back with the ship Event Horizon, seven years after it vanished.tap again to open
The Sixth SenseMalcolm Crowe takes on a nine-year-old patient who is hiding something.tap again to open
Dark WaterDahlia and her daughter move into an apartment with a leak that won't stay just water.tap again to open
PulseIn Tokyo, the afterlife starts luring in people who are lonely.tap again to open
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🔪 it has a body × 🛋️ sinks you into the chair
American Psycho
Patrick Bateman has a strict morning routine and a problem with everyone else.
Candyman
The Candyman gets summoned to life by a skeptical grad student.
May
May falls for a boy with perfect hands and starts noticing everyone else's flaws.
Funny Games
Two young men say they know the neighbors. Soon the family can't leave the house.
Audition
A widower auditions actresses for a movie that doesn't exist, to find himself a date.
🔪 it has a body × 🏃 keeps you on your feet
Scream
Sidney starts getting phone calls that only want to talk about scary movies.
28 Days Later
Jim wakes up alone in a hospital to find London completely empty.
Battle Royale
Forty-two ninth-graders are sent to an island and told only one of them leaves.
The Descent
A rockfall traps Sarah and her friends in a cave, and they're not alone.
Inside
A pregnant widow spends Christmas Eve alone, until a stranger keeps knocking.
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun tries to win his ex back on the same day London turns into a zombie apocalypse.
👻 it has no body × 🛋️ sinks you into the chair
The Others
Grace keeps the house dark because her children can't bear the light.
Session 9
An asbestos crew takes a cleaning job inside a shut-down mental hospital.
A Tale of Two Sisters
Two sisters come home to a stepmother neither of them can settle with.
Ju-on: The Grudge
A home visit leaves Rika cursed by a murdered mother and her son.
The Blair Witch Project
Three film students hike into the woods to document a legend, and vanish.
The Devil's Backbone
Carlos arrives at a wartime orphanage, and something there wants revenge.
👻 it has no body × 🏃 keeps you on your feet
Ring
Reiko is researching a cursed video when her niece dies.
Event Horizon
Something comes back with the ship Event Horizon, seven years after it vanished.
The Sixth Sense
Malcolm Crowe takes on a nine-year-old patient who is hiding something.
Dark Water
Dahlia and her daughter move into an apartment with a leak that won't stay just water.
Pulse
In Tokyo, the afterlife starts luring in people who are lonely.