List of horror films of 1990 explained

A list of horror films released in 1990.

Title	Director(s)	Cast	Country	Notes
data-sort-value="Amityville"	The Amityville Curse			Canada United States	Fifth film in the "Amityville Horror" series	[1]
	Arachnophobia	Frank Marshall	Jeff Daniels, Julian Sands, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman	United States		[2]
	Baby Blood		Emmanuelle Escourrou, Jean-François Gallotte, Christian Sinniger	France
	Bandh Darwaza (The Closed Door)	, Tulsi Ramsay	Kunika, Manjeet Kullar	India		[3]
	Basket Case 2		Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross, Kathryn Meisle	United States		[4]
	Beyond Darkness (a.k.a. La Casa 5)		David Brandon, Barbara Bingham, Gene LeBrock	Italy		[5]
	Blood Games	Tanya Rosenberg	Gregory Cummings, Laura Albert	United States		[6]
	Bloodmoon		Leon Lissek, Christine Amor, Ian Williams	Australia		[7]
	Blood Salvage	Tucker Johnston	Danny Nelson, John Saxon, Ray Walston	United States		[8]
	Brain Dead		Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, George Kennedy	United States
	Bride of Re-Animator		Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones	United States	Based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft
data-sort-value="Buried Alive"	Buried Alive		Jennifer Jason Leigh, Peg Shirley, David Youse	United States	Followed by Buried Alive 2 (1997)
data-sort-value="Buried Alive"	Buried Alive			South Africa	Produced by Harry Alan Towers Based on works of Edgar Allan Poe	[9]
data-sort-value="Cat"	Cat in the Brain		Lucio Fulci (as himself), Malisa Longo, Brett Halsey	Italy		[10]
	Child's Play 2			United States		[11]
	Cthulhu Mansion		Frank Finlay, Brad Fisher, Melanie Shatner	Spain	Based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft	[12]
data-sort-value="Dark Side"	The Dark Side of the Moon			United States		[13]
	Daughter of Darkness		Mia Sara, Jack Coleman, Anthony Perkins	United States		[14]
	Dead Girls		Angela Eads, Kay Schaber	United States		[15]
	Deadly Manor		Clark Tufts, Greg Rhodes, Claudia Franju	United States/ Spain		[16]
	Def by Temptation			United States		[17]
	Demonia	Lucio Fulci	Brett Halsey, Meg Register	Italy		[18]
data-sort-value="Exorcist"	The Exorcist III			United States
	Fear	Rockne S. O'Bannon		United States		[19]
data-sort-value="First Power"	The First Power		Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober	United States
	Flatliners			United States
	Frankenhooker		Charlotte Kemp, James Lorinz, Judy Grafe	United States
	Frankenstein Unbound			United States		[20]
	Ghost	Jerry Zucker	Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg	United States		[21]
	Ghoul School		Jackie Martling, Richard Bright	United States		[22]
	Graveyard Shift		David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht	United States	Based on a story by Stephen King
			Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Christopher Lee	United States
	Grim Prairie Tales			United States
data-sort-value="Guardian"	The Guardian		Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell, Miguel Ferrer	United States
data-sort-value="Haunting Morella"	The Haunting of Morella		David McCallum, Nicole Eggert, Lana Clarkson	United States	Produced by Roger Corman
data-sort-value="Holy Place"	A Holy Place		Mira Banjac, Aleksandar Bercek, Branka Pujic	Yugoslavia
data-sort-value="Hook Woodland Heights"	The Hook of Woodland Heights		Robert W. Allen, Michael Elyanow, Christine McNamara	United States	Short 40-minute film	[23]
	I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle			United Kingdom
	I'm Dangerous Tonight		Mädchen Amick, Corey Parker, Anthony Perkins, Dee Wallace	United States		[24]
	It		Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Richard Masur, Annette O'Toole, Tim Reid, John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Tim Curry, Jonathan Brandis, Emily Perkins, Seth Green, Olivia Hussey, Tony Dakota, Michael Cole, Gabe Khouth, Frank C. Turner, Chelan Simmons, Nicola Cavendish, Venus Terzo, Terence Kelly, William B. Davis, Megan Leitch, Laura Harris, Garry Chalk, Jay Brazeau, Brandon Crane, Adam Faraizl, Marlon Taylor, Ben Heller, Jarred Blancard, Chris Eastman, Peter Gordon, Moose Sadler, Sheila Moore, Michael Ryan, Caitlin Hicks, Steven Hilton, Sheelah Megill, Noel Geer, Susan Astley, Claire Vardiel, Merrilyn Gann, Tom Heaton, Paul Batten, Donna Peerless, Kim Kondrashoff, Helena Yea and Charles Siegel	United States	Two-episode television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 epic supernatural horror novel of the same name
	Jacob's Ladder			United States	Remade in 2019
	Killer Crocodile II		Debra Karr, Anthony Crenna, Thomas Moore	Italy United States
				United States
	Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout		Linnea Quigley, Randall Harvey, Patricia Harras	United States
	Luther the Geek	Carlton J. Albright	Edward Terry, Stacy Haiduck	United States	a.k.a. Luther the Freak
	Maniac Cop 2	William Lustig	Robert Davi, Bruce Campbell, Claudia Christian	United States		[25]
	Maniac Nurses Find Ecstasy		Nicole Gyony, Csilla Farago, Hajni Brown	Belgium Hungary United States		[26]
				United States	Later retitled The Ravaging in 2016	[27]
	Mirage			United States
	Mirror, Mirror			United States
	Misery			United States	Based on the novel by Stephen King
	Nightbreed			Canada United States	Based on Clive Barker's novel Cabal
data-sort-value="Night Brings"	The Night Brings Charlie			United States		[28]
data-sort-value="Night Dribbler"	Night of the Dribbler		Fred Travalena, Gregory Calpakis, Flavia Carrozzi	United States		[29]
data-sort-value="Night Living"	Night of the Living Dead			United States	Produced by John Russo Remake of the 1968 film
data-sort-value="Night Shadow"	Night Shadow		Kato Kaelin, Alta LaFlame, Orien Richman	United States
	Pale Blood	, Michael W. Leighton		United States		[30]
	Phantom of the Opera	Tony Richardson	Burt Lancaster, Teri Polo, Charles Dance, Ian Richardson	United States, France, Italy, Germany	Television movie in two parts	[31]
	Pledge Night		Lawton Paseka, Will Kempe, Arthur Lundquist	United States		[32]
	Predator 2		Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades, Maria Conchita Alonso, Robert Davi, Bill Paxton	United States	Sequel to Predator (1987)
		, Peter R. Simpson	Tim Conlon, Cyndy Preston, David Stratton	Canada
				United States	Television film
	Puppet Master 2	Dave Allen	Elizabeth Maclellan, Collin Bernsen, Gregory Webb	United States	Produced by Charles Band	[33]	Full Remastered transfers in 16:9 and 5.1". Full Moon Horror.
data-sort-value="Reflecting"	The Reflecting Skin		Viggo Mortensen, Duncan Fraser, Guy Buller	Canada United Kingdom
	Repossessed			United States
	Shakma	, Hugh Parks		United States
	Shock 'Em Dead		Troy Donahue, Traci Lords, Laurel Wiley	United States
				United States
	Singapore Sling		Meredyth Herold, Panos Thanassoulis, Michele Valley	Greece
data-sort-value="Sleeping"	The Sleeping Car			United States		[34]
	Slumber Party Massacre III		Keely Christian, Brittain Frye, M. K. Harris	United States	Produced by Roger Corman
	Sorority House Massacre II		Stacia Zhivago, Michelle Verran	United States
	Soultaker	Michael Rissi	Joe Estevez, Vivian Schilling (also screenwriter)	United States
data-sort-value="Suckling"	The Suckling		Frank Rivera, Allen Lieb, Bobby Shapiro	United States
			Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, Rae Dawn Chong, Julianne Moore	United States	Based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and Stephen King
	Tremors		Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Reba McEntire	United States
	Troll 2	Claudio Fragasso	Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Margo Prey	Italy	Produced by Joe D'Amato	[35]
	Two Evil Eyes	,	Adrienne Barbeau, E. G. Marshall, Harvey Keitel, Sally Kirkland, Kim Hunter, Martin Balsam	Italy United States	Based on stories of Edgar Allan Poe
	Watchers II		Marc Singer, Tracy Scoggins, Jonathan Farwell	Canada United States	Sequel to Watchers (1988) Based on a Dean Koontz novel	[36]
	Wheels of Terror		Sharon Thomas, Fred Sugerman	United States	Television film	[37]
	Whispers		Victoria Tennant, Jean LeClerc, Chris Sarandon	Canada	Based on the Dean Koontz novel
			Charles Solomon Jr., Delia Sheppard, Kirsten Wagner	United States	Sequel to Witchcraft (1988)	[38]
				Canada/ United Kingdom	Sequel to Xtro (1983)	[39]

Sources

• Book: Hardy . Phil . Phil Hardy (journalist) . 1995 . The Overlook Film Encyclopedia . 3 . . 0-87951-624-0 .
• Book: Muir, John Kenneth. John Kenneth Muir . 2011 . Horror Films of the 1990s . McFarland . 978-0-786-48480-5 . Jefferson, North Carolina.
• Book: Weldon, Michael. 1996. The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film. 978-0-312-13149-4. Macmillan. New York City, New York.
• Book: Young, R. G. . 2000 . The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies . . 1-55783-269-2 .

External links

• Horror films of 1990 on Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Amityville Curse. Allmovie. Binion, Cavett. August 6, 2011.
2. Leonard Maltin, ed., Leonard Maltin's 2002 Movie & Video Guide. A Signet Book, 2001, p. 58.
3. Web site: Bandh Darwaza. AllMovie. Guarisco, Donald. August 6, 2011.
4. Web site: Basket Case 2. AllMovie. Binion, Cavett. August 6, 2011.
5. Web site: House 5. AllMovie. November 12, 2011. Firsching, Robert.
6. Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of the 1990s. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786484805.
7. Web site: Bloodmoon. Allmovie. Firsching, Robert. August 6, 2011.
8. Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of the 1990s. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786484805.
9. Web site: Buried Alive. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
10. Web site: A Cat in the Brain. AllMovie. Gusse, Brian. August 6, 2011.
11. Web site: Child's Play 2. Allmovie. Binion, Cavett. August 6, 2011.
12. Book: Mitchell . Charles P. . The complete H.P. Lovecraft filmography . 2001 . Greenwood Press . Westport, Conn. . 9780313316418 . 69–72.
13. Web site: The Dark Side of the Moon. AllMovie. Binion, Cavett. August 6, 2011.
14. Web site: Daughter of Darkness. AllMovie. Binion, Cavett. August 6, 2011.
15. Web site: Dead Girls. AllMovie. Rainsbottom, Deb. August 6, 2011.
16. Web site: Sitges Film Festival. Deadly Manor. https://web.archive.org/web/20200120064530/https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/cas/film?id=10005508. January 20, 2020. es. live.
17. Web site: Def by Temptation. AllMovie. Binion, Cavett. August 6, 2011.
18. Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of the 1990s. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786484805. pg 75.
19. Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of the 1990s. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786484805.
20. Web site: Frankenstein Unbound. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
21. Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of the 1990s. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786484805.
22. Web site: Ghoul School. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Tobey, Matthew.
23. Web site: The Hook of Woodland Heights/Attack of the Killer Refrigerator (1990). https://archive.today/20130216140426/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/433069/The-Hook-of-Woodland-Heights-Attack-of-the-Killer-Refrigerator/overview. dead. February 16, 2013. January 13, 2013. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times.
24. Web site: I'm Dangerous Tonight. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
25. Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of the 1990s. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786484805. pg 109.
26. Web site: Maniac Nurses Find Ecstasy. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Deming, Mark.
27. Web site: Meridian: Kiss of the Beast. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Erickson, Hal.
28. Web site: The Night Brings Charlie. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
29. Web site: Night of the Dribbler. AllMovie. November 12, 2011. Bencic, Sandra.
30. Web site: Pale Blood. AllMovie. November 30, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
31. Web site: Pledge Night. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
32. Web site: Pledge Night. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
33. "Puppet Master 1,2,3 Coming to Blu-Ray
34. Web site: Sleeping Car. AllMovie. November 12, 2011. Erlewine, Iotis.
35. Web site: Troll 2 (1990) - Drake Floyd, Drago Floyd | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie.
36. Web site: Watchers II. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Erlewine, Iotis.
37. Web site: Wheels of Terror. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
38. Web site: Witchcraft II: The Temptress. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Erlewine, Iotis.
39. Web site: Xtro II: The Second Encounter. AllMovie. August 6, 2011. Erlewine, Iotis.