The Best '90s Slasher Movies

Updated November 11, 2020 2.1k votes 320 voters 9.3k views30 items

List RulesVote up your favorite slasher films that were released in the 1990s.

If horror films and the 1990s are two of your favorite things, then we want you to vote on this list of the best 90s slasher movies. Other horror junkies have already voted on this list of the best slasher movies from the '90s, so why not chime in with your opinion as well? After all, the ‘90s saw the birth of the teen horror Scream franchise, a clever recasting of every cliché in the genre. If you're looking for bloody movies from the 1990s, then you've come to the right place.

Among the other great films on this list of the top ‘90s slasher movies are I Know What You Did Last Summer (from the writer of Scream), Urban Legend, and the Russian entry Mute Witness. You’ll also find a number of sequels: When a Stranger Calls Back, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday and Bride of Chucky are among the best.

So, which of the movies on this list of good ‘90s slasher films stood your hair on end? Vote up the best ‘90s slasher movies and make sure to add any we might have missed.

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Scream
David Arquette, Neve Campbell
Released: December 20, 1996
Directed by: Wes Craven
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Scream 2
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Courteney Cox
Released: 1997
Directed by: Wes Craven
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Jamie Lee Curtis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Released: 1998
Directed by: Steve Miner
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Urban Legend
Jared Leto, Tara Reid
Released: 1998
Directed by: Jamie Blanks
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar
Released: 17 October 1997
Directed by: Jim Gillespie
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Candyman
Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd
Released: 1992
Directed by: Bernard Rose
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Child's Play 2 (1990)
Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter
Released: 1990
Directed by: John Lafia
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Bride of Chucky
Katherine Heigl, Jennifer Tilly
Released: 1998
Directed by: Ronny Yu
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Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Viggo Mortensen, Ken Foree
Released: 1990
Directed by: Jeff Burr
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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Erin Gray, Leslie Jordan
Released: 1993
Directed by: Adam Marcus
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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Tony Todd, Veronica Cartwright
Released: 1995
Directed by: Bill Condon
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Dr. Giggles
Holly Marie Combs, Cliff DeYoung
Released: 1992
Directed by: Manny Coto
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When a Stranger Calls Back
Carol Kane, Charles Durning
Released: 1993
Directed by: Fred Walton

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Halloween 6
Paul Rudd, Donald Pleasence
Released: 1995
Directed by: Joe Chappelle
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Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Ian Abercrombie, Sarah Douglas
Released: 1991
Directed by: David DeCoteau
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Maniac Cop 2
Bruce Campbell, Robert Davi
Released: 1990
Directed by: William Lustig
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Delicatessen
Dominique Pinon, Karin Viard
Released: 1991
Directed by: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Slumber Party Massacre III
Hope Marie Carlton, Maria Ford
Released: 1990
Directed by: Sally Mattison
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Popcorn
Dee Wallace, Karen Witter
Released: 1991
Directed by: Alan Ormsby, Mark Herrier
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Happy Hell Night
Sam Rockwell, Jorja Fox
Released: 1992
Directed by: Brian Owens
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Mute Witness
Alec Guinness, Oleg Yankovsky
Released: 1995
Directed by: Anthony Waller
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Kolobos
Nichole Pelerine, Donny Terranova
Released: 1999
Directed by: Daniel Liatowitsch, David Todd Ocvirk
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Milo
Mila Kunis, Vincent Schiavelli
Released: 1998
Directed by: Pascal Franchot

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Schramm
Micha Brendel
Released: 1993
Directed by: Jörg Buttgereit
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Trauma
Asia Argento, Piper Laurie
Released: 1993
Directed by: Dario Argento