Horror movies from the 90s that gave those born in the 80s nightmares

Those who are teenagers now will appreciate current things more than people born before them, and so on, and therefore it means that the old will always be better. Although children of the 80s remember with particular fondness, even the nightmares and how much they suffered when they saw these horror films of the 90s, and they will have hundreds of anecdotes about the first time they saw them.

he shouted

Wes Craven’s slasher horror franchise was one of the biggest hits of the 90s. ‘he shouted’, the 1996 horror movie which kicked off a big phenomenon about masked assassins and which until now continues to inspire Halloween costumes with the Ghostface costume and mask, and which has been extended for another 4 installments to date. Available on YouTube and Amazon Prime Video.

The Blair Witch project

Before platforms like Netflix, HBO, and others around the world existed, teens in the 1990s went to video stores to rent horror movies of the time. At that time, due to the fury of videotapes, there was a name that caused nightmares to more than one, ‘The Blair Witch project’, a mockumentary tape that made many believe it was a true story. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

Element

Although it was initially released as a miniseries, ‘Element’ became one of the best horror movies of the 90s, thanks in large part to Tim Curry’s performance as Pennywise the Clown, a terrifying space entity that manifested itself to the children of Derry and continues to give nightmares to those born in the 1980s and those who still dare today. his Apple TV available.

I know what they did last summer

In the same spirit of the ‘Scream’ tapes, Jim Gillespie presented in 1997, ‘I Know What They Did Last Summer’, a horror film that attracted teenagers, thanks to the story of four young men who run over a stranger on the street, and a year later, they receive a letter revealing that there is someone who knows what they have done. Available on HBO Max.

The silence of the lambs

The adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novel, “The Silence of the Lambs”, is one of the best horror and suspense films of the 1990s. Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster have created one of the best villain / protagonist duets in film history, which continues to make whole body hair stand on end, especially to those who saw it in its first year. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

the cloak of fear

Finally, one of the few times Martin Scorsese dared to explore terror was in ‘Cape Fear’, a suspense thriller in which Robert De Niro plays Max Cady, an ex-con who plots the revenge of the lawyer who negligently he did spend 14 years in prison. Available on Netflix.