Psychological Horror Movies of the 1990s

Psychological horror unsettles through paranoia and a mind coming apart, rather than monsters. Postmodern and self-aware, with Scream and a wave of Asian horror arriving at the end. Standouts from the 1990s include Species, In the Mouth of Madness and The Faculty.

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   Species (1995)

   Rated 6.0 on TMDB

   In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA.

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2. 

   In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

   Rated 7.2 on TMDB

   An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist.

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3. 

   The Faculty (1998)

   Rated 6.6 on TMDB

   When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.

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4. 

   Jacob's Ladder (1990)

   Rated 7.4 on TMDB

   After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity.

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5. 

   The Exorcist III (1990)

   Rated 6.3 on TMDB

   On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely…

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6. 

   Cure (1997)

   Rated 7.6 on TMDB

   A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

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7. 

   Funny Games (1997)

   Rated 7.3 on TMDB

   Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

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8. 

   Stir of Echoes (1999)

   Rated 6.7 on TMDB

   After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.

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9. 

   Ravenous (1999)

   Rated 6.8 on TMDB

   After arriving at his new, remote Army outpost, Capt. John Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide – a vicious…

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10. 

    The Vagrant (1992)

    Rated 5.8 on TMDB

    A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.

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11. 

    Singapore Sling (1990)

    Rated 6.5 on TMDB

    Singapore Sling pursues Laura, a romantic memory from his past. One night, he finds himself at a mysterious villa, watching two women bury a body.

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