John Kenneth Muir is the author of more than 20 reference books covering science fiction and horror on film and television. He is creator of the Internet sci-fi series The House Between ([...] and his popular blog can be found at reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.[...].

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface

PART I: IT DEPENDS ONWHAT THEMEANING OF THEWORD "IS" IS: AN INTRODUCTION
PART II: THE HORROR GENOME PROJECT: A DECADE OF ALIENS, CONSPIRACIES, INTERLOPERS, SERIAL KILLERS, SCIENCE RUN AMOK AND OTHER GRIM TRENDS
PART III: THE FILMS (BY YEAR OF RELEASE)

1990
The Ambulance
Arachnophobia
Baby Blood
Basket Case 2
Blood Games
Blood Salvage
Blue Steel
Brain Dead
Bride of Re-Animator
A Cat in the Brain
Child's Play 2: Chucky's Back
Dead Alive
Def by Temptation
Demonia
The Exorcist III
Fear
The First Power
Flatliners
Frankenstein Unbound
Ghost
Graveyard Shift
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Grim Prairie Tales
The Guardian
Hardware
The Haunting of Morella
Jacob's Ladder
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
Luther the Geek
Maniac Cop 2
Misery
Mr. Frost
Night of the Living Dead
Nightbreed
Pacific Heights
Predator 2
Prom Night 3: The Last Kiss
Shakma
Sorority House Massacre 2
Soultaker
Syngenor
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Tremors
Troll 2

1991
Alligator 2: The Mutation
Begotten
Blood Massacre
Body Parts
Campfire Tales
Cape Fear
Children of the Night
Child's Play 3: Look Who's Stalking
Critters 3
Dead Again
Eve of Destruction
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Haunting Fear
Hiruko the Goblin
The Masque of the Red Death
976-Evil 2: The Astral Factor
The People Under the Stairs
Popcorn
Puppet Master 2 (His Unholy Creations)
Puppet Master 3: Toulon's Revenge
The Reflecting Skin
Servants of Twilight
La Setta (a.k.a. The Devil's Daughter, Demons 4)
The Silence of the Lambs
Sleeping with the Enemy
Subspecies
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Two Evil Eyes
The Unborn
The Vanishing.
Warlock
Xtro 2: The Second Encounter

1992
Alien3
Amityville 1992: It's About Time
Army of Darkness
Basic Instinct
Basket Case 3: Progeny
The Boneyard
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Candyman
Dr. Giggles
Dolly Dearest
Dust Devil
The Gate II (The Trespassers)
Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth
Highway to Hell
Innocent Blood
Jennifer 8
The Lawnmower Man
Needful Things
Netherworld
Pet Semetary 2
Poison Ivy
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
Raising Cain
The Resurrected
The Runestone
Single White Female
Sleepwalkers
Split Second
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Waxwork II: Lost in Time

1993
Amityville: A New Generation
Carnosaur
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
The Crush
The Dark Half.
Demon Possessed.
Fire in the Sky
Ghost in the Machine
Ghoulies IV
The Good Son
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Jurassic Park
Kalifornia
Leprechaun
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Man's Best Friend
Night Terrors
Puppet Master 4: The Demon
Return of the Living Dead III
Skeeter
Subspecies 2: Bloodstone
The Temp
To Sleep with a Vampire
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Vanishing
Warlock: The Armageddon.
Zombie Bloodbath

1994
Blink
Body Snatchers
Brainscan
Cronos
Dario Argento's Trauma
Interview with the Vampire
Leprechaun 2
Lurking Fear
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mother's Boys
Natural Born Killers
Night of the Demons 2
Nightwatch (Nattevagten)
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Puppet Master 5 (The Final Chapter)
The Puppet Masters
The River Wild
Subspecies 3: Bloodlust
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
The Unborn 2
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Wolf

1995
The Addiction
Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh
Carnosaur 2
Castle Freak
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Copycat
Embrace of the Vampire
The Fear
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
Grim
Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers
Hideaway
The Ice Cream Man
In the Mouth of Madness
Jack-O
Leprechaun 3
Lord of Illusions
The Mangler
Outbreak
The Prophecy
Relative Fear
Roadflower
Rumpelstiltskin .
Se7en
Sleepstalker: The Sandman's Last Rites
Sorceress
Species
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tales from the Hood
A Vampire in Brooklyn
Village of the Damned
Virtuosity
Wes Craven Presents Mind Ripper
Witchboard 3: The Possession
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies

1996
The Arrival
Bad Moon
Cemetery Man
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
The Craft
The Dentist
Diabolique
The Fan
Fear
The Frighteners
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Ghost and the Darkness
Haunted
Hellraiser IV: Bloodlines
The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Mary Reilly
Necronomicon: Book of the Dead
Night of the Demons 3
Pinocchio's Revenge
The Sandman
Scream
Screamers
Thinner
Tremors: Aftershocks 2

1997
Alien Resurrection
Amityville Dollhouse
An American Werewolf in Paris
Anaconda
Breakdown
Campfire Tales
The Devil's Advocate
Event Horizon
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jack Frost
Kiss the Girls
Leprechaun 4: In Space.
Lost Highway
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2
Mimic
Night Flier
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
The Relic
Scream 2
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Switchback
Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood
Uncle Sam
The Ugly
The Vampire Journals
Wes Craven Presents Wishmaster

1998
Apt Pupil
Blade
Bride of Chucky
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror
Curse of the Puppet Master
Death Mask
Deep Rising
Devil in the Flesh
Die Hard Dracula.
Disturbing Behavior
The Faculty
Fallen
Godzilla
Halloween H20
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
John Carpenter's Vampires.
The Last Broadcast
Nightwatch
Phantasm IV: Oblivion
Phantoms
The Prophecy 2
Psycho
Psycho Sisters
Ringu
The Second Arrival
The Shivers
Species 2
Sphere
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm
Tales of the Mummy
Urban Legend
Wes Craven Presents Carnival of Souls
Wicked
The Wisdom of Crocodiles
The X-Files: Fight the Future

1999
The Astronaut's Wife
Bats
The Blair Witch Project
The Bone Collector
Candyman 3: Day of the Dead
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
The Coroner
Deep Blue Sea
End of Days
Eyes Wide Shut
The Fear: Halloween Night
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
The Haunting
The House on Haunted Hill
In Dreams
Knocking on Death's Door
Lake Placid
The Ninth Gate.
The Rage: Carrie 2
Ravenous
Retro Puppet Master
Resurrection
Shikoku
The Sixth Sense.
Sleepy Hollow
The Stendahl Syndrome
Stigmata
Stir of Echoes
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Virus
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
Witchouse

PART IV: CONCLUSION-A NEW CENTURY DAWNS

Appendix A: 1990s Horror Conventions

Appendix B: The 1990s Horror Hall of Fame

Appendix C: Memorable Ad Lines

Appendix D: Movie References in Scream (1996)

Appendix E: Horror Films of the 1990s vs. The X-Files

Appendix F : The Ten Best Horror Films of the 1990s

References

Bibliography

Index