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Films from the 1990s

Horror films, old and new: what each one is, who made it and how scary it gets.

Film · 1992

Bram Stoker's Dracula

A solicitor's trip to a remote castle to close a property deal brings something ancient back to London with him.

Film · 1994

Interview with the Vampire

A vampire spends one long night telling a journalist the whole truth about his centuries of undead life.

Film · 1996

Scream

A masked killer stalks a small town a year after a young woman's mother was murdered.

Film · 1995

Seven

Two detectives hunt a killer whose murders follow the seven deadly sins in this bleak crime thriller.

Film · 1999

The Mummy

A treasure hunt in a city of the dead wakes a cursed high priest, with adventure and supernatural trouble close behind.

Film · 1991

The Silence of the Lambs

An FBI trainee questions an imprisoned killer to help catch one who is still taking his victims' skin.

Film · 1999

The Sixth Sense

A child psychologist tries to help a boy who insists he can see spirits.

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The After Dark Top 40

Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.