Horror is a brilliant genre of film. Horror films are fantastic fun to watch if you like being scared, and it is extra fun knowing that you can hide behind your hands at scary scenes.
Because there are so many wonderful horror films in existence the best lists of horror films tend to need to be broken down in to categories. The 1990s may possibly not be pictured as the best decade for horror films, however the 90s could be credited with the beginning of a new sub-genre of horror; the self-aware slasher film.
The 90s certainly had some intriguing horror film premises produced and as such a lot of the films listed are a lot of fun to watch. Some are based on books, but a lot were completely original ideas. There are a mixture of all types of sub-genre of horror, the slasher, the serial killer film, the psychological horror, the vampire film, the monster film and the ghost story for example. Horror is such a fantastic genre as it has so many sub-genres and the genre is constantly growing
