John Kenneth Muir is an American literary critic and award-winning author. As of 2022, he has written 30 reference books in the fields of film and television, with a particular focus on the horror and science fiction genres.

“easy-to-use resource on horror films as well as pop culture of the decade”—Booklist

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      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)      1990The 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      1991Alligator 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      1992Alien3      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      1993Amityville: 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      1994Blink      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      1995The 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      1996The 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      1997Alien 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      1998Apt 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      1999The 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

John Kenneth Muir is an American literary critic and award-winning author. As of 2022, he has written 30 reference books in the fields of film and television, with a particular focus on the horror and science fiction genres.

“easy-to-use resource on horror films as well as pop culture of the decade”—Booklist

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      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)      1990The 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      1991Alligator 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      1992Alien3      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      1993Amityville: 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      1994Blink      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      1995The 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      1996The 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      1997Alien 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      1998Apt 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      1999The 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