10 Reasons to Be Thankful You're a Horror Movie Fan

By Mark H. Harris, About.com Guide

The 1990s were perhaps the worst decade for horror movie fans since the advent of horror movies -- at least, in the US. The '90s weren't only artistically stagnant -- lacking much identity or innovation -- but some years would witness less than 10 major theatrical horror releases, a number that would triple by 2005. Other than Scream, only at the tail end of the decade did we get some sign of life and creativity from the likes of The Blair Witch Project and The Sixth Sense. Most of the genre acclaim and success during the era was reserved for serial killer thrillers like The Silence of the Lambs and Seven and big-budget adaptations like Interview with the Vampire and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Otherwise, horror fans had to suffer through efforts like Vampire in Brooklyn.