Top 25 Horror Films From the Past 25 Years as Ranked by IMDb Users1 of 25
25. Scream (1996)
Launching a film franchise that would eventually spawn three sequels and a TV spin-off series, Wes Craven's Scream injected new life into the horror genre in the mid-1990s. Much of the credit goes to writer Kevin Williamson, who would later go on to create "Dawson's Creek." Like his memorable TV show, Scream depicts a world of smart-talking, self-referential, pop culture-fluent teenagers, this time in the fictional town of Woodsboro, Calif., where the object of adolescent angst is the mysterious Ghostface Killer. His target? Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), who is still trying to cope with the murder of her mother. Sydney's horror movie-obsessed friends help her to stay one step ahead of death and also provide plenty of references about the history of the horror film genre. Truly a horror movie about horror movies, Scream remains the highest-grossing slasher genre film of all time.
Launching a film franchise that would eventually spawn three sequels and a TV spin-off series, Wes Craven's Scream injected new life into the horror genre in the mid-1990s. Much of the credit goes to writer Kevin Williamson, who would later go on to create "Dawson's Creek." Like his memorable TV show, Scream depicts a world of smart-talking, self-referential, pop culture-fluent teenagers, this time in the fictional town of Woodsboro, Calif., where the object of adolescent angst is the mysterious Ghostface Killer. His target? Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), who is still trying to cope with the murder of her mother. Sydney's horror movie-obsessed friends help her to stay one step ahead of death and also provide plenty of references about the history of the horror film genre. Truly a horror movie about horror movies, Scream remains the highest-grossing slasher genre film of all time.