The Slasher genre of horror was truely in its prime during the 90's. The gallons of blood and piles of guts and corpses no longer fazed people, they wanted something a little different. The 90's saw the birth of "Psychological Horror" which really delved into the minds of the killers to see how they think and plot. The sophisticated way in which these types of films were done meant that there was less of the blood and gore and more psychological aspects, showing cat and mouse type chase going on between the killer and their victim(s). One of the most iconic horror films of the 90's was "The Silence Of the Lambs" which is about a young FBI agent who uses the criminal yet genius mind of a serial killer to help find another serial killer.
Although there were many slasher films during the 90's such as "Candyman" and "I Know What you did Last Summer", one of them would become the greatest films of the 90's. As well as releasing the 7th sequal to his Nightmare on Elm Street (New Nightmare) Wes Craven also released "Scream". Scream is about a masked killer known as "Ghostface" who goes out to kill a whole group of teens after the one year anniversary of the Sidney's (The main character) mother's death. Scream is one of the first and one of the best true Teen Horror films that was followed by 3 just as great sequals!
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