Did SCREAM Save Horror? The Truth About 90s Slashers!

When Scream hit theaters in 1996, horror suddenly had a new rulebook. The slashers were younger, the casts looked like they belonged on the WB, and every killer seemed to know we had already seen all the old movies. In this episode, we rewind the late-90s teen horror boom that followed. We’ll look at how Scream reshaped mainstream horror, why studios rushed to find the next young ensemble slasher hit, and how this brief but unforgettable era gave horror one of its most distinctive late-90s flavors.

Horror Icons of the ’80s: When Monsters Became Movie Stars!

The 1980s didn’t just give us great horror movies. It gave us horror icons. Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Chucky, Pinhead and more became larger than the films themselves, turning slashers, supernatural horror and practical-effects nightmares into full-blown pop culture.

In this Sunset Video retrospective, we rewind the decade that made horror villains into movie stars, look at why these characters connected with audiences, how VHS and the video store era helped build their legends, and why the icons of ’80s horror still dominate the genre today.