More recent decades have brought us many more great entries than you may think.

Here are our picks for the ten most terrifying monster movies of the 90s.

A particularly shocking one about halfway through is a real Hall of Famer.

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The movie follows a group of sea salvagers who come across a derelict military vessel.

The beast is looking to eat them alive with its terrifying tentacles that are roaming about the ship.

The Relicis an underrated choice for horror fans who can’t get enough of the build-up.

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It spawned two sequels, despite his well-documented conflict with Miramax producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

If you havent seen it yet, what on Earth have you been doing with your free time?

Its a rollercoaster ride that never gets old.

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Immortalized like its crowning monster achievements, the imposing T. Rex and the fearsome Velociraptors.

Alien 3provides an unsatisfying and somewhat hollow end to threads left from James Camerons hugely popular sequel,Aliens.

One thats bolstered by its distinctly bleak industrial environments and H.R.

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Giegers iconic monster design.

Its a movie bursting with cinematic creativity and nightmarish peculiarity.

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