10 '90s Horror Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen
10. There's Nothing Out There
Rolfe Kanefsky's oft-overlooked satirical teen horror sees a group of teenagers go on a trip out to a house in the woods, where there's no human life for miles around. So far, so predictable. But when a frog-like creature from space begins laying siege to their idyllic getaway, and trying its darndest to mate with the young women amongst the group, something must be done.
Luckily, one of the guys has Letterboxd-level film knowledge and knows all the ins and outs of the horror genre, directing the group on the best possible ways to survive. But, as we know, horror characters don't take advice well, and while the best intentions are achingly present, there's little to stop the girls running around screaming in their bikinis – straight into the gaping maw of danger.
It's meta, it's raunchy, and wouldn't you know pretty much nobody has seen it.
There's Nothing Out There took a match to the tropes of the broader horror genre a good five years before Scream even hit the scene, but with its low budget and B-movie credentials it failed to pick up a theatre distribution deal and went straight to video.