20 Awesome 90s Movies That Deserve More Love

4. Stir of Echoes (1999)

Many horror films of the '90s thrive in their simplicity. The best of the decade's scary features didn't aim for high art or stirring metaphors - they only aimed to unsettle audiences with twisty thrills.

Such is the case with the brilliant Stir of Echoes, a suburban nightmare starring a particularly frazzled Kevin Bacon as a loving family man who, after being hypnotised, finds himself driven mad by ghostly visions and the mystery surrounding a missing woman (Jennifer Morrison).

A heartbreaking murder mystery wrapped inside an acute psychological horror that features plenty of jumpscares and spine-tingling images, Stir of Echoes is an effective thriller in its own right, boosted to greatness by the commitment of its star.

Scary, bleak, and sporting a twist that genuinely hits the heart, David Koepp's effective Richard Matheson adaptation gets the job done brilliantly, all without straining beyond its premise or pushing itself to be something bigger than required.