EJ Moreno looks at a selection of good horror movies from the 1990s and 2000s that critics hated… As film critics, we don’t always “get it right” when looking at films. There’s been plenty of times I’ve disliked a movie on its first viewing and have grown to love it over time.

A lot has been said about the so-called recent “rebirth” of the horror movie genre. And while many horror fans will tell you the genre never went anywhere in the first place, it’s true that scary movies are enjoying more commercial and critical pull now than they have in decades.