More than ever, the '90s are coming to be recognized as one of the most significant decades in American film. It was the decade for rom-coms, action, and of course, horror. Honestly, there's no other horror decade like the '90s—it even has it's own name dubbed, "prestige horror." Huge box office successes at the start of the decade—films like Cape Fear and Silence of the Lambs—legitimized the era, hereby distinguisng it from any other decade. These forces culminated in the massive success of The Sixth Sense by the decade's end. Simultaneously, the '90s also brought a resurgence in Black Horror.
In her seminal text, Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films 1890's to Present, Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman discusses the absence of Black folks from "prestige horror" of the time. So instead of catering to non-inclusive Hollywood, they began their own movies and telling their own stories. Films like Def By Temptation, Daughters of the Dust, Demon Knight, and Tales from the Hood further
