Is The Teen Horror Genre Dead?

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There are several horror subgenres, but for many people, a horror movie about teenagers is always going to be a good time. The '90s was a great moment for this type of scary movie, and there are countless slashers about a killer threatening a friend group. Characters are often the popular kids at school or the total opposite, sensitive people who have a tough time dealing with the day to day of frustrating high school life.

While fans can think of tons of teen horror movies from the past few decades, there haven't been too many in the past five years or so. When a teen horror movie comes out and is done right, it's definitely something to be celebrated. Is the teen horror genre dead, or has there just been a break in these types of movies being released?

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There have been a few great teen horror movies in recent years, including Polaroid (2019) and Unfriended (2014) is a unique, artistic horror film. There was also Octavia Spencer's amazing performance in Ma (2019) and the Sarah Paulson thriller Run (2020). But these films stand out because there aren't that many teen horror movies being made anymore. When horror fans think back on the genre, it definitely feels like teen horror's heyday was in the 1990s and 2000s.

There might be a few reasons for this. There was definitely a huge teen slasher horror movie trend in the '90s thanks to the popularity of Scream, which was released in 1996. There are many slasher horror franchises, but most of them aren't about teenagers. Scream is still a beloved franchise in recent years because the characters endure, and part of that is seeing Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) as a teenager in the first film, as she is handling so many things besides the danger