Brainscan (1994)

This movie is so 90s, I'm not sure where to start. Most 90s actor ever (Edward Furlong) in the lead role? Check. Disaffected youth? Check. Featured music from bands like White Zombie, Mudhoney, and Primus? Check. Character wearing two plaid flannel shirts at the same time? Check. Outdated technology? Triple check. Just hearing the phrase "interactive CD-ROM" is enough to get a laugh, but I have to admit this movie made me nostalgic for pre-internet days when you found out about cool stuff by subscribing to special niche magazines and forming clubs with your friends.

Brainscan falls into a weird space between kids' scary movies (like Little Monsters or Lost Boys) and real horror. You've got teens as protagonists, adults that don't get it, and very little graphic violence. But very little isn't none; a man does get pretty brutally stabbed, plus there's talk about suicide and some stalking. Possibly my favorite thing about Brainscan is the ending, where you think the main character has learned a valuable lesson, but then NOPE, not really. It's pretty awesome.