Id drop Repulsion and The Shining, both of which I found slow and overrated, and add the 1950s British movie Night of the Demon (aka Curse of the Demon) and the 1943 Danish movie Day of Wrath.. The Trial of the Chicago 7 Alan Baumgarten Best Foreign Language Film Winner Another Round Druk (original title) Bacurau Beanpole Dylda (original title) Collective Colectiv (original title) La llorona Vitalina Varela Best Original Score Winner Soul Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste Da 5 Bloods Terence Blanchard Ma Rainey's Black Bottom If you continue browsing, that means you've accepted our Terms of Use/use of cookies. Diabolique is far scarier than Rosemarys Baby, or 4 or 5 of the otther Top 10. How comes the Grudge isnt there, and I even hate modern day slashers and CGIs, but that was a stylish Japanese chilling horror film? Media. 63. It seems like they just threw in a load of old horrors even though they are not scary at all by todays staderds. Director: Georges Franju. 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[1] Of course I was born in 1951 and was fortunate to see so many scary flicks as a child in the 50s & early 60s. Duane Jones. Campbell Scott. Barbara Crampton. Director: Peter Jackson. Harvey Stephens. That one had a sick transformation, what about the underrated The Changeling with George C.Scott? We loved the area and shared our feelings with John [Hancock] and [producer Charles B. Moss Jr.] After a preliminary scout we all agree that this was where Jessica should be filmed. Jessica agrees to go with Emily to swim in the cove. Cast: Olga Baclanova. [27] Frank Yablans, then an executive at Paramount, devised the film's title as they felt Hancock's working title, which was simply "Jessica", was not commercially viable. Richard Johnson. 50. Cast: Peter Cushing. Nosferatu the Vampyre / Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979). 29. Well, Ive realized this list isnt current and am wondering if you will be updating with movies made within the past 4 years? Pocket. Johanna ter Steege. Like Bram Stokers Dracula. Curiously, The Old Dark House is nowhere to be found in the Chicago critics top 94 (!) Director: Nicolas Roeg. Suspiria (1977). Cast: Catherine Deneuve. That being said, PSYCHO CANT BE NUMBER ONE! 46. The Wolf Man (1941). 3. "[46], 2020 review from The Super Network's film critic Marcella Papandrea gave the film a very positive review, saying "The atmosphere and the soundtrack are haunting pieces, the film is very unnerving from start to finish, as the view is with an unreliable narrator and the audience feels what Jessica feels throughout." Michael C. Williams. Bunker. Those guys should make the restored LoC version available on DVD. [8], In writing the role of Jessica, Hancock sought to create a filmic equivalent to the unreliable narrator in literary fiction. The 2022 festival line-up includes Chicago premieres of the newest films from some of the most acclaimed filmmakers working today, including Terence Davies BENEDICTION; Claire Denis BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE; Ramin Bahranis 2ND CHANCE; Peter Stricklands FLUX GOURMET; and Masaaki Yuasas INU-OH. [16] She was approached by Hancock, her former boyfriend, while performing in a Broadway production of Mother Courage and Her Children with Anne Bancroft. P.O. Suzanne Pleshette. Signs (2002). "Jaws" 7. 2. Cast: Laura Linney. Heather Graham. 42. Cast: Darren McGavin. The film depicts the nightmarish experiences of a psychologically fragile woman who comes to believe that another strange, mysterious young woman she has let into her home may actually be a vampire. You get a sense that perhaps there was a deep love and intimacy that existed between the two men. Allen Danziger. [49] Paramount released the film on DVD on August 29, 2006,[50] and reissued it on September 15, 2009. Of course thats just my personal take. Salo is by far one of the most horrific movies Ive ever seen. Book Club . Scariest movies ever made: The top 100 horror films according to the Chicago Film Critics (photo: The Chicago Critics' Top 100 Horror (or Just Plain Creepy) Films in History, Lawrence Pitkethly, Producer of Documentary Series American Cinema and Voices and Visions, Dies at 79, Michelle Yeoh didnt work for two years due to stereotypical roles offered to her. Cast: Anthony Perkins. Cast: Simon Pegg. Ken Foree. Director: Rob Reiner. "Dawn of the Dead (1978)" 10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Curiously, even though I have trouble watching scary films no matter how stupid or absurd several titles found on the Chicago Film Critics Scariest Movies list left me utterly unimpressed. Cast: Sam Neill. Passes are now on sale for the event, returning to a full week of screenings, May 13-19, at Chicago's historic Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Ave); more information on the first selected films, plus festival passes, is available here. Brendan Gleeson. Some of these just dont make sense. Russ Tamblyn. Cast: David Caruso. And, needless to say, such lists are almost invariably self-promotional tools. Courteney Cox. Simon Ward. Cast: Jeff Goldblum. An unrelated 1987 big-screen suspense thriller called The Night Stalker was directed by Max Kleven, and featured Charles Napier and Joan Chen. Jeannine Taylor. Cast: Barbara Steele. This list is a serious joke. . Pamela Franklin. Director: Charles Laughton. This list reminds me of those Rolling Stone top albums of all time, etc. Cast: A. Michael Baldwin. Jean Brooks. In their bedroom, the couple go to lie down; Jessica notices a cut on Duncan's neck, and Emily then enters the room brandishing a knife, with the townsmen following behind her. Deliverance (1972). 59. 10th Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival (May 5-11 at Music Box Theatre) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Cast: Boris Karloff. Very sad ,15 minutes ago in Chicago, "America's Got Talent" Simon Cowell, he has been confirmed assee more This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. 14. Devil's Peak (VOD) Emily. Explore the schedule now, and snag your tickets before they're gone. Learn more or contact Lee. Deborah Raffin. Helen Chandler. [17] "I accepted, trusting his judgment," Lampert recalled. Movies. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2021 award winners. Laura Dern. All in all, I think this list is pretty decent. I saw a revival in a San Francisco theater and it worked beautifully. Kristen Stewart was named Best Actress for her role as Princess Diana in SPENCER; Ruth Negga was named Best Supporting Actress for PASSING. I havent seen several of the films in their top-ten list. 65. Jessica Tandy. Alida Valli. Ive not yet seen the 1974, made for TV version, but the 1992 film is nearly unbeatable. Ralph Meeker. Director: Philip Kaufman. 34. 94. Cast: Marilyn Burns. 68. My top 3 would be: Exorcist (though it was quite slow), Halloween and The Ring. First titles include highly anticipated films like the Chicago premiere of Cooper Raiffs CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH, starring Raiff and Dakota Johnson. On the other hand, its refreshing though perhaps thats not quite the right word to find Pier Paolo Pasolinis anti-fascist manifesto Sal, or the 120 Days of Sodom listed as one of the scariest movies ever made. 62. Rosemarys Baby (1968). The Hidden (1987). Jada Pinkett Smith. Christopher Lee. 22. [11], Let's Scare Jessica to Death was filmed over a period of 26 days[2] in the fall of 1970, in various towns in Connecticut;[16] the production budget was $250,000. But the list of "100 scariest movies" compiled by the members of the Chicago Film Critics Association does include several oldies and even, gasp, a handful of non-American horror films. About. Gay movies. Kevin Bacon. The woman leads Jessica to a cliff, at the bottom of which lies Dorker's bloodied body. Cast: Adrian Pasdar. Onibaba (1964). Martin (1976; released in 1978). People attending Cinesation kept repeating Thesigers line Have a potato for the rest of the weekend. It wasnt really a horror, but if they made it a spookier theme, it would have been so. See also: Fay Wray, Lee Patrick, Edwige Fenech, and Mary Philbin among the movies Top Ten Scream Queens.. Ralph Bellamy. 21. Sounds reasonable. Werner Krauss. Director: Richard Fleischer. Why Are We Still Putting Actors in Fat Suits? How else could the original Nosferatu be rated higher than Cronenbergs The Fly? Claiming the organizations top honor as Best Picture of the year is THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, directed by Martin McDonagh. Director: James Cameron. Director: Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Snchez. The Mummy (1932). Jennifer Connelly. The nominations were announced on December 18, 2020. Also, simply saying you were utterly unimpressed by Psycho is like dismissing Shakespeare as a hack or the Beatles as overrated. Gene Bervoets. Greta Schrder. Martin Henderson. Lee Remick. Dickinson Mansion, located in the village of Essex, was used for the interior shots of the home. Amanda Bearse. Director: Sean S. Cunningham. Director: Jack Clayton. Vera Miles. Director: Mark Robson. Cast: Anthony Hopkins. Irreversible: Straight Cut. [39], Film scholar John Stanley gave the film a favorable review in his 1995 book, writing: "Director John Hancock is to be congratulated for a multi-layered horror film with frightening visuals. "[31] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times remarked the "strong sense of atmosphere" in the film in addition to the four lead performances, who are "likable, believable people," but conceded: "There's no getting around the movie's poorly resolved script. With gorgeous cinematography and an audio track that takes on a life of its own, each sound and image presents a hazy version of reality. I think it may have been the first contemporary movie Clint Eastwood did; it certainly was the first one in which he was stalked. Play Misty for Me scared me more than any other movie Ive seen. "[44], In a 2013 article published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Erik Luers wrote of the film: "The technical qualities of Let's Scare Jessica to Death are superb. Director: John Carpenter. Indeed it is. William Ragsdale. Chicago Film Critics Association website. 53. Friday the 13th (1980). Rotten Tomatoes, entertainment fans go-to resource for movie, TV and streaming recommendations, and the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) announced today the inaugural recipients of the Emerging Critics Grant program, designed to support diverse aspiring critics from the Chicago area. 47. Cocaine Bear. "[9], Hancock agreed to direct the film only as long as he was allowed to redraft the screenplay,[8] and proceeded to rework Kalcheim's original script in both tone and thematic content, but retained certain elements at the request of the producers; the mute girl, played by Gretchen Corbett, for example, was a character from Kalcheim's original script that Moss requested Hancock retain in his redraft. There isn't much logic to the story, yet the overall effect is unsettling the film has a dream-like quality. Joshua Leonard. Diane Baker. Later, Jessica is grabbed by someone under the water in the cove while she is swimming. But Id say that the less popular a film is even though were talking about film critics who should know their classics the less likely itll be for that film to make it to any top-100 list let alone a top-ten list. [16] Hancock was specifically taken by Costello's physical features, which included bright red hair and a pale complexion, which he felt was befitting of the vampiric Emily. Umberto Paolo Quintavalle. Charles Durning. Kathy Bates. Sidney Berger. Jessica (Zohra Lampert) has been released from a mental institution to the care of her husband, Duncan (Barton Heyman), who has given up his job as string bassist for the New York Philharmonic and purchased a rundown farmhouse outside of the city. 35. 98. John Karlen. Cast: Paolo Bonacelli. Evil Dead 2? The Night Stalker (1972, TV). [54] According to Steve Senski of Trailers from Hell, Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling called the film "one of the most frightening films he'd ever seen in his life. Just announced: actor PATTON OSWALT will join filmmaker/star James Morosini for the May 19 closing night screening of I LOVE MY DAD, a charming comedy about a well-meaning father (Oswalt) who inadvertently catfishes his own son. Director: Dario Argento. Director: Alejandro Amenbar. Ned Beatty. I have seen youtube videos that have much more a scare to offer. Boris Karloff. Jessica runs through the orchard and comes across Woody's corpse, his throat slashed. Arthur Byron. Follow-up post: Full list of the Chicago Film Critics Associations Top 100 Horror Movies Ever Made, including their directors and key cast members. Director: Richard Donner. Im a big Karloff fan, and despite the fact that his face is obscured by the heavy makeup, its one of his finest performances. Director: Robert Wiene. Heather ORourke. Of Jessica's frustration with a mental condition that has rendered her sadly dependent on men? That night, Duncan tells Jessica that she needs to return to New York to resume her psychiatric treatment. Cast: Jessica Harper. Evelyn Brent. Nancy Allen. Cast: Naomi Watts. Trending. [11] Jessica was partly influenced by the governess in Henry James's novella The Turn of the Screw,[11] as well as the character of Eleanor Lance in Robert Wise's film The Haunting (1963). 54. Alien (1979). Morgan Freeman. So, I think thats why youre description of it puzzled me. When the woman is caught and questioned by the couple, she remains silent and quickly flees when Emily approaches. Cmon! 57. Cast: Cillian Murphy. 91. Omar Epps. Phantasm (1979). Director: Fred Walton. Cast: Carol Kane. Carol Lynley. Cast: Bill Paxton. Hosts of the annual Chicago Critics Film Festival ( every May. Below is the list of the Chicago Film Critics Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time, including their directors and key cast members. Director: Darren Aronofsky. Hazel Court. (See previous post: A look at the Chicago Film Critics Associations Scariest Movies Ever Made.) Director: Werner Herzog. The Others (2001). Classic movies. Are you Kidding? Ian Hendry. And finally, only one film among the Chicago Film Critics top 100 scariest movies of all time has a woman director. The Seventh Victim (1943). 67. "The Exorcist" 3. Dead Alive / Braindead (1992). Director: Robert Wise. Director: Joe Dante. She jumps into a nearby rowboat and paddles out into the lake. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. As for the people who bitch about lists, you need to relax. Pamela Brown. Director: George A. Romero. Edith Scob. Keith Gordon. Richard Denning. "[34] John Simon described Let's Scare Jessica to Death as a mess. Cast: Julian West. But I do miss Eraserhead: After seeing a trailer when I was 20, I waited ten years to collect the courage to see it - and I did well do do so. Films Chicago Critics Film Festival Films Tickets and passes are now on sale for the 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival! Hmm, I dont get that one. Cast: Tony Lo Bianco. Dennis Dugan. Cast: Pierre Brasseur. Gwyneth Paltrow. Shelley Winters. [18] Barton Heyman and Kevin O'Connor were given the roles of Jessica's husband Duncan, and the couple's friend Woody, respectively; Hancock had worked with Heyman and O'Connor previously, as they had appeared in his 19671968 stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Veronica Cartwright. Have you seen it? The Masque of the Red Death (1964). The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, released their roster for 2022-2023 today, announcing the acceptance of four new members. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. 69. Lampert gives a performance so overwrought that it has to rank as one of the most eccentric ever captured on film. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy. Dracula (1931). When a Stranger Calls (1979). Director: Terence Young. When Jessica gets into town, she sees Duncan's car and asks about his whereabouts, but no one will speak to her; she then encounters Sam Dorker, and terrified, runs back to the house. The film was difficult to obtain on home media formats for several decades, available only on VHS until 2006, when Paramount issued a DVD version. 48. "[33] This sentiment was echoed by Kevin Kelly of The Boston Globe, who felt the film contained so many idiosyncrasies that "nothing rings true. The Shining 8. Kent Smith. What critics said: "Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone is a really cool ghost story with an . Flipboard. Cast: Terry OQuinn. Aliens (1986). Jessica is afraid to talk about these things with Duncan or Woody, for fear that they will think she is relapsing. Director: Stuart Gordon. Cat People (1942). Director: George A. Romero. Let me know how you feel and tell Roger Ebert to stick it. [14] Auditions for the parts were held in the B.S. Skeet Ulrich. Cast: Bruce Campbell. A Blu-ray was released by Scream Factory in January 2020. Honestly makes you wonder who the hell these film critics are. Bonnie Bedelia. Wilford Brimley. GET PASSES GET TICKETS *indicates special guest (s) scheduled to attend for post-film Q&A Friday, May 13 CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH* // Learn More 45. It should be number uno with ease. Furthermore, remember that critics lists are collaborative as well as representative, so there is pressure to give equal respect to titles of different eras. Cast: Chris Sarandon. Paul Guilfoyle. Cast: Julie Harris. Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 81 Black Sunday (1960) Rotten Tomatoes 86% 82 Scream 2 (1997) Rotten Tomatoes 81% 83 Dressed to Kill (1980) Rotten Tomatoes 80% 84 This is great! I look at those lists not to discover the Greatest Movies of All Time, but to find out what particular individuals or group(s) of individuals find special. 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Films, lectures and clubs. Cast: Sigourney Weaver. 73. John Hurt. Director: Steven Spielberg. Horror of Dracula / Dracula (1958). Classic movies. [25], Let's Scare Jessica to Death was one of the first horror films to prominently feature a synthesizer in its musical score, which was composed by Orville Stoeber. Cast: Jack Nicholson. 7. I thought the Invasion was quite scary, but just some parts. 44. Director: Lucky McKee. Woody, who has been working in the orchard, returns to the house, where Emily bites his neck. Wrapping this up, its worth noting that four of the Chicago Film Critics top 100 scariest movies are made-for-television productions: Dan Curtis Bram Stokers Dracula and Trilogy of Terror, Tobe Hoopers Salems Lot, and John Llewellyn Moxeys The Night Stalker. By Darel Jevens. 16. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. John Richardson. I can see this being a (painfully cliche) top 100 horror films list, but saying its a list of the scariest films with so many horror-comedies and borderline thrillers is insane. Lets Scare Jessica to Death (1971). May (2002). Award recipients can be either college students pursuing a career in journalism or up-and-coming entertainment critics with three years or less experience in their career development. Se7en (1995). International cinema. The Tingler, with Vincent Price, is one of my favorites. John Boles. Jeff Goldblum. Zohra could play the fragility of the character, but she could also authentically convey the fear and the terror. Director: Tobe Hooper. Director: Sam Raimi. overall a good list.. i was especially happy they included lets scare jessica to death and god told me to- those are often overlooked, and great horror films. Theyre just for fun, dont take life so seriously. [13], Hancock, who had worked as a theater director prior, cast the film largely through his connections within the New York theater community, and the majority of the cast consisted of actors with whom Hancock had worked in stage productions. Director: James Whale. Cast: Gregory Peck. Best Horror Movies = Early 70s to Mid-80s. 70. 79. 75. Giorgio Cataldi. Shelley Duvall. The Chicago Film Critics Association 100 scariest movies I've got to get watching! Chicago, IL (December 14, 2022) The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. Director: James Whale. 96. Director: Don Coscarelli. ", According to Lee Kalcheim, the original script for the film was far different from the completed film. The Evil Dead (1981). Mr. Soares (if youre still reading comments 4 years after this article was published), if you havent seen several of the films in the top 10, why are you even commenting on the list? The Haunting (1963). The Shining (1980). Cast: Bela Lugosi. 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