62. Amy Irving. Director: Robert Wise. Lauren Bacall. 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. Jessica forces him to sleep on the couch, where he is seduced by Emily. Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis. Patsy Kelly. Eyes Without a Face / Les Yeux sans visage (1960). Director: Sam Raimi. Cast: Sam Neill. Ronny Cox. Lastly, links found in submitted comments will generally be deleted. "Alien" 5. Director: Robert Harmon. Frankenstein (1931) 15. So Jurassic Park is scarier then Salo? Hilary Mason. Cast: Adrian Pasdar. Some literature and film scholars have drawn comparisons between Let's Scare Jessica to Death and Irish novelist Sheridan Le Fanu's novel Carmilla (1871), which tells the story of a vampiress. Director: Jonathan Demme. 1. Re-Animator (1985). Very sad ,15 minutes ago in Chicago, "America's Got Talent" Simon Cowell, he has been confirmed assee more Let me know how you feel and tell Roger Ebert to stick it. Creature From The Black Lagoon was excellent for its time, but thanks alot Chicago times for putting a 50s Sci-fi on your top 100 Horror movies, hehehe. Evelyn Ankers. Abusive, inflammatory, spammy/self-promotional, baseless (spreading mis- or disinformation), and just plain deranged comments will be zapped. "[7] Critic and biographer Michael Doyle describes the film as a "haunting elegy" for the failures of the hippie movement. Of course thats just my personal take. You may also click on the Accept button on the right to make this notice disappear. 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. 32/100 1. Craven is followed by George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Martin) and Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, Salems Lot). Deliverance (1972). I tend to ignore top 100 film lists because they are usually made by people who know little about movies beyond Hollywood stuff made in the last 15 or 20 years. If you continue browsing, that means you've accepted our Terms of Use/use of cookies. By Darel Jevens. Kate Ashfield. There are only a few movies on this list that I havent seen. Tom Conway. God Told Me To (1976). Flipboard. I havent seen it since then so I cant say whether it still frightens me. Sandy Dennis. [16] Hancock recalled of her casting: "I knew she would be perfect for the lead role. Director: Rob Reiner. 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 The Innocents (1961). "[45] Genre scholar Kim Newman has praised the film, specifically Lampert's performance, which he ranks as equal to those of Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Carrie Snodgress in Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970), Shirley Knight in The Rain People (1969), and Susannah York in Images (1972), all "portrait[s] of a woman in distress. Director: Wes Craven. Director: Jack Sholder. Jessica runs through the orchard and comes across Woody's corpse, his throat slashed. Top 100 horror movies of all time: Chicago Film Critics choices. Martin Balsam. Similarly, the Chicago Film Critics Association named it the 3rd scariest film ever made. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, today announces the audience choice award winners at the recent Chicago Critics Film Festival. Claiming the organizations top honor as Best Picture of the year is THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, directed by Martin McDonagh. Learn more or contact Lee. Cast: Candace Hilligoss. William Katt. Richard Denning. I havent seen several of the films in their top-ten list. Carrie (1976) 17. Shelley Hack. This list is a serious joke. Judith ODea. Kristen Stewart was named Best Actress for her role as Princess Diana in SPENCER; Ruth Negga was named Best Supporting Actress for PASSING. "[30] Roger Greenspun of The New York Times also praised Lampert's performance and lauded the film, calling it a "thinking man's vampire movie, probably a secret dream for at least half the world's young filmmakers. Those guys should make the restored LoC version available on DVD. If I remember correctly, I think Karloff was particularly watchful over Saul, and was the one who was mainly in charge of his care. I need to check it out again. 57. 40. Sybille Schmitz. Elizabeth Moody. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2021 award winners. Cast: Kurt Russell. Josh Lucas. Cast: Jessica Harper. Director: John McNaughton. Tippi Hedren. Director: Wes Craven. 47. Sal or the 120 Days of Sodom / Sal o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975). Who were the posers who came up with that? Hancock's direction is ridiculously disjointed and inconsistent. David Manners. Cast: Julian West. Robert Englund. Trending. The Exorcist (1973). 71. I know there are so many horror films out there (love the foreign, tired of the Japanese for now) that Id appreciate. We might have our personal opinions as to what we like or dont like, but that hardly etches it in stone. John Karlen. I just dont understand the concept of actually sitting down and coming up with 10, 50, or even 100 items on a Best Of or Greatest of All Time list. 97. Cast: Max Schreck. 1. Accept Read More. 51. Alan Arkin. 13. 99. Director: Dario Argento. Dont Look Now (1973). Director: Dan Curtis. As I said in my previous post, those lists are good selling tools. Lee Shoquist is a film critic and member of the Chicago Film Critics Association and leads over 20 monthly film discussion groups with more than three hundred, multi-generational attendees across the Chicago area and periodically in New York and Los Angeles. Cast: Audrey Hepburn. Nancy Allen. 42. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. [8], In writing the role of Jessica, Hancock sought to create a filmic equivalent to the unreliable narrator in literary fiction. Director: Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Snchez. Una O Connor was a big hit with the audience as well as Ernest Thesigers highly flamboyant performance as Dr. Frankensteins comrade in his experiments (Thesiger was also a big hit earlier that day with his performance in Whales The Old Dark House)But, while I dont consider the film a horror film in the traditional sense, I also wouldnt classify it as a comedy. She collapses in the orchard and later is found by Duncan, who takes her home. Sounds reasonable. Best Horror Movies = Early 70s to Mid-80s. [10] The scene in which the group attempt a sance was also requested to be kept in the film by both Kalcheim and the producers. Thanks again for being here! [53] Also in 2021 Australian cult film company Imprint films released a deluxe blu ray with slipcover, Let's Scare Jessica to Death has been named one of the scariest films of all time by several critical publications: In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association pronounced Let's Scare Jessica to Death the 87th scariest film ever made. Ian Hendry. Director: Bob Clark. Keir Dullea. Christopher Lee. "[36] Writing for the Edmonton Journal, Barry Westgate was critical of the film, noting: "Even contrived cinema has to have its share of rhyme or reason, and this effort by John Hancock doesn't have so much as a touch of either. 253 Following. Again, merely a personal thing though. The movie Dead silence(2006) belongs somewhere on the list. 21. [7] Doyle elaborates that the film "isolates and illuminates the death and corruption of counterculture values" from the era, and anticipates the "festering paranoia" that occurred throughout the 1970s, with the Watergate scandal, the assassinations of Harvey Milk and George Moscone, and the Jonestown massacre. I agree with a lot of your comments too. Director: George A. Romero. [1] Kent Smith. Nigel Davenport. Gwyneth Paltrow. The antique dealer, Sam Dorker (Alan Manson), tells them the story of how Abigail drowned in 1880 just before her wedding day. Robert Shaw. Richard Dreyfuss. Cast: Robert Mitchum. 82. Im a big Karloff fan, and despite the fact that his face is obscured by the heavy makeup, its one of his finest performances. Cast: Craig T. Nelson. Blueback. Director: Richard Fleischer. 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. the first like 15 arent the least bit scary. Sandra Peabody (as Sandra Cassell). Marlon Wayans. Maybe its one of the missing last six titles. Cate Blanchett earned the Best Actress award for TR; Sarah Polleys WOMEN TALKING was named Best Adapted Screenplay.Other highlights among the winners this year include: GUILLERMO DEL TOROS PINOCCHIO named Best Animated Feature; FIRE OF LOVE named Best Documentary; DECISION TO LEAVE named Best Foreign Language Film; and Charlotte Wells, writer/director of AFTERSUN, named recipient of the Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award. Heather Graham. Alien 5. Stick to your lighthearted comedy Chicago times. Nancy Allen. Ask 100 people what the 10 Greatest Romantic Films are, and guarenteed youll get different responses depending upon the person and theyre experiences in life. The image of Sigourney Weaver and the Alien creature letting go of their horror grudge was found on Twitter. Indeed it is. Also unclear is the Chicago Film Critics choice of Bram Stokers Dracula. The voice of Mercedes McCambridge. The simplicity of the film worked perfectly to create a scary mood. My mother mentioned being very moved after watching it. Leila Hyams. Martita Hunt. Jodie Foster. Jack Weston. 86. Director: M. Night Shyamalan. Director: Jack Clayton. Cast: Richard Attenborough. "[18], Mariclare Costello, an actress who had worked as a casting director on Hancock's stage production of The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake (1967),[18] was cast opposite Lampert as the mysterious hippie, Emily. The nominations were announced on December 18, 2020. Cast: Neve Campbell. Ronee Blakley. Also Where is Pet Sematery,Amityville Horror and IT. 7. [47], The film was released on VHS and Beta by Paramount Pictures in 1984,[48] but later went out of print and was difficult to obtain. [11] While shooting, the cast and crew used multiple rooms in the expansive mansion for dressing rooms and a headquarters for the film company. The Seventh Victim (1943). "[16] Because the film was shot in the fall months, the sequences that were shot in the lake required the actors to swim in very cold water. How on earth did Dawn of the Dead make the top 10? Director: Roger Corman. Jessica begins hearing voices and sees a mysterious young blonde woman (Gretchen Corbett) looking at her from a distance before disappearing. Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I submit a comment. Halloween (1978). "hippie values. [15] Actress Zohra Lampert was cast in the lead role of Jessica, the titular character who finds herself questioning her sanity. "[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. The Others (2001). Oh yeah, why put those when you can just put the same crap, jaws, alien and Silence Of The Lambs. The woman leads Jessica to a cliff, at the bottom of which lies Dorker's bloodied body. I gotta watch that movie again. Director: George Sluizer. Rose Hobart. The Stepfather (1987). Black Sunday / La maschera del demonio (1960). Lincoln Maazel. Alida Valli. Sarah Michelle Gellar. Richard Crenna. Jeff Goldblum. Miriam Hopkins. The Omen (1976). Gay movies. When a stranger calls (50) is placed above Salo (58)? 36. Right now I am downloading Wait Until Dark, and I may check out 10 Rillington Place also. "Jaws" 7. I Walked with a Zombie (1943). Pamela Franklin. But then the film takes a turn toward the macabre, and it had me on the edge of my seat until the (lighter) finale. [2] The song sung by Costello's character was initially going to be dubbed by a professional singer, but Hancock and the producers decided to keep her voice as it was recorded. 81. 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? Films Chicago Critics Film Festival Films Tickets and passes are now on sale for the 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival! Cast: David Hess. Friday the 13th (1980). Cast: Fredric March. 67. Alida Valli. Director: James Whale. Pamela Brown. Chicago Film Critics Association website. Joshua Leonard. Director: Nicolas Roeg. Of course, it could always be that Lon Chaney, and Japanese neo-horror and monster movies havent been made available in Chicago. Have you seen it? The Chicago Film Critics Association has named Chlo Zhao's " Nomadland " as this year's big winner, netting five prizes, including best picture, director, actress (Frances McDormand),. Cast: Darren McGavin. Well, all credibility goes right in the poop saloon, as far as Im concerned. The Mummy (1932). God's Time. Bruno Ganz. Director: Joe Dante. James Mason. Of course I was born in 1951 and was fortunate to see so many scary flicks as a child in the 50s & early 60s. The new critics represent a a variety of film journalism in Chicago and bring their voices to one of the countrys longest-standing and most accomplished associations of writers. International cinema. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Evil Dead II / Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987). Cast: Cillian Murphy. Requiem for a Dream (2000). Cocaine Bear. Rosemarys Baby (1968). 96. How else could the original Nosferatu be rated higher than Cronenbergs The Fly? The montage of several other movies that I would consider to be comedic is astounding, but perhaps none so much (in my opinion) as seeing Shaun of the Dead at #62, three ABOVE Salo. If we find an update, well definitely post it on the blog. "[49] In the early 2010s, London's Time Out conducted a poll with several authors, directors, actors and critics who have worked within the horror genre to vote for their top horror films, who ranked the film number 86 in a list of 100 films.[58]. Cast: Lon Chaney Jr. Warren William. Examples include Alfred Hitchcocks widely revered Psycho, which happens to be the top film on the list; Rob Reiners Misery, less a horror movie than a (not very suspenseful) suspense thriller; William Friedkins The Exorcist, despite all the avocado vomit and Mercedes McCambridges demon voice; and M. Night Shyamalans Signs, which has aliens killing off a few billion humans just so Mel Gibson can have his faith in God restored. Critics Favorites: Wine Country Road Movie + Incendiary Political Documentary Are Years Big Winners, Gay Pride Movie Series: From Heterosexual Angst to Indonesian Coup, Carl Reiner & Robert Mulligan + Alfred Hitchcock & Celebrating Women Designers, Anna Magnani Movies: Volcanic Italian Actress Remembered, Sergio Citti: Pier Paolo Pasolini Protg & Collaborator, Spider-Man 3 (2007) Movie Review: Franchise Fatigue + Villains Galore, William Cameron Menzies Movies: Murderous Joan Fontaine & Nazi Communists, Horror Sound Effects: The Sound behind the Image III Real Horrorshow, Dean Jones: Actor in The Love Bug + Christian Movies. 89. John actually used to take his own pulse while he was shooting and I was completely intrigued by this. [4] [5] [6] Nomadland received the most nominations (7), followed by Da 5 Bloods (6), First Cow (6) and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (6). Jitsuko Yoshimura. In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association pronounced Let's Scare Jessica to Death one of the scariest films ever made. Zohra could play the fragility of the character, but she could also authentically convey the fear and the terror. Inspired by the psychological implications of Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw and Robert Wise's film The Haunting (1963), Hancock wanted to center the screenplay on a protagonist whose credibility interpreting events could be questioned by the audience so they could use their imagination. Thats why publications create them including the Alternative Film Guide. Cmon! 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. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. The film was #14 on Bravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004). [11] To prepare the performers for the tone he hoped to accomplish, Hancock screened several films by Alfred Hitchcock to the cast prior to filming. Gene Bervoets. Cast: Barbara Steele. Ian Watkin. [27] Paramount gave the film a wide theatrical release in the United States. Make sure your comment adds something relevant to the discussion: Feel free to disagree with us and write your own movie commentaries, but *thoughtfulness* and *at least a modicum of sanity* are imperative. Plot [ edit] Director: John Llewellyn Moxey. A full . Barbara Crampton. But as a means of measuring film history, theyre pretty useless. The Chicago Film Critics Association, the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, today announces the Audience Award winners following the 9th Chicago Critics Film Festival.. Carl Boehm). 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. Jessica finds the story fascinating, but Duncan, afraid that hearing about such things will upset his wife, cuts Dorker short. Director: George A. Romero. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 23. Psycho (1960). The Birds (1963). Director: Larry Cohen. [19] Gretchen Corbett, also an established New York-based stage actress from Portland, Oregon, was cast as the mysterious mute girl whom Jessica encounters, and was the only performer in the principal cast to have not worked with Hancock prior. Other surprises because theyre nowhere to be found on the Scariest Movies list despite their hair-raising reputation include: Also inexplicably missing from the Chicago Film Critics list of scariest movies ever made is Lon Chaney, whose star vehicles at Universal and MGM include both well-known classics and forgotten gems of the horror or at least the creepy genre, among them The Phantom of the Opera and The Unknown, in which he cuts off his arms in order to win the heart of a very young Joan Crawford (dont ask). Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Paul Guilfoyle. Yes, The Old Dark House is terrific. Director: Tobe Hooper. And no, I dont recall sensing a gay subtext between Karloff and the Old Dark wacko. Campbell Scott. Director: Lucky McKee. I said this many times on many websites. Naomie Harris. 10 Rillington Place (1971). Saul Stein. Dead Alive / Braindead (1992). Its actually quite a touching film because it speaks to elements of lonliness, societal ostracism, and to the desire for all living beings to be loved and accepted. 87. He felt close to the material as it spoke to him in some bizarre way. [2] Principal photography began in November of that year in Old Saybrook. Director: Karl Freund. Cast: James Caan. Bunker. The Chicago Film Critics Association 100 scariest movies I've got to get watching! Dana Wynter. Johnny Depp. Murnau. David Manners. Finally Im glad to be able to respond to the Chicago times critic list, let me just say that some of the usual mainstream crap shouldnt be there. Colin Clive. I trusted their instincts because they had a concrete experience of audiences. 30. Chicago, IL (December 14, 2022) The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. [27] During its opening week of August 27September 1 at the Criterion, the film grossed a total of $47,651. 90. Director: Mark Robson. 79. While swimming, Emily vanishes from sight; Jessica hears Emily's voice in her head and watches as Emily emerges from the lake in a wedding gown. The Night of the Hunter (1955). "[32] The San Francisco Examiner's Stanley Eichelbaum also noted deficiencies in the screenplay, noting that the film "seems improvised and nothing could be worse for this kind of structured suspense thriller. Having said that, Lon Chaney Jr. movies seem to be obtainable, as The Wolf Man is in. The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Charles Durning. 8. Director: David Fincher. How comes the Grudge isnt there, and I even hate modern day slashers and CGIs, but that was a stylish Japanese chilling horror film? Evil Dead 2? Classic movies. Love the list, in general .. but, please switch to the Coppola Bram Stokers Dracula. Burt Reynolds. This list reminds me of those Rolling Stone top albums of all time, etc. Box 280Arlington Heights, Illinois 60006, (For Deliveries)155 E. 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When Jessica, Duncan, and their hippie friend Woody (Kevin O'Connor) arrive, they are surprised to find a mysterious drifter, Emily (Mariclare Costello), already living there. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). 19. Margot Kidder. Classic movies. In 2006, Halloween was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." 15. A Blu-ray was released by Scream Factory in January 2020. A historic, 1.6 million square foot secure facility offering 36 active stages, production office and support spaces over two campuses both located within 15 minutes from downtown Chicago. Aliens (1986). ", According to Lee Kalcheim, the original script for the film was far different from the completed film. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986; released in 1990). Lance Henriksen. Director: David Cronenberg. Director: Edgar Wright. Lillian Gish. Director: Werner Herzog. Open Water (2004). Theyre just for fun, dont take life so seriously. 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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Rory Culkin. list of scariest movies. Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time/Scariest Movies Ever Made: Chicago Film Critics' Choices - Page 3 show list info list stats leaders vote print comments How many have you seen?