98. 10 Rillington Place (1971). Carol Marsh. Rosemary's Baby 11. Miguel Bos. The Stepfather (1987). May 12. 53. The festival opens with a screening of Sundance Audience Award winner CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH (pictured) with filmmaker and star Cooper Raiff in attendance and closes with SXSW Grand Jury and Audience Award winner I LOVE MY DAD, a charming comedy starring Patton Oswalt as a well-meaning father who inadvertently catfishes his own son. Source . The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005). Cast: Boris Karloff. Colleen Dewhurst. Let me know how you feel and tell Roger Ebert to stick it. God's Time. Sylvia Sidney. "[38] She also praised the performances of Lampert and Costello, as well as those of Heyman and O'Connor, but noted of the latter that their "characters are not well developed by the script. [8], In writing the role of Jessica, Hancock sought to create a filmic equivalent to the unreliable narrator in literary fiction. Re-Animator (1985). 85. The movie Dead silence(2006) belongs somewhere on the list. Rena Mandel. "[4], In 2006, Eric Henderson of Slant gave the film an unfavorable review, writing: "A lesbian panic melodrama in New England gothic drag, the only things separating Let's Scare Jessica to Death from its cinematic descendants are its narrative incoherence, its lack of a directorial presence (especially surprising considering the colloquial implications of the director's name), [and] its drab, douche commercial mise-en-scne. The 33rd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 21, 2020. Evil Dead II / Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987). Accept Read More. 11. With four titles, drector Wes Craven has the most films on the list. 90. Chicago, IL (December 14, 2022) The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. The Fly (1986). The Silence of the Lambs 12. The very fact that Shyamalans abysmal Signs made the cut, and Fulcis Gates Of Hellor Zombi; The Brood or The Sentinel didnt. Cast: Julie Harris. Kent Smith. 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. The antique dealer, Sam Dorker (Alan Manson), tells them the story of how Abigail drowned in 1880 just before her wedding day. Director: Stanley Kubrick. Claiming the organizations top honors is Jane Campions masterful THE POWER OF THE DOG, which earned a leading seven awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Best Supporting Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score. Media. 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. Director: Richard Donner. "[42] Author and independent filmmaker John Kenneth Muir gave the film 3 1/2 out of 4 stars, praising the film's cinematography, "unsettling" mood, and its ability to generate a sense of unease, calling it "very disturbing" and noting its "lovely and poetic" visuals. Cast: Sigourney Weaver. The nominations were announced on December 18, 2020. Jodie Foster. (I do, however, explain that my lists and my reviews are, like everybody elses, highly subjective and definitely NOT written in stone.). Reddit. Hilary Mason. So no, I cant say I find Bride Of Frankenstein a horror film per se. 18. P.O. There are only a few movies on this list that I havent seen. Cast: Peter Cushing. In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association pronounced Let's Scare Jessica to Death one of the scariest films ever made. Cast: Sam Neill. The Silence of the Lambs was as scary as Harry Potter, not even! Simon Ward. "The Devil's Backbone" (2001) Good Machine. [19] Heyman had been Hancock's first choice in the role of Duncan. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. Director: Mario Bava. Frankenstein (1931). Jaws 7. C. Thomas Howell. Black Sunday / La maschera del demonio (1960). Tony Moran. Murnau. Tweets & replies. Cast: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu. See also: Fay Wray, Lee Patrick, Edwige Fenech, and Mary Philbin among the movies' " Top Ten Scream Queens ." 1. Thats why publications create them including the Alternative Film Guide. David Manners. Cast: Kyle MacLachlan. 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. One film which I found very scary when I was maybe 10 years old was the Forgotten. Well, Ive realized this list isnt current and am wondering if you will be updating with movies made within the past 4 years? Maybe its one of the missing last six titles. Nosferatu the Vampyre / Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979). Hancock took certain elements from Kalcheim's script, but opted to write a straightforward horror film set at a remote farmhouse. 6. Deborah Raffin. The film also earned awards for Best Actor (Colin Farrell), Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon) and Best Original Screenplay (Martin McDonagh). 20. Shelley Duvall. Director: John Carpenter. Cast: Barbara Steele. 58. At daybreak, Jessica makes it to the ferry and tries to board, but the ferryman, also bearing a scar on his neck, refuses to let her on. If I remember correctly, I think Karloff was particularly watchful over Saul, and was the one who was mainly in charge of his care. The Blair Witch Project (1999). 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). Director: Terence Fisher. It seems like they just threw in a load of old horrors even though they are not scary at all by todays staderds. "[8] Kalcheim is credited as a co-writer on the film under the pseudonym Norman Jonas. 39. Stick to your lighthearted comedy Chicago times. [17] "I have a great fondness for John Hancock, and enjoyed working with him very much. Cast: Candace Hilligoss. Ruth Gordon. Cast: Darren McGavin. Director: Edgar Wright. Jack Weston. Cast: David Emge. Lillian Gish. Director: William Friedkin. The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, and Shaun of the Dead are all in, but not the 1945 British horror classic Dead of Night. Director: Jacques Tourneur. Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. As an adult I just havent seen many that truly scare me. "[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. Cast: Bruce Campbell. 10. Jaws (1975). I saw a revival in a San Francisco theater and it worked beautifully. Who were the posers who came up with that? Scream (1996). Yeah, those top 10, 50, 100 whatever lists are pretty dumb all right. Three films earned two awards: THE FRENCH DISPATCH (Best Editing; Best Art Direction/Production Design); LICORICE PIZZA (Best Original Screenplay; Most Promising Performer - Alana Haim); and SPENCER (Best Actress (Stewart); Best Costume Design). Alan Arkin. Cast: Donald Sutherland. Cast: Simon Pegg. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces nominees for their top film honors of 2021; winners will be announced at the organizations annual awards ceremony, a virtual event for Association members to be held on Wednesday, December 15. Harvey Stephens. Director: Jack Clayton. Patric Knowles. Sandy Dennis. Marlon Wayans. 52. "[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. Kate Ashfield. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). Tom Conway. Again, merely a personal thing though. The film received middling reviews from critics at the time, with some remarking the atmosphere and performances are inconsistent in tone, while others criticized the sparse and ambiguous narrative. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Ellen Sandweiss. "Psycho" 2. Leonard Nimoy. 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),. In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association pronounced Let's Scare Jessica to Death one of the scariest films ever made. Lastly, links found in submitted comments will generally be deleted. Cast: Karlheinz Bhm (a.k.a. Richard Crenna. [1] Fake plastic vampire fangs were given to patrons at some cinemas in promotion of the film,[29] while a horse-drawn hearse and coffins were parked in front of Manhattan's Criterion Theatre during the film's opening week. Director: Robert Wiene. Yes, The Old Dark House is terrific. 44. JoBeth Williams. Earning the most overall honors is The Daniels EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, with six awards, including Best Director (Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Best Art Direction/Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Editing and Best Use of Visual Effects. [1] Indeed it is. Beatrice Straight. Blueback. Cast: Ellen Burstyn. 71. 65. Michael Biehn. Jeff Goldblum. By Darel Jevens. Greta Schrder. Im a big Karloff fan, and despite the fact that his face is obscured by the heavy makeup, its one of his finest performances. As with many movies, the tone of Jessica is what matters, and that is indeed where it succeeds. 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. Director: Jack Sholder. Omar Epps. Fright Night? Director: Herk Harvey. Cast: Mel Gibson. I havent really read a great deal about James Whale(Havent gotten around to the biography yet), but I find that aspect of the film quite interesting considering Whale was a gay director. [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. God Told Me To (1976). Purchased by producer Charles B. Moss, Kalcheim's original screenplay, entitled "It Drinks Hippie Blood",[2] followed a group of hippies camping on a cove who are attacked by a creature that lives in the water. Claudia Christian. Gay movies. Director: Jack Arnold. Director: Chris Kentis. I havent seen it since then so I cant say whether it still frightens me. Cast: Roy Scheider. When a Stranger Calls (1979). Director: Dario Argento. Donald Pleasence. With three scariest movies each, Boris Karloff, Tom Conway, and Jeff Goldblum are the actors with the most titles on the list. Image of Janet Leigh, John Gavin, and Vera Miles in one of the scariest movies ever made, Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho: Paramount Pictures. He felt close to the material as it spoke to him in some bizarre way. Director: Danny Boyle. Jennifer Connelly. 80. Edith Scob. Of Jessica's frustration with a mental condition that has rendered her sadly dependent on men? Judy Geeson. Duane Jones. "[55] Film scholar Kim Newman, as well as fiction writers Charles L. Grant and Stephen King, are among those who have named it one of their favorite horror films. Director: Steven Spielberg. Cast: Kevin McCarthy. Heather ORourke. 1. 43. Halloween (1978). That night, Duncan tells Jessica that she needs to return to New York to resume her psychiatric treatment. Misery (1990). 49. Cast: Deborah Kerr. Director: James Whale. Cast: Drew Barrymore. Brendan Gleeson. Jessica and Duncan spot the woman standing on the cliff above them, causing Duncan to give chase. Gwyneth Paltrow. Ralph Meeker. Director: Werner Herzog. Mae Clarke. Although it certainly does have elements of comedy in it. 32. I dont know that I was necessarily frightend watching The Old Dark House but it has a very palpable and stirring atmosphere due largely to the superlative cinematography of Arthur Edeson and the perverse performances from several of the actors. Charles Durning. 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. Psycho works best in a crowded theater. Veronica Cartwright. Moira Shearer. Director: Dan Curtis. Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Most Popular Video Games Most Popular Music Videos Most Popular Podcasts. 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. Salo is by far one of the most horrific movies Ive ever seen. Poltergeist (1982). Though criticism of the film has been divided, it went on to attain a cult following,[4] and some film scholars have drawn comparisons to Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's novel Carmilla (1871). International cinema. 14. "[41] Film scholar Gary A. Smith remarked Lampert's performance as Jessica as "laid back to the point of somnambulism. Diane Baker. Carrie (1976) 17. Heather Graham. Wait Until Dark (1967). Cast: David Soul. William Ragsdale. When the woman is caught and questioned by the couple, she remains silent and quickly flees when Emily approaches. Se7en (1995). Cast: Cillian Murphy. Duncan and Jessica decide to sell antiques found in the house at a local shop, one of which is a silver-framed portrait of the house's former owners, the Bishop familyfather, mother, and daughter Abigail. Kevin Bacon. Jessica runs through the orchard and comes across Woody's corpse, his throat slashed. Lists as a means of measuring film history are indeed useless (just take a look at the AFI lists), but I bet that Sight & Sound will come up with another such list in 2012. 50. I did watch and purchase Boris Karloffs Black Sabbath (trilogy). The Birds (1963). "[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. 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. Jessica finds the story fascinating, but Duncan, afraid that hearing about such things will upset his wife, cuts Dorker short. Richard Dreyfuss. [26], Filmed without a distributor and produced independently (under The Jessica Company),[27] Let's Scare Jessica to Death was sold to Paramount Pictures in early 1971. Claiming the organization's top honor as Best Picture of the year is THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, directed by Martin McDonagh.The film also earned awards for Best Actor (Colin Farrell), Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon) and Best Original Screenplay (Martin McDonagh). Tom Conway. [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. Director: Brian De Palma. 21. The Exorcist (1973). Can Live-Action Remakes of Animated Movies Please Stop? 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. 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. 12. 91. John Travolta. Cast: Richard Carlson. Dracula (1931). Miriam Hopkins. Big saurians are way more horrible then fascists who force you to eat shit and afterwards torture you to death in front of your friends. You may have your reasons, but without explanation it casts serious doubt on your judgment. 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. Founded in 1990, the Chicago Film Critics Association is the only critics' group in the U.S. to mount its own film festival, which offers its nearly 60 members the dubious distinction of . Chicago, IL (December 14, 2022) The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. Coupled with James Whales excellent direction and his moody, surreal cinematic touch, seeing it on the big screen was an entirely different and emotional experience. Hmm, I dont get that one. "Alien" 5. Director: Stuart Gordon. Hours pass and Jessica leaves to hitch a ride into town. Yvonne Monlaur. Cast: Zohra Lampert. 47. Well, there are definitely comedic touches. John Saxon. The shower scene was excellent, but not at all horrific. [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. When Saul is killed in the end, Karloff is seen very tenderly holding Saul as hes dying and Karloff is clearly very bereaved by his death. Director: George A. Romero. Socially conscious & political cinema. also reading into the subtext of Jessica's psychological state and downfall to that of the death of the counter culture movement of the 60s. Cast: Jeffrey Combs. John Cassavetes. All in all, I think this list is pretty decent. Matt OLeary. Cast: Peter Cushing. Blue Velvet (1986). Josh Lucas. Valerie Hobson. Again, just my personal take on that. 28 Days Later (2002). For me, its still the most unquieting, disturbing and scary movie ever. Cast: James Caan. Kristen Stewart was named Best Actress for her role as Princess Diana in SPENCER; Ruth Negga was named Best Supporting Actress for PASSING. Boris Karloff. Director: Kaneto Shind. [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. Elsa Lanchester. Jane Asher. Heather Langenkamp. Linda Blair. Cast: Heather Donohue. 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. Director: George A. Romero. Needless to say, youll find a number of oddities on the list. 7. Cast: Kurt Russell. 74. [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. Cast: Kyle MacLachlan. [56][57], Sara Century, writing for Syfy, noted the significance of the film: "While the response is entirely subjective and it isnt a film for everyone, Jessica did in many ways serve as a forerunner for what would come later, as filmmakers like David Lynch would delve into dreamscapes that refused to sustain themselves explicitly in cohesive narratives. [16] She was approached by Hancock, her former boyfriend, while performing in a Broadway production of Mother Courage and Her Children with Anne Bancroft. Sarah Michelle Gellar. Trending. 3. 67. Cast: Ellen Burstyn. Director: Terence Fisher. 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