Well, all credibility goes right in the poop saloon, as far as Im concerned. Remember guys, its a list of the scariest films, not the best horrors. Cast: Heather Donohue. Director: John Carpenter. The Silence of the Lambs 12. Lincoln Maazel. [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). David Manners. Ive not yet seen the 1974, made for TV version, but the 1992 film is nearly unbeatable. Director: Stuart Gordon. This list reminds me of those Rolling Stone top albums of all time, etc. Brendan Gleeson. Director: Wes Craven. "[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. "[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." The 1st one especially freaked me. 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. Maurice Evans. Psychological terror gets me, not slasher horror. Carl Boehm). Michael Biehn. The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Anna Massey. 7. Simon Ward. Its funny you mention The Old Dark House. Some of it is hysterically funny and intentionally so. Nothing spectacular, just quiet, building tension in a California town. 52. "[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. Gustav von Wangenheim. Signs (2002). Image of Janet Leigh, John Gavin, and Vera Miles in one of the scariest movies ever made, Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho: Paramount Pictures. Director: Jacques Tourneur. The Evil Dead (1981). Cast: Catherine Deneuve. 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 . 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. [35], Jack Meredith of the Windsor Star described the film as a "far-out bit of froth" that "nevertheless packs continuing suspense and a what's-going-to-happen-next element that never lets down through about 1 hours of sustained action. Needless to say, youll find a number of oddities on the list. Lets Scare Jessica to Death (1971). Otto Wernicke. Cast: Rutger Hauer. Socially conscious & political cinema. Curiously, The Old Dark House is nowhere to be found in the Chicago critics top 94 (!) Learn more or contact Lee. Love the list, in general .. but, please switch to the Coppola Bram Stokers Dracula. 5. Wallace Ford. The simplicity of the film worked perfectly to create a scary mood. Hours pass and Jessica leaves to hitch a ride into town. I havent seen several of the films in their top-ten list. I thought director John Hancock was onto somethingif not a new genre, then perhaps something as arresting as the Cat People," but felt that it devolved into a "routine vampire romp," though he did praise the cinematography and visuals. Below is the list of the Chicago Film Critics Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time, including their directors and key cast members. Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis. Bruno Ganz. Cast: Jeff Goldblum. (I do, however, explain that my lists and my reviews are, like everybody elses, highly subjective and definitely NOT written in stone.). Oh yeah let me guess, Triology Of Terror with its 7 inch tall Voodoo doll and Open water(a rip off jaws) is scarier, hehehe. 66. You gotta be kidding. Claire Bloom. Source . Cast: Vincent Price. Cast: David Hess. 74. Director: Scott Derrickson. Repulsion (1965). Nosferatu / Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). Director: Rob Reiner. Shaun of the Dead on this list? Haley Joel Osment. [17] "I accepted, trusting his judgment," Lampert recalled. Ian Watkin. 17. All in all, I think this list is pretty decent. 4. Cast: Terry OQuinn. Cast: David Soul. Lee Remick. 253 Following. 27. (Check out the full list of the Chicago Film Critics top 100 horror movies of all time.). Hancock took certain elements from Kalcheim's script, but opted to write a straightforward horror film set at a remote farmhouse. Cast: Klaus Kinski. The Howling (1981). Gay movies. It had a certain gay subtext for me. Gotta say man, this is pretty inaccurate. Box 280Arlington Heights, Illinois 60006, (For Deliveries)155 E. 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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.. 59. Director: Gore Verbinski. Audiences selected Closing Night feature presentation I LOVE MY DAD as winner of the Audience Award for narrative features; the film screened to a sold . Cast: Marilyn Burns. Exorcism of Emily Rose, 86?! Lampert gives a performance so overwrought that it has to rank as one of the most eccentric ever captured on film. Director: Tobe Hooper. 3. [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. 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. 69. Thats why publications create them including the Alternative Film Guide. Keith Gordon. Jessica agrees to go with Emily to swim in the cove. Hmm, I dont get that one. 62. I remember finding some of it humorous. The Ring (2002). 51. Director: Charles Laughton. Accept Read More. [1] Its unclear which The Night Stalker the Chicago Film Critics are referring to in their Top 100 Horror Movies, but its likely the 1972 made-for-TV horror movie, in which a journalist investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire. "Alien" 5. 82. Note: this list was first published in Oct. 2006. Jill Schoelen. Piper Laurie. Halloween (1978). I have always considered the Bruce Campbell movies highly entertaining in the comedic sense rather than anything even closely resembling horror. Director: Terence Fisher. You may have your reasons, but without explanation it casts serious doubt on your judgment. How do you prove better? It seems like they just threw in a load of old horrors even though they are not scary at all by todays staderds. Martin (1976; released in 1978). Cast: Bela Lugosi. When the woman is caught and questioned by the couple, she remains silent and quickly flees when Emily approaches. Cast: Drew Barrymore. Anyway, Im glad there are websites like yours that give me good information about whats out there. Number of reviews: 119. 11. Cast: Adrian Pasdar. Scream (1996). Onibaba (1964). First titles include highly anticipated films like the Chicago premiere of Cooper Raiffs CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH, starring Raiff and Dakota Johnson. Geena Davis. Near Dark (1987). This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. Christopher Lee. Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer. Director: Robert Wise. Dennis Dugan. Re-Animator (1985). 81. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). 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. 99. Cast: Karlheinz Bhm (a.k.a. Elisha Cook Jr. Charles Grodin. Blueback. The film may not take the curl out of your hair, but it will hold your interest even if the title will throw you offthere actually is no plot to scare Jessica. Lillian Gish. Kent Smith. 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. God Told Me To (1976). [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. Classic movies. Cast: Tony Lo Bianco. David Warner. Image of Boris Karloff and Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House: Universal Pictures. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005). Why Are We Still Putting Actors in Fat Suits? 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. Jessica begins hearing voices and sees a mysterious young blonde woman (Gretchen Corbett) looking at her from a distance before disappearing. Director: Richard Fleischer. 32/100 1. Also, you wont find any neo-horror Japanese films e.g., Hideo Nakatas Ring, Takashi Shimizus Ju-on: The Grudge on the Chicago Film Critics list even though theyve found a large audience worldwide. Who were the posers who came up with that? Of course I was born in 1951 and was fortunate to see so many scary flicks as a child in the 50s & early 60s. Martita Hunt. Nosferatu 14. Cast: Mel Gibson. 90. Jack Weston. Evil Dead 2 at #25 and Evil Dead at #37, for instance. 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. Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland" has earned seven nominations for 2020 honors from the Chicago Film Critics Association, followed by six each for Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods,R From the shore, Emily and the townsmen watch her. You get a sense that perhaps there was a deep love and intimacy that existed between the two men. I saw a revival in a San Francisco theater and it worked beautifully. Cast: Jeffrey Combs. Cast: Angela Bettis. Ned Beatty. As I said in my previous post, those lists are good selling tools. Cast: Jon Voight. 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. Daniel Travis. 64. Movies. As for the people who bitch about lists, you need to relax. The Hidden (1987). Films, lectures and clubs. Painfully retarded. Cast: Julian West. Of Jessica's frustration with a mental condition that has rendered her sadly dependent on men? 49. The Vanishing / Spoorlos (1988). Director: James Cameron. Scream 2 (1997). Jitsuko Yoshimura. Chicago, IL chicagofilmcritics.org Joined June 2009. [2] Principal photography began in November of that year in Old Saybrook. [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. Suzanne Pleshette. Lastly, links found in submitted comments will generally be deleted. Cast: Simon Pegg. 1. Charles Durning. Filming of Let's Scare Jessica to Death took place in various towns and villages in Connecticut, largely in Middlesex County. Murnau. What critics said: "Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone is a really cool ghost story with an . The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. Jada Pinkett Smith. Samantha Eggar. Hilary Mason. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 9. 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. Amy Irving. Devil's Peak (VOD) Emily. She collapses in the orchard and later is found by Duncan, who takes her home. I dont believe theyve updated it since. [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. [8] Certain elements of the film were drawn from Hancock's own life, such as the apple orchard settings and farmhouse, as he had grown up on an apple orchard, as well as Norman's career as a bassist, as Hancock's father was a professional double-bass player. This list is a serious joke. This list greatly amuses me. Director: Peter Jackson. And, needless to say, such lists are almost invariably self-promotional tools. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari / Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). The Shining (1980). 14. A Blu-ray was released by Scream Factory in January 2020. [16] Hancock recalled of her casting: "I knew she would be perfect for the lead role. Cast: Colin Clive. Frailty (2001). Salems Lot (1979, TV). Jessica forces him to sleep on the couch, where he is seduced by Emily. Deliverance (1972). Cast: Pierre Brasseur. 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: Brian De Palma. the first like 15 arent the least bit scary. 37. Great movie, but its a comedy. Cast: Audrey Hepburn. Cast: Kim Hunter. Cast: Boris Karloff. [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. Anna Faris. John Saxon. Bill Paxton. Powers Boothe. As with many movies, the tone of Jessica is what matters, and that is indeed where it succeeds. 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Martin Stephens. 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. Marlon Wayans. 44. A full . Carrie (1976). Jessica finds the story fascinating, but Duncan, afraid that hearing about such things will upset his wife, cuts Dorker short. James Mason. Cast: Naomi Watts. Tom Wilkinson. 10. . Award-winners and contenders from Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2022) Menu. Director: Joseph Ruben. Later, as Jessica prepares to make a headstone rubbing on Abigail Bishop's grave, she notices the blonde woman beckoning her to follow. With four titles, drector Wes Craven has the most films on the list. Karloff has Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, and The Mummy; Conway has Cat People, The Seventh Victim, and I Walked with a Zombie; and Goldblum has The Fly, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Jurassic Park. Nick Frost. 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