Director: Robert Wiene. Re-Animator (1985). Kevin Bacon. Carrie (1976) 17. Omar Epps. Can Live-Action Remakes of Animated Movies Please Stop? 38. Vampyr (1932). Ralph Bellamy. 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. Chicago, IL (December 14, 2022) The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. Though completed without a distributor, the film was purchased by Paramount Pictures, who gave it a wide release in the United States in late August 1971. Later, Jessica is grabbed by someone under the water in the cove while she is swimming. Evil Dead II / Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987). 8. Powers Boothe. Neve Campbell. Cast: Zohra Lampert. [24] Co-producer William Badalato had suggested the location: "My wife and I had a weekend house in Chester, Connecticut. It might be best to view lists like these as something other than a rating system. Director: Terence Young. The Night Stalker (1972, TV). Stephen Gevedon. It was quite freaky, but I left watching the Exorcist completely freaked out. Cast: Rutger Hauer. 68. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari / Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). Lance Henriksen. Director: Rob Reiner. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Director: Ridley Scott. Cast: Cillian Murphy. He felt close to the material as it spoke to him in some bizarre way. Dan Hicks. John Hurt. 94. 1. Saul Stein. Chicago Film Critics Association website. Cast: Vincent Price. The Silence of the Lambs 12. Robert Englund. Julie Christie. A Blu-ray was released by Scream Factory in January 2020. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986; released in 1990). 95. Im assuming its Dan Curtis 1974 made-for-TV horror movie, as its found three slots below Curtis Trilogy of Terror. [1] Cast: Boris Karloff. 34. Patrick Macnee. She collapses in the orchard and later is found by Duncan, who takes her home. "[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. I just saw this film on the big screen at Cinesation( And had seen it before on the lovely DVD release). Again, just my personal take on that. David Manners. Michael Gough. 48. Also, simply saying you were utterly unimpressed by Psycho is like dismissing Shakespeare as a hack or the Beatles as overrated. 80. I dont believe theyve updated it since. Director: William Friedkin. John Saxon. Cast: Oliver Reed. Dennis Hopper. 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. Cast: Blanchard Ryan. Johnny Depp. 24. Director: Brian De Palma. [8], In writing the role of Jessica, Hancock sought to create a filmic equivalent to the unreliable narrator in literary fiction. Simon Oakland. Initially conceived by writer Lee Kalcheim as a satirical horror film about a group of hippies preyed upon by a monster in a lake, the screenplay was significantly reworked after director Hancock signed on to the project. But I definitely think this one should be added. Cast: Simone Simon. Keir Dullea. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005). Emily attempts to bite her neck, but Jessica flees, locking herself in her bedroom in the house. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Cast: Sam Neill. *IMPORTANT*: By using this form you agree with Alt Film Guide's storage and handling of your data (e.g., your IP address). Director: Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Darren McGavin. God Told Me To (1976). Dont Look Now (1973). 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. 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). Kate Ashfield. Director: George A. Romero. Diabolique is far scarier than Rosemarys Baby, or 4 or 5 of the otther Top 10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Director: Kathryn Bigelow. Cast: Nobuko Otowa. Director: Jack Sholder. Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis. Director: Jacques Tourneur. Director: Larry Cohen. For me, its still the most unquieting, disturbing and scary movie ever. Roscoe Ates. 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. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 23. Cast: Tony Lo Bianco. Director: Sean S. Cunningham. Cast: Jon Voight. Harvey Stephens. Having said that, Lon Chaney Jr. movies seem to be obtainable, as The Wolf Man is in. Joshua Leonard. [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. 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). Michael E. Williams. "[7] Critic and biographer Michael Doyle describes the film as a "haunting elegy" for the failures of the hippie movement. Alien (1979). Julia Adams. Nancy Allen. 71. But then the film takes a turn toward the macabre, and it had me on the edge of my seat until the (lighter) finale. Accept Read More. Deborah Raffin. The Shining 8. Andrea Checchi. If you continue browsing, that means you've accepted our Terms of Use/use of cookies. yeah, its almost criminal that jacobs ladder and the changeling werent on this list.. i would have also added polanskis the tenant, and flaws aside, the recent french film inside as well, but thats just personal opinion. Abusive, inflammatory, spammy/self-promotional, baseless (spreading mis- or disinformation), and just plain deranged comments will be zapped. Jaws 7. [6] The hearse that Duncan and Jessica drive, which has the word "love" spray-painted on it, has been noted as a blatant reference to the death of When a stranger calls (50) is placed above Salo (58)? By Darel Jevens. John Fraser. Robert Shaw. Now, I do enjoy reading lists depending on who is doing them, of course. 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. Dead Alive / Braindead (1992). Margot Kidder. In The Mouth Of Madness, The Mothman Prophcyies? But the Chicago Film Critics Associations list of the 100 Scariest Movies Ever Made, which came out in October 2006, does include several oldies e.g., James Whales Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein in addition to, gasp!, a handful of non-American horror films such as Dario Argentos Suspiria, Werner Herzogs Nosferatu the Vampyre, and F.W. Very sad ,15 minutes ago in Chicago, "America's Got Talent" Simon Cowell, he has been confirmed assee more [21], Additional photography occurred in the villages of Chester,[22] Lyme,[23] and East Haddam. International cinema. "[8] Kalcheim is credited as a co-writer on the film under the pseudonym Norman Jonas. 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. The Omen (1976). 25. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Director: Tobe Hooper. William Katt. Black Sunday / La maschera del demonio (1960). Director: Richard Fleischer. Jessica Tandy. So Jurassic Park is scarier then Salo? 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. These include: See also: Barbara Stanwyck, Janet Leigh, and Edwige Fenech among cinemas Top Ten Scream Queens.. Alida Valli. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces nominees for their top film honors of 2022; winners will be announced at the organizations annual awards ceremony to be held in Chicago on Wednesday, December 14. The Exorcist (1973). I tend to ignore lists featuring the Top 100 Movies (or Top 10 Movies or Top 20 Movies, etc. 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. 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. Director: Darren Aronofsky. Director: Michael Powell. I gotta watch that movie again. Judith ODea. Director: Tod Browning. Thats Near Dark (1987), directed by eventual Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker). Salo is by far one of the most horrific movies Ive ever seen. Salems Lot (1979, TV). 78. 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 Howling (1981). "Alien" 5. Cast: David Emge. [52] The Blu-ray was released on January 28, 2020 and includes a commentary track from director John D. Hancock and producer Phil Badalato, interviews with composer Orville Stoeber and historian Kim Newman, a documentary on the filming locations, and other bonus features. 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 Wilford Brimley. Jeremy Sumpter. I agree, Psycho was pretty scary at times but definately didnt deserve to be #1. The film also earned awards for Best Actor (Colin Farrell), Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon) and Best Original Screenplay (Martin McDonagh). "Psycho" 2. It wasnt really a horror, but if they made it a spookier theme, it would have been so. Tony Moran. Scream 2 (1997). As an adult I just havent seen many that truly scare me. John Karlen. Gay movies. Hollywood Critics Association Awards RRR won the Best International Film with Best Action Film, Best Stunts, and Best Original Song and the Hollywood Critics Association Awards. Cast: Boris Karloff. Like Bram Stokers Dracula. Cast: Jeffrey Combs. 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. I really havent seen a ton, just about 20 of these, but I havent seen any extremely scary films. I agree that Chicagos was not so bad at all. Director: George A. Romero. Just as curiously, a number of movies whether great, bad, or mediocre that gave me nightmares for days (or weeks) are absent from the list. 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: David Hess. 64. How else could the original Nosferatu be rated higher than Cronenbergs The Fly? Frankenstein (1931) 15. [18] Alan Mason, who portrayed the doomed antique dealer Sam Dorker, had also acted in several of Hancock's plays. Bride Of Frankenstein a comedy? "[40] AllMovie deemed it an "eerie low-budget chiller. Cate Blanchett earned the Best Actress award for TR; Sarah Polleys WOMEN TALKING was named Best Adapted Screenplay. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. 93. 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. Maurice Schutz. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2021 award winners. It definitely beats that list they play on TV every Halloween! Pocket. 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. Cast: Candace Hilligoss. Elsa Lanchester. My mother mentioned being very moved after watching it. 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. The complete list of 2022 Chicago Film Critics Award winners is as follows:BEST PICTURE: The Banshees of InisherinBEST DIRECTOR: Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at OnceBEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, TRBEST ACTOR: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of InisherinBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of InisherinBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at OnceBEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Women Talking by Sarah PolleyBEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonaghBEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioBEST DOCUMENTARY: Fire of LoveBEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Decision to LeaveBEST ART DIRECTION: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Jason Kisvarday & Amelia BrookeBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Decision to Leave, Kim Ji-YongBEST COSTUME DESIGN: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Shirley KurataBEST EDITING: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Paul RogersBEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Babylon, Justin HurwitzBEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS: Everything Everywhere All at OnceMOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Austin Butler, ElvisMILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER: Charlotte Wells, Aftersun. Lincoln Maazel. Director: Robert Harmon. Ken Foree. Cast: Frances Dee. Chicago, IL (December 12, 2022) The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces nominees for their top film honors of 2022; winners will be announced at the organization's annual awards ceremony to be held in Chicago on Wednesday, December 14.Leading with a new record of 12 total nominations (over 2021 record-holder WEST SIDE STORY) is EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE; other . Black Christmas (1974). The Masque of the Red Death (1964). The Birds (1963). 92. 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. 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. 47. 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 Michael Nouri. Let me know how you feel and tell Roger Ebert to stick it. I will certainly check out some of the links here and look further into so many horror films you refer to. [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. Shelley Winters. Source . Near Dark (1987). Cast: Sissy Spacek. L'Immensita. It should be number uno with ease. Jill Schoelen. 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Note: this list was first published in Oct. 2006. Nosferatu the Vampyre / Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979). 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. Cast: Robert Mitchum. Although it remains a controversial film to this day, it has been praised by various film historians and critics, and while not typically considered a horror film, Sal was named the 65th scariest film ever made by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 2006. 1. The Chicago Film Critics Association 100 scariest movies I've got to get watching! Brooke Adams. 53. 56. Theres a really interesting relationship between Karloffs character as the mute manservant and the insane brother Saul which the family has kept hidden in the attic. Silence Of The Lambs is crime/thriller, but just curious, they put The Howling and The Wolfman, what about An American Werewolf In London? Nosferatu 14. Christopher Eccleston. Cast: Jeff Goldblum. In this matter of stupid lists, no one can beat AFI. A full . Heather ORourke. Yeah, those top 10, 50, 100 whatever lists are pretty dumb all right. The shower scene was excellent, but not at all horrific. Cast: Nicole Kidman. 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. Thanks again for being here! Cast: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu. 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. 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. One persons junk is a meaningful journey for someone else. Cast: Jack Nicholson. 36. One or two scenes were frightening in Alien, and Halloween was very good. Campbell Scott. Remember guys, its a list of the scariest films, not the best horrors. David Manners. Bram Stokers Dracula (1974, TV). 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 Paul Guilfoyle. 58. Jessica forces him to sleep on the couch, where he is seduced by Emily. 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. Below is the list of the Chicago Film Critics Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time, including their directors and key cast members. 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. 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. Cast: Kurt Russell. Cast: Bela Lugosi. Director: Alejandro Amenbar. Yvonne Furneaux. Bruce Abbott. 82. If we find an update, well definitely post it on the blog. The Blair Witch Project 13. Isabella Rossellini. Jeff Goldblum. 29. Have you seen it? Cast: Ellen Burstyn. Jitsuko Yoshimura. 49. 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