Linda Blair. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Legend claims that she is still alive, roving the island as a vampire. Tracy Arnold. 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. 2023 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films (Music Box) Ambush (VOD) Blue Caftan, The. Instead, look upon them as a means of finding new movies to enjoy. Diana Pealver. I need to check it out again. 33. Richard Denning. Cast: Roy Scheider. Director: Bob Clark. Cast: Jessica Harper. Some of these just dont make sense. Leonard Nimoy. Lincoln Maazel. 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(Check out the full list of the Chicago Film Critics top 100 horror movies of all time.). Keir Dullea. Lance Kerwin. Tom Skerritt. For me, its still the most unquieting, disturbing and scary movie ever. Director: Tod Browning. Cast: A. Michael Baldwin. As the body floats away, Jessica sees that it is Duncan. Ernest Thesiger. Michael C. Williams. "[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. Director: Fred Walton. 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. 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. Jessica agrees to go with Emily to swim in the cove. Play Misty for Me scared me more than any other movie Ive seen. [7] Director John Hancock, though ambivalent about whether it was consciously or subconsciously integrated into the screenplay, has conceded this interpretation, commenting: "You could already feel that negativity brewing when we were making Jessica; that things weren't working out the way some of us had hoped and dreamed they would. Jared Leto. Boris Karloff. Chicago Film Critics Association website. Dressed to Kill (1980). Director: Robert Harmon. 253 Following. 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. The film also earned awards for Best Actor (Colin Farrell), Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon) and Best Original Screenplay (Martin McDonagh). When the woman is caught and questioned by the couple, she remains silent and quickly flees when Emily approaches. Ian Hendry. Horror of Dracula / Dracula (1958). [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. Dan Hicks. 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. Hancock took certain elements from Kalcheim's script, but opted to write a straightforward horror film set at a remote farmhouse. Director: Richard Fleischer. 41. Director: John Llewellyn Moxey. 10 Rillington Place (1971). 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. Bruce Abbott. Umberto Paolo Quintavalle. Art Hindle. Director: Robert Wiene. Blueback. And finally, only one film among the Chicago Film Critics top 100 scariest movies of all time has a woman director. Media. 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 . John Travolta. Jessica forces him to sleep on the couch, where he is seduced by Emily. It wasnt really a horror, but if they made it a spookier theme, it would have been so. Director: Scott Derrickson. The Sixth Sense (1999). I just saw this film on the big screen at Cinesation( And had seen it before on the lovely DVD release). Blue Velvet (1986). A Blu-ray was released by Scream Factory in January 2020. 97. 80. Director: Tobe Hooper. Cast: Olga Baclanova. "Dawn of the Dead (1978)" 10. 3. Murnau. [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. Janet Leigh. 17. Neve Campbell. And perhaps the most egregious omission of all. Murnaus brilliant Dracula rip-off Nosferatu. "The Exorcist" 3. Learn more or contact Lee. 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. As for the people who bitch about lists, you need to relax. Jennifer Carpenter. Joshua Leonard. Powers Boothe. God Told Me To (1976). Yvonne Monlaur. Tippi Hedren. "[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. Bill Paxton. 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. Explore the schedule now, and snag your tickets before they're gone. Kent Smith. Hazel Court. Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I submit a comment. 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. The Birds (1963). The only thing scary about that film was the gradual decline in the quality of John Williams film music. Elisha Cook Jr. Charles Grodin. Tom Conway. "Psycho" 2. Misery (1990). Similarly, the Chicago Film Critics Association named it the 3rd scariest film ever made. Cast: Simon Pegg. In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association pronounced Let's Scare Jessica to Death one of the scariest films ever made. 35. The following day, Jessica, seeing how attracted Woody is to Emily, asks Duncan to invite her to stay indefinitely. Josh Lucas. list of scariest movies. Director: Roman Polanski. Cast: Kevin McCarthy. Director: Stanley Kubrick. What critics said: "Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone is a really cool ghost story with an . The Chicago Film Critics Association 100 scariest movies I've got to get watching! Jenny Wright. Cast: James Caan. Director: Tom Holland. JoBeth Williams. Director: James Whale. I saw a revival in a San Francisco theater and it worked beautifully. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Cast: Neve Campbell. Yeah, those top 10, 50, 100 whatever lists are pretty dumb all right. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Some titles clearly do not belong (Shaun of the Dead), some should be rated more highly (Session 9), and some just deserve inclusion (Jacobs Ladder). First titles include highly anticipated films like the Chicago premiere of Cooper Raiffs CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH, starring Raiff and Dakota Johnson. Lee Remick. Cast: Bruce Campbell. Having said that, Lon Chaney Jr. movies seem to be obtainable, as The Wolf Man is in. 1. Friday the 13th (1980). Love me some horror.but then chances of watching 1 good one out of 20 seems to be common. "[7] Critic and biographer Michael Doyle describes the film as a "haunting elegy" for the failures of the hippie movement. [27] During its opening week of August 27September 1 at the Criterion, the film grossed a total of $47,651. But something much more significant. Carrie (1976). Stephen Gevedon. Cast: John Amplas. "[41] Film scholar Gary A. Smith remarked Lampert's performance as Jessica as "laid back to the point of somnambulism. 81. 87. 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. Alan Arkin. "[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. Cast: Bruce Willis. The Stepfather (1987). [16] Hancock recalled of her casting: "I knew she would be perfect for the lead role. Ralph Bellamy. Carrie (1976) 17. The Others (2001). 28 Days Later (2002). Director: David Fincher. You gotta be kidding. One or two scenes were frightening in Alien, and Halloween was very good. Toni Collette. [8] Hancock stated that "the scenes didn't make much sense to me, but the Mosses felt they would be particularly enjoyable and scary. John actually used to take his own pulse while he was shooting and I was completely intrigued by this. 45. Fionnula Flanagan. I will certainly check out some of the links here and look further into so many horror films you refer to. Campbell Scott. As the plot develops, we learn that the world around Jessica is scarier than anything her mind could concoct. A full . 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? Ronny Cox. One film which I found very scary when I was maybe 10 years old was the Forgotten. Director: M. Night Shyamalan. [8], In writing the role of Jessica, Hancock sought to create a filmic equivalent to the unreliable narrator in literary fiction. Paul Guilfoyle. 15. Filming of Let's Scare Jessica to Death took place in various towns and villages in Connecticut, largely in Middlesex County. Director: Nicolas Roeg. How on earth did Dawn of the Dead make the top 10? Pamela Brown. The film never makes clear. 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. John Saxon. In this matter of stupid lists, no one can beat AFI. James Mason. 49. C. Thomas Howell. 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. Carnival of Souls (1962). Cast: Tony Lo Bianco. 27. Russ Tamblyn. [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 Joaquin Phoenix. Gotta say man, this is pretty inaccurate. 68. 88. Deborah Raffin. Black Christmas (1974). P.O. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Heather Graham. Director: Gore Verbinski. Director: Lucky McKee. Devil's Peak (VOD) Emily. 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? Director: Jack Sholder. The 1st one especially freaked me. 59. "The Shining" 8. [9] Kalcheim described his screenplay as a satire: "John [Hancock] turned-the-screw so to speak, making it a serious, darker theme. Director: Steven Spielberg. 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),. Who were the posers who came up with that? 24. Adrienne King. Hahah LMAO, Shaun Of the Dead! Ned Beatty. Wilford Brimley. Psycho works best in a crowded theater. God's Time. 40. [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. [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. Director: George A. Romero. Tom Wilkinson. Ian Watkin. David Manners. Andrea Checchi. Nosferatu the Vampyre / Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979). Director: Rouben Mamoulian. Like Bram Stokers Dracula. Arthur Byron. My mother mentioned being very moved after watching it. Stick to your lighthearted comedy Chicago times. Director: John Carpenter. Cast: Vincent Price. 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. Deliverance? Freda Jackson. 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. Robert Burton. I didnt see REC and REC2 on this list. 30. Of Jessica's frustration with a mental condition that has rendered her sadly dependent on men? Source . 96. Cast: Sam Neill. I think most lists are pretty silly these days. If we find an update, well definitely post it on the blog. Jodie Foster. The Omen (1976). Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). Sandra Peabody (as Sandra Cassell). Open Water (2004). [15] Actress Zohra Lampert was cast in the lead role of Jessica, the titular character who finds herself questioning her sanity. By the time Jessica finds Duncan, however, the body is gone. [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). 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). "[7], "I made it eminently clear to [the producers] that I did not want to do a satire of a horror picture. Cast: Cillian Murphy. 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 Cast: Julie Harris. 6. Patsy Kelly. Claudia Christian. 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. Cast: Brad Pitt. 9. Jeff Goldblum. I dont believe theyve updated it since. 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. "The Banshees of Inisherin" won the best picture awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association, which also honored its . 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. 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