Aliens (1986). Director: Werner Herzog. Of Jessica's frustration with a mental condition that has rendered her sadly dependent on men? Kristen Stewart was named Best Actress for her role as Princess Diana in SPENCER; Ruth Negga was named Best Supporting Actress for PASSING. Mae Clarke. 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. 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 Again, merely a personal thing though. You get a sense that perhaps there was a deep love and intimacy that existed between the two men. Accept Read More. Ive not yet seen the 1974, made for TV version, but the 1992 film is nearly unbeatable. Valerie Hobson. Jenny Wright. Exorcism of Emily Rose, 86?! Miguel Bos. "[33] This sentiment was echoed by Kevin Kelly of The Boston Globe, who felt the film contained so many idiosyncrasies that "nothing rings true. Vampyr (1932). 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. Cast: John Saxon. Cast: Vincent Price. Director: Larry Cohen. The Exorcist 3. 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. [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. These include: See also: Barbara Stanwyck, Janet Leigh, and Edwige Fenech among cinemas Top Ten Scream Queens.. 79. Johanna ter Steege. Trilogy of Terror (1975, TV). [16] The scene where Costello's character emerges from the lake in a wedding dress was filmed in late November on a day it had snowed. Brooke Adams. Jurassic Park (1993). There are only a few movies on this list that I havent seen. [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. Giorgio Cataldi. Cast: Dee Wallace. But then the film takes a turn toward the macabre, and it had me on the edge of my seat until the (lighter) finale. Cmon! The Silence of the Lambs 12. Cast: Simon Pegg. Ralph Bellamy. Tom Wilkinson. Cast: Mia Farrow. 70. One film which I found very scary when I was maybe 10 years old was the Forgotten. Cast: Marilyn Eastman. 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Leonard Nimoy. For me, its still the most unquieting, disturbing and scary movie ever. Lil Dagover. 36. It should be number uno with ease. You gotta be kidding. So no, I cant say I find Bride Of Frankenstein a horror film per se. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). The Hitcher (1986). "Jaws" 7. 8. [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 Charles Durning. "[34] John Simon described Let's Scare Jessica to Death as a mess. There isn't much logic to the story, yet the overall effect is unsettling the film has a dream-like quality. Zita Johann. Cast: Zohra Lampert. Curiously, The Old Dark House is nowhere to be found in the Chicago critics top 94 (!) Gene Bervoets. [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. Contrarily to some comments, I agree to putting Psycho on N one - it still works, even on adults. Sarah Michelle Gellar. Cat People (1942). Media. Director: Steven Spielberg. David Manners. Cast: Sam Neill. 62. In a more casual setting, lists can be fun among friends to seeing what other people enjoy. I have always considered the Bruce Campbell movies highly entertaining in the comedic sense rather than anything even closely resembling horror. Abusive, inflammatory, spammy/self-promotional, baseless (spreading mis- or disinformation), and just plain deranged comments will be zapped. 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. 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. 94. Cate Blanchett earned the Best Actress award for TR; Sarah Polleys WOMEN TALKING was named Best Adapted Screenplay. Nancy Allen. "[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]. Rory Culkin. 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. Neve Campbell. Director: Stuart Gordon. Murnaus brilliant Dracula rip-off Nosferatu. Let me know how you feel and tell Roger Ebert to stick it. Evil Dead II / Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987). Cast: Adrian Pasdar. One persons junk is a meaningful journey for someone else. Frankenstein (1931) 15. Cast: Kim Hunter. Se7en (1995). Bram Stokers Dracula (1974, TV). 13. 76. JoBeth Williams. 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. 58. Pamela Franklin. Cast: Terry OQuinn. 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). People attending Cinesation kept repeating Thesigers line Have a potato for the rest of the weekend. Director: Jack Arnold. Dana Wynter. David Warner. As a critic and lecturer, he conducts film discussions at private member clubs and organizations including The Fortnightly of Chicago, Woman's Athletic Club, The Casino Club, The . Cast: Angie Dickinson. "Alien" 5. Shelley Hack. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 6. 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. I agree that Chicagos was not so bad at all. I remember finding some of it humorous. Cast: Karen Black. Michael Caine. Tweets & replies. Heather ORourke. Shelley Winters. Cast: Bruce Willis. Dickinson Mansion, located in the village of Essex, was used for the interior shots of the home. Jack Weston. Lew Ayres. Director: Danny Boyle. Robert Shaw. Director: Georges Franju. Psychological terror gets me, not slasher horror. 40. Book Club . Jodie Foster. 67. Session 9 (2001). 96. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, announces today the first seven films selected for the 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival. Films, lectures and clubs. Indeed it is. The Howling (1981). Kent Smith. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). Keith Gordon. Flavio Bucci. 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. The movie Dead silence(2006) belongs somewhere on the list. A Blu-ray was released by Scream Factory in January 2020. 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. Evil Dead 2 at #25 and Evil Dead at #37, for instance. Burt Reynolds. Director: Roman Polanski. Ruth Gordon. Abigail Breslin. 'RoboCop': All the Failed Attempts to Adapt the Movie to TV. Kate Ashfield. Psycho (1960). Pocket. [3], Contemporary critical reviews of the film were mixed: Upon its release, Stanley Kanfer of Time gave the film a middling review, praising Lampert's performance but dismissing the rest of the cast's, adding that "after the first reel, the vampires seem to have lost their bite. Award recipients can be either college students pursuing a career in journalism or up-and-coming entertainment critics with three years or less experience in their career development. The antique dealer, Sam Dorker (Alan Manson), tells them the story of how Abigail drowned in 1880 just before her wedding day. Dressed to Kill (1980). Toni Collette. Donald Pleasence. May (2002). 3. Yeah, those top 10, 50, 100 whatever lists are pretty dumb all right. The Shining (1980). I Walked with a Zombie (1943). Psycho (1960). 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. Sal or the 120 Days of Sodom / Sal o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975). Note: this list was first published in Oct. 2006. Award-winners and contenders from Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2022) Menu. Cast: Kevin McCarthy. Bride Of Frankenstein a comedy? Director: Rob Reiner. Instead, look upon them as a means of finding new movies to enjoy. Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. The nominations were announced on December 18, 2020. Christopher Eccleston. Cast: Peter Cushing. Trending. Director: Rouben Mamoulian. 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. Cast: Peter Lorre. 41. [54] According to Steve Senski of Trailers from Hell, Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling called the film "one of the most frightening films he'd ever seen in his life. Are you Kidding? Hahah LMAO, Shaun Of the Dead! "[31] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times remarked the "strong sense of atmosphere" in the film in addition to the four lead performances, who are "likable, believable people," but conceded: "There's no getting around the movie's poorly resolved script. Onibaba (1964). Alan Arkin. 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. There are precious few horror movies from the 1930s that actually put the fear of godawfulness in me but The Old Dark House is one of them. Carol Marsh. Stick to your lighthearted comedy Chicago times. Those guys should make the restored LoC version available on DVD. John Richardson. [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. 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. 65. Theyre just for fun, dont take life so seriously. 32. Julie Christie. Bonnie Bedelia. This list greatly amuses me. I need to check it out again. Why Hasn't Steven Spielberg Made a Western? Martin Henderson. An unrelated 1987 big-screen suspense thriller called The Night Stalker was directed by Max Kleven, and featured Charles Napier and Joan Chen. "[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. [18] Barton Heyman and Kevin O'Connor were given the roles of Jessica's husband Duncan, and the couple's friend Woody, respectively; Hancock had worked with Heyman and O'Connor previously, as they had appeared in his 19671968 stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. 61. Flipboard. Claire Bloom. Cast: Conrad Veidt. 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. "[5], The decline of 1960s counterculture has been cited as a theme by critics and observers. Amanda Bearse. 91. Accept Read More. Cast: Tony Lo Bianco. 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. Barbara Crampton. But cmon there is no way to accurately pit films like The Bride of Frankenstein against The Ring. Michael Biehn. 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