An unrelated 1987 big-screen suspense thriller called The Night Stalker was directed by Max Kleven, and featured Charles Napier and Joan Chen. Psycho works best in a crowded theater. 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. [1] 19. Ralph Meeker. Cast: Marilyn Burns. Critic score: 92%. "[8] Kalcheim is credited as a co-writer on the film under the pseudonym Norman Jonas. Reggie Bannister. Scott H. Reiniger. Heather Langenkamp. Although it certainly does have elements of comedy in it. I agree that Chicagos was not so bad at all. *IMPORTANT*: By using this form you agree with Alt Film Guide's storage and handling of your data (e.g., your IP address). Director: George A. Romero. 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. 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. Naomie Harris. Cast: Mel Gibson. GET PASSES GET TICKETS *indicates special guest (s) scheduled to attend for post-film Q&A Friday, May 13 CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH* // Learn More 16. Cast: A. Michael Baldwin. Anyway, Im glad there are websites like yours that give me good information about whats out there. Sarah Michelle Gellar. 5. 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. John Cassavetes. [49] Paramount released the film on DVD on August 29, 2006,[50] and reissued it on September 15, 2009. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). Johanna ter Steege. Scream 2 (1997). 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. 32. Director: Larry Cohen. Lets Scare Jessica to Death (1971). Sandra Peabody (as Sandra Cassell). "[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. (Note: Don Siegels original Invasion of the Body Snatchers is on the list, but Kurt Neumanns original The Fly, in which Patricia Owens screams her head off, is not.). Moss Offices on Broadway in New York City. Director: James Cameron. The Mummy (1932). 15. Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer. How comes the Grudge isnt there, and I even hate modern day slashers and CGIs, but that was a stylish Japanese chilling horror film? Donald Pleasence. Lincoln Maazel. Cast: David Emge. The Chicago Film Critics Association (@chicagocritics) has just announced its 2022 nominations, with EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE leading with 12. Martin (1976; released in 1978). Note: this list was first published in Oct. 2006. Having said that, where the hell is Alice, Sweet Alice?! Below is the list of the Chicago Film Critics' Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time, including their directors and key cast members. 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. 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: Tobe Hooper. Cast: Nobuko Otowa. "[32] The San Francisco Examiner's Stanley Eichelbaum also noted deficiencies in the screenplay, noting that the film "seems improvised and nothing could be worse for this kind of structured suspense thriller. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Best Horror Movies = Early 70s to Mid-80s. 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. Jill Schoelen. "[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. Cast: Ellen Burstyn. These include: See also: Barbara Stanwyck, Janet Leigh, and Edwige Fenech among cinemas Top Ten Scream Queens.. Hancock took certain elements from Kalcheim's script, but opted to write a straightforward horror film set at a remote farmhouse. Director: Jack Arnold. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Phantasm (1979). 43. One film which I found very scary when I was maybe 10 years old was the Forgotten. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). Kent Smith. Jeff Goldblum. Director: Jonathan Demme. Powers Boothe. The Last House on the Left (1972). Dressed to Kill (1980). 61. Cast: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu. Instead, look upon them as a means of finding new movies to enjoy. xDD. "Halloween" 4. 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. A Blu-ray was released by Scream Factory in January 2020. Films Chicago Critics Film Festival Films Tickets and passes are now on sale for the 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival! Omar Epps. Director: Wes Craven. Director: Sam Raimi. Director: Terence Young. The print shown at Cinesation was taken from a stunning 35mm LOC print. Lillian Gish. Gwyneth Paltrow. The Hidden (1987). Cast: Rutger Hauer. Director: Edgar Wright. Umberto Paolo Quintavalle. 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. It might be best to view lists like these as something other than a rating system. The film was as clear and smooth as glass on the big screen and breathtaking to behold. "Dawn of the Dead (1978)" 10. 60. Of course the Gillman from the Black Lagoon beats them both. [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. Marlon Wayans. Simon Ward. They are: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Last House on the Left, and Scream 2. 78. Cast: Gregory Peck. Chicago, IL (December 14, 2022) The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. It definitely beats that list they play on TV every Halloween! Just announced: actor PATTON OSWALT will join filmmaker/star James Morosini for the May 19 closing night screening of I LOVE MY DAD, a charming comedy about a well-meaning father (Oswalt) who inadvertently catfishes his own son. Rena Mandel. 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. Ralph Bellamy. Cast: Drew Barrymore. 59. "hippie values. Jeremy Sumpter. Peeping Tom (1958). 13. Let me know how you feel and tell Roger Ebert to stick it. Lil Dagover. Keir Dullea. You get a sense that perhaps there was a deep love and intimacy that existed between the two men. 10 Rillington Place (1971). International cinema. 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. Nancy Allen. Barbara Crampton. Cast: Lon Chaney Jr. Warren William. You gotta be kidding. David Warner. 34. [51] Warner Brothers later released the film on August 27, 2013, through its Warner Archive DVD-on-demand service. People attending Cinesation kept repeating Thesigers line Have a potato for the rest of the weekend. Eyes Without a Face / Les Yeux sans visage (1960). 93. [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. Play Misty for Me scared me more than any other movie Ive seen. Lastly, links found in submitted comments will generally be deleted. Decades later, still get heebie-geebies thinking about Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966) Scariest movie EVER!!! Cocaine Bear. Image of Boris Karloff and Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House: Universal Pictures. Diana Pealver. Sandy Dennis. Dec 14, 2022, 6:00pm PST. 54. 77. Rotten Tomatoes, entertainment fans go-to resource for movie, TV and streaming recommendations, and the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) announced today the inaugural recipients of the Emerging Critics Grant program, designed to support diverse aspiring critics from the Chicago area. The film never makes clear. That being said, PSYCHO CANT BE NUMBER ONE! [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. Filming of Let's Scare Jessica to Death took place in various towns and villages in Connecticut, largely in Middlesex County. 3. Jennifer Connelly. The woman leads Jessica to a cliff, at the bottom of which lies Dorker's bloodied body. Deliverance (1972). 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. 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. 14. Christopher Lee. There isn't much logic to the story, yet the overall effect is unsettling the film has a dream-like quality. Cast: Carol Kane. Heather ORourke. "Psycho" 2. "[7] Critic and biographer Michael Doyle describes the film as a "haunting elegy" for the failures of the hippie movement. Ronee Blakley. The Exorcist 3. With four titles, drector Wes Craven has the most films on the list. Shelley Duvall. Julie Christie. Bram Stokers Dracula (1974, TV). Deborah Raffin. The Thing (1982). 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. "[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. Director: Robert Wise. Duane Jones. But the Chicago Film Critics Association's list of the 100 Scariest Movies Ever Made, which came out in October 2006, does include several oldies e.g., James Whale 's Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein in addition to, gasp, a handful of non-American horror films such as Dario Argento 's Suspiria, Werner Herzog 's Nosferatu the [43] Film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film 2 1/2 out of a possible 4 stars, calling it "creepy. Cast: David Soul. Ellen Sandweiss. Michael Caine. "[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. Nothing spectacular, just quiet, building tension in a California town. I agree with a lot of your comments too. Cast: Roy Scheider. But then the film takes a turn toward the macabre, and it had me on the edge of my seat until the (lighter) finale. Remember guys, its a list of the scariest films, not the best horrors. Kate Ashfield. 97. Cast: Peter Lorre. Hahah LMAO, Shaun Of the Dead! Cast: Fredric March. 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 . Cast: Pierre Brasseur. 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 . 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. Claire Bloom. I mean Shaun of the dead is one of the funniest films I have ever seen. [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. John actually used to take his own pulse while he was shooting and I was completely intrigued by this. Yeah, those top 10, 50, 100 whatever lists are pretty dumb all right. Chicago Film Critics Association website. Night of the Living Dead (1968). [11] While shooting, the cast and crew used multiple rooms in the expansive mansion for dressing rooms and a headquarters for the film company. Director: Georges Franju. Claudia Christian. You may also click on the Accept button on the right to make this notice disappear. Director: Richard Fleischer. "[34] John Simon described Let's Scare Jessica to Death as a mess. C. Thomas Howell. 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