66. Wrapping this up, its worth noting that four of the Chicago Film Critics top 100 scariest movies are made-for-television productions: Dan Curtis Bram Stokers Dracula and Trilogy of Terror, Tobe Hoopers Salems Lot, and John Llewellyn Moxeys The Night Stalker. Cast: Bruce Willis. Near Dark (1987). 78. [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. Joshua Leonard. 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. Cast: Craig T. Nelson. I tend to ignore lists featuring the Top 100 Movies (or Top 10 Movies or Top 20 Movies, etc. Cast: Peter Lorre. Lastly, links found in submitted comments will generally be deleted. Simon Ward. 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. Freaks (1932). My top 3 would be: Exorcist (though it was quite slow), Halloween and The Ring. Jessica and Duncan spot the woman standing on the cliff above them, causing Duncan to give chase. It was so boring I actually got a headache waiting for something interesting to happen. Cast: Kyle MacLachlan. Alien 5. Director: William Friedkin. Elsa Lanchester. Cast: Heather Donohue. I havent seen several of the films in their top-ten list. Pamela Brown. Jesus Revolution . Lance Kerwin. Cast: Laura Linney. Julie Christie. The Stepfather (1987). Cast: Bruce Campbell. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 6. They are: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Last House on the Left, and Scream 2. Miriam Hopkins. This list needs proper rethinking. Jeff Goldblum. Dracula (1931). Let's Scare Jessica to Death is a 1971 American independent horror film co-written and directed by John Hancock in his directorial debut, and starring Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett, and Mariclare Costello. Cast: Jon Voight. 18. How on earth did Dawn of the Dead make the top 10? Psycho 2. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). Werner Krauss. The Blair Witch Project 13. [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. Cast: Chris Sarandon. This list reminds me of those Rolling Stone top albums of all time, etc. Director: Richard Fleischer. Cast: Marilyn Eastman. 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). Reggie Bannister. Fright Night? 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. Love me some horror.but then chances of watching 1 good one out of 20 seems to be common. I have seen youtube videos that have much more a scare to offer. Greta Schrder. I have always considered the Bruce Campbell movies highly entertaining in the comedic sense rather than anything even closely resembling horror. Director: David Fincher. "[40] AllMovie deemed it an "eerie low-budget chiller. Are you Kidding? The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 9. Below is the list of the Chicago Film Critics Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time, including their directors and key cast members. 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 Irreversible: Straight Cut. How comes the Grudge isnt there, and I even hate modern day slashers and CGIs, but that was a stylish Japanese chilling horror film? Cinespace Studios Chicago is the Midwest's leading studio facility and service provider for TV, film, and commercial production. Roddy McDowall. Cast: Michael Rooker. The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Halloween (1978). 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. And, needless to say, such lists are almost invariably self-promotional tools. Freda Jackson. Director: Brian De Palma. Nigel Davenport. Contrarily to some comments, I agree to putting Psycho on N one - it still works, even on adults. 16. "[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. [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. The Last House on the Left (1972). Director: David Lynch. Cast: Jack Palance. 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. The film was #14 on Bravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004). Director: Robert Harmon. Sounds reasonable. Lillian Gish. Right now I am downloading Wait Until Dark, and I may check out 10 Rillington Place also. I know there are so many horror films out there (love the foreign, tired of the Japanese for now) that Id appreciate. The Tingler, with Vincent Price, is one of my favorites. Ronny Cox. 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. 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. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Cast: Julian West. Yes, The Old Dark House is terrific. Richard Dreyfuss. John Hurt. Horror of Dracula / Dracula (1958). 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. Cast: Deborah Kerr. 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. Which The Night Stalker? Anyway, Im glad there are websites like yours that give me good information about whats out there. 56. Cate Blanchett earned the Best Actress award for TR; Sarah Polleys WOMEN TALKING was named Best Adapted Screenplay. Evelyn Ankers. Director: Jack Arnold. John actually used to take his own pulse while he was shooting and I was completely intrigued by this. 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: Anthony Hopkins. Have you seen it? [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. Cast: Olga Baclanova. Scott H. Reiniger. I saw a revival in a San Francisco theater and it worked beautifully. Evelyn Brent. 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. It should be number uno with ease. 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. As I said in my previous post, those lists are good selling tools. Plot [ edit] 10. Cast: Mel Gibson. 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Heather Langenkamp. 2023 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films (Music Box) Ambush (VOD) Blue Caftan, The. list of scariest movies. [1] Cast: Gregory Peck. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). Chicago, IL (December 14, 2022) The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. Hancock's direction is ridiculously disjointed and inconsistent. Play Misty for Me scared me more than any other movie Ive seen. Director: Tod Browning. Art Hindle. Rosemarys Baby (1968). Jodie Foster. Alan Arkin. John Hurt. You may have your reasons, but without explanation it casts serious doubt on your judgment. God's Time. Bonnie Bedelia. Director: Terence Fisher. 63. Director: Steven Spielberg. Patrick Macnee. Films Chicago Critics Film Festival Films Tickets and passes are now on sale for the 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival! [11] While shooting, the cast and crew used multiple rooms in the expansive mansion for dressing rooms and a headquarters for the film company. Cast: Audrey Hepburn. So no, I cant say I find Bride Of Frankenstein a horror film per se. Director: James Cameron. Skeet Ulrich. The antique dealer, Sam Dorker (Alan Manson), tells them the story of how Abigail drowned in 1880 just before her wedding day. Joaquin Phoenix. Director: Bill Paxton. As an adult I just havent seen many that truly scare me. Jaws isnt horror, its a boring animal/adventure movie and its rated PG, not R. Alien is number 4 and its by default a Sci-fi, and I didnt like it at all, Jurrassic Park is also an animal/adventure. M (1930). 84. Jessica finds the story fascinating, but Duncan, afraid that hearing about such things will upset his wife, cuts Dorker short. [8], In writing the role of Jessica, Hancock sought to create a filmic equivalent to the unreliable narrator in literary fiction. 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. The Hidden (1987). 3. 1. Ralph Meeker. Cast: Brad Pitt. 95. I gotta admit that I saw Bride of Frankenstein many years ago. 50. Even Jaws, though scary, is not consistent enough in maintaining a horrific tone to deserve a spot in the top 10 of such a list. Richard Denning. Cast: Donald Sutherland. Exorcism of Emily Rose, 86?! John Richardson. Mae Clarke. Robert Shaw. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. John Saxon. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [21], Additional photography occurred in the villages of Chester,[22] Lyme,[23] and East Haddam. Reddit. [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). So does IT follows.. these movies are not perfect but, they are both freaking awesome, and scary as hell.. Fright Night (1985). Tweets & replies. The Seventh Victim (1943). 100. Eyes Without a Face / Les Yeux sans visage (1960). Accept Read More. In fact, Onibaba is the only Japanese horror film included on the list; in other words, no Godzilla. (I do, however, explain that my lists and my reviews are, like everybody elses, highly subjective and definitely NOT written in stone.). 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. Another possibility is Francis Ford Coppolas costlier and better-known 1992 film, which shares the same original title though its chiefly known as just Dracula; Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves star. Classic movies. When Jessica gets into town, she sees Duncan's car and asks about his whereabouts, but no one will speak to her; she then encounters Sam Dorker, and terrified, runs back to the house. Cast: Bill Paxton. The Silence of the Lambs was as scary as Harry Potter, not even! *IMPORTANT*: By using this form you agree with Alt Film Guide's storage and handling of your data (e.g., your IP address). A Blu-ray was released by Scream Factory in January 2020. Image of Janet Leigh, John Gavin, and Vera Miles in one of the scariest movies ever made, Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho: Paramount Pictures. Carol Marsh. May (2002). The only thing scary about that film was the gradual decline in the quality of John Williams film music. When the woman is caught and questioned by the couple, she remains silent and quickly flees when Emily approaches. Lincoln Maazel. Honestly makes you wonder who the hell these film critics are. Roscoe Ates. "Alien" 5. 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. 17. Shelley Duvall. Passes are now on sale for the event, returning to a full week of screenings, May 13-19, at Chicago's historic Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Ave); more information on the first selected films, plus festival passes, is available here. I agree with a lot of your comments too. Director: Don Coscarelli. The Night Stalker (1972, TV). How do you prove better? [17] "I accepted, trusting his judgment," Lampert recalled. Im a big Karloff fan, and despite the fact that his face is obscured by the heavy makeup, its one of his finest performances. The Thing (1982). The nominations were announced on December 18, 2020. Of course I was born in 1951 and was fortunate to see so many scary flicks as a child in the 50s & early 60s. 15. 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). Nosferatu 14. That being said, PSYCHO CANT BE NUMBER ONE! Director: Tobe Hooper. Cast: Anthony Perkins. Cast: John Saxon. The film also earned awards for Best Actor (Colin Farrell), Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon) and Best Original Screenplay (Martin McDonagh). "The Silence of the Lambs" 12. Cast: Kim Hunter. Rutanya Alda. The Ring (2002). Director: Danny Boyle. Anna Faris. Tom Skerritt. Cast: Dee Wallace. [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. ), no matter the category or criteria, because these lists are almost invariably compiled by people who know little about films beyond mainstream Hollywood stuff released in the last decade or two. Andrea Checchi. Jessica runs through the orchard and comes across Woody's corpse, his throat slashed. Sandy Dennis. 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. "[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. Director: Roman Polanski. Hours pass and Jessica leaves to hitch a ride into town. 8. Cast: Blanchard Ryan. Also, simply saying you were utterly unimpressed by Psycho is like dismissing Shakespeare as a hack or the Beatles as overrated. Classic movies. When a Stranger Calls (1979). Cast: David Caruso. In The Mouth Of Madness, The Mothman Prophcyies? 14. Johnny Depp. For instance, the sleeper box office blockbuster The Blair Witch Project is in, but Benjamin Christensens classic silent Hxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages is not. I definitely remember that it wasnt at all a scary movie., I do have the DVD here. Lil Dagover. Paul Guilfoyle. Onibaba (1964). Director: Werner Herzog. And perhaps the most egregious omission of all. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. 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. 20. Melissa Stribling. 93. Miguel Bos. In this matter of stupid lists, no one can beat AFI. Again, just my personal take on that. Shelley Hack. Nancy Allen. Cast: Angie Dickinson. Ian Watkin. Abusive, inflammatory, spammy/self-promotional, baseless (spreading mis- or disinformation), and just plain deranged comments will be zapped. Socially conscious & political cinema. 85. Lampert gives a performance so overwrought that it has to rank as one of the most eccentric ever captured on film. 253 Following. I think it may have been the first contemporary movie Clint Eastwood did; it certainly was the first one in which he was stalked. Cast: Boris Karloff. 75. The next day, Jessica finds the portrait of the Bishop family, which she and Duncan had sold to Dorker the previous day, back in the attic; she observes that Abigail Bishop, as seen on the photo, bears a striking resemblance to Emily. 48. [26], Filmed without a distributor and produced independently (under The Jessica Company),[27] Let's Scare Jessica to Death was sold to Paramount Pictures in early 1971. Cast: Sam Neill. The Masque of the Red Death (1964). Director: Tobe Hooper. [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. "The Exorcist" 3. Big saurians are way more horrible then fascists who force you to eat shit and afterwards torture you to death in front of your friends. Book Club . *IMPORTANT*: By using this form you agree with Alt Film Guide's storage and handling of your data (e.g., your IP address). Director: Wes Craven. [24] Co-producer William Badalato had suggested the location: "My wife and I had a weekend house in Chester, Connecticut. The Vanishing / Spoorlos (1988). Blueback. Fionnula Flanagan. Instead, look upon them as a means of finding new movies to enjoy. People attending Cinesation kept repeating Thesigers line Have a potato for the rest of the weekend. 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 Vampyre, Director: Bob Clark. 21. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. I wanted to do a movie that was legitimately terrifying. Cast: Kevin McCarthy. Charles Durning. Carol Lynley. Jada Pinkett Smith. Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I submit a comment. Number of reviews: 119. 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. Cast: Marilyn Burns. [5] Scholar Nancy West cites the film as one of several examples of horror films of the 1970s that directly lift the premise of the novel and place it in other historical or cultural contexts: "This languid movie reimagines Le Fanu's Laura as Jessicalike Carmilla, Emily is a horror of a houseguest, and after both men have been bitten by her, it becomes apparent that Emily is none other than the one-hundred-year-old vampire who in the course of time has attacked all the men in the nearby townIs Emily an imaginative projection of Jessica's murderous feelings toward her husband? Gwyneth Paltrow. Michael Gough. Ned Beatty. Lance Henriksen. 42. There are some really great films listed here but none that are truly frightening to me. Dont Look Now (1973). I will certainly check out some of the links here and look further into so many horror films you refer to. Marlon Wayans. Claire Bloom. Nosferatu / Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). 70. Cast: Candace Hilligoss. 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JoBeth Williams. 87. Decades later, still get heebie-geebies thinking about Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966) Scariest movie EVER!!! 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. The 1st one especially freaked me. Director: Robert Wiene. Bram Stokers Dracula (1974, TV). Emily attempts to bite her neck, but Jessica flees, locking herself in her bedroom in the house. Joan Bennett. Can Live-Action Remakes of Animated Movies Please Stop? Cast: Sigourney Weaver. Cast: Richard Carlson. Director: David Cronenberg. You cant, simply because film appreciation is such an incredibly subjective thing. Cast: Cillian Murphy. Helen Chandler. Director: Mario Bava. [9] Kalcheim described his screenplay as a satire: "John [Hancock] turned-the-screw so to speak, making it a serious, darker theme. . What critics said: "Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone is a really cool ghost story with an . Of course, it could always be that Lon Chaney, and Japanese neo-horror and monster movies havent been made available in Chicago. Director: Peter Jackson. Claiming the organizations top honor as Best Picture of the year is THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, directed by Martin McDonagh. Tony Moran. Cast: Sigourney Weaver. Pamela Franklin. The very fact that Shyamalans abysmal Signs made the cut, and Fulcis Gates Of Hellor Zombi; The Brood or The Sentinel didnt. Jared Leto. "[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. Halloween 4. 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? Of course thats just my personal take. 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. Evil Dead 2 at #25 and Evil Dead at #37, for instance. Cast: Kurt Russell. Friday the 13th (1980). Sandra Peabody (as Sandra Cassell). Cast: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu. May 12. Martin Balsam. 45. Beatrice Straight. 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: Fred Walton. The Sixth Sense (1999). But as a means of measuring film history, theyre pretty useless. 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. It had a certain gay subtext for me. Colleen Dewhurst. [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. 4,905 Followers. Of Jessica's frustration with a mental condition that has rendered her sadly dependent on men? 34. As the plot develops, we learn that the world around Jessica is scarier than anything her mind could concoct. "Dawn of the Dead (1978)" 10. Also unclear is the Chicago Film Critics choice of Bram Stokers Dracula. Murnau. 22. 71. Director: Don Siegel. James Ellison. Misery (1990). Kate Ashfield. 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. Elizabeth Moody. Burt Reynolds. 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). The shower scene was excellent, but not at all horrific. Max von Sydow. Nosferatu the Vampyre / Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979). Director: John Boorman. Tom Conway. Director: George A. Romero. Curiously, The Old Dark House is nowhere to be found in the Chicago critics top 94 (!) Love the list, in general .. but, please switch to the Coppola Bram Stokers Dracula. Indeed it is. The woman leads Jessica to a cliff, at the bottom of which lies Dorker's bloodied body. Shelley Winters. Repulsion (1965). Director: Michael Powell. Director: Rob Reiner. In 2006, Halloween was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Cast: Tony Lo Bianco. Silence Of The Lambs is crime/thriller, but just curious, they put The Howling and The Wolfman, what about An American Werewolf In London? The 33rd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 21, 2020. In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association pronounced Let's Scare Jessica to Death one of the scariest films ever made. [27] Paramount gave the film a wide theatrical release in the United States. 51. She also becomes aware that Duncan seems to be attracted to Emily, and that the men in the nearby town, all of whom are bandaged in some way, are hostile towards them. Amy Irving. Accept Read More. Psycho (1960). But then the film takes a turn toward the macabre, and it had me on the edge of my seat until the (lighter) finale. There are only a few movies on this list that I havent seen. "[34] John Simon described Let's Scare Jessica to Death as a mess. Bruce Abbott. A full . Black Christmas (1974). Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer. Keith Gordon. As for the people who bitch about lists, you need to relax. When a stranger calls (50) is placed above Salo (58)? Michael C. Williams. "The Devil's Backbone" (2001) Good Machine. Laura Dern. 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