The film never makes clear. Sal or the 120 Days of Sodom / Sal o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975). M (1930). Saul Stein. Tippi Hedren. Having said that, where the hell is Alice, Sweet Alice?! Filming of Let's Scare Jessica to Death took place in various towns and villages in Connecticut, largely in Middlesex County. 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Director: M. Night Shyamalan. Cast: Marilyn Burns. 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. 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. Signs (2002). Cast: John Amplas. When a Stranger Calls (1979). 57. Matthew McConaughey. 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. How comes the Grudge isnt there, and I even hate modern day slashers and CGIs, but that was a stylish Japanese chilling horror film? [19] Heyman had been Hancock's first choice in the role of Duncan. 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. A full . 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. Which Bram Stokers Dracula? As the body floats away, Jessica sees that it is Duncan. Director: Brian De Palma. The Shinning has by far the creepiest atmosphere out of any movie. Director: Richard Donner. Cast: Bruce Campbell. 44. 9. 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. Sylvia Sidney. You gotta be kidding. The Thing (1982). Hancock's direction is ridiculously disjointed and inconsistent. The Hidden (1987). (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.). 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. 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). Director: Kaneto Shind. Boris Karloff. Director: Brad Anderson. Matt OLeary. We might have our personal opinions as to what we like or dont like, but that hardly etches it in stone. [16] Hancock was specifically taken by Costello's physical features, which included bright red hair and a pale complexion, which he felt was befitting of the vampiric Emily. Janet Leigh. Painfully retarded. Tweets. xDD. 85. Director: John Llewellyn Moxey. Peeping Tom (1958). Director: Charles Laughton. 55. 28 Days Later (2002). 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. 36. Jill Schoelen. Diana Pealver. Heather Graham. Director: Brian De Palma. Of course I was born in 1951 and was fortunate to see so many scary flicks as a child in the 50s & early 60s. Misery (1990). Director: Ridley Scott. 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. Eyes Without a Face / Les Yeux sans visage (1960). 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"[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. 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. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). How do you prove better? Heather Langenkamp. Bela Lugosi. 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Coupled with James Whales excellent direction and his moody, surreal cinematic touch, seeing it on the big screen was an entirely different and emotional experience. Allen Danziger. Socially conscious & political cinema. The Others (2001). Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Candace Hilligoss. Cast: Ellen Burstyn. The Exorcist 3. The Blair Witch Project 13. That being said, PSYCHO CANT BE NUMBER ONE! Naomie Harris. May 12. I definitely remember that it wasnt at all a scary movie., I do have the DVD here. Director: James Whale. Jessica is afraid to talk about these things with Duncan or Woody, for fear that they will think she is relapsing. 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The antique dealer, Sam Dorker (Alan Manson), tells them the story of how Abigail drowned in 1880 just before her wedding day. Ned Beatty. Leonard Nimoy. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. The very fact that Shyamalans abysmal Signs made the cut, and Fulcis Gates Of Hellor Zombi; The Brood or The Sentinel didnt. 59. Carol Lynley. And perhaps the most egregious omission of all. Murnau. Ive never seen a good print of The Old Dark House. Whats available on video or on cable is a high-contrasty print. [17] "I have a great fondness for John Hancock, and enjoyed working with him very much. Director: Edgar Wright. Lance Kerwin. Dan Hicks. Director: John McNaughton. Chicago, IL chicagofilmcritics.org Joined June 2009. Tweets & replies. Max von Sydow. Alida Valli. Jurassic Park (1993). 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. 10th Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival (May 5-11 at Music Box Theatre) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. "[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 Ring (2002). The Wolf Man (1941). Jessica and Duncan spot the woman standing on the cliff above them, causing Duncan to give chase. Play Misty for Me scared me more than any other movie Ive seen. 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. Powers Boothe. Cast: David Hess. Ellen Sandweiss. Nancy Allen. (Check out the full list of the Chicago Film Critics top 100 horror movies of all time.). Blue Velvet (1986). Greta Schrder. Nosferatu 14. 91. Tom Wilkinson. Claire Bloom. Richard Crenna. Cast: Catherine Deneuve. Fright Night (1985). Joaquin Phoenix. I havent seen it since then so I cant say whether it still frightens me. Brooke Adams. Bruno Ganz. Salems Lot (1979, TV). Michael C. Williams. Great movie and book, but nothing scary to it. Director: Wes Craven. "[24], Badalato recalled of Hancock's direction: "He was always responsible to our budget and was very confident with the actors. Rosemary's Baby 11. Cast: Peter Cushing. Scream 2 (1997). Pocket. The film also earned awards for Best Actor (Colin Farrell), Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon) and Best Original Screenplay (Martin McDonagh). 71. 90. Dickinson Mansion, located in the village of Essex, was used for the interior shots of the home. Having said that, Lon Chaney Jr. movies seem to be obtainable, as The Wolf Man is in. Director: John Carpenter. Cast: Fredric March. Accept Read More. Session 9 (2001). I dont believe theyve updated it since. Cast: David Caruso. 'RoboCop': All the Failed Attempts to Adapt the Movie to TV. The Blair Witch Project (1999). Robert Shaw. There are only a few movies on this list that I havent seen. Director: Dario Argento. Sidney Blackmer. Director: Sam Raimi. But cmon there is no way to accurately pit films like The Bride of Frankenstein against The Ring. It was quite freaky, but I left watching the Exorcist completely freaked out. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 23. Cast: Bruce Campbell. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. 80. In fact, Onibaba is the only Japanese horror film included on the list; in other words, no Godzilla. Wilford Brimley. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. David Warner. Jessica finds the story fascinating, but Duncan, afraid that hearing about such things will upset his wife, cuts Dorker short. So Jurassic Park is scarier then Salo? 69. Director: Joe Dante. Director: Herk Harvey. "[44], In a 2013 article published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Erik Luers wrote of the film: "The technical qualities of Let's Scare Jessica to Death are superb. Cast: Sigourney Weaver. Maurice Evans. By the time Jessica finds Duncan, however, the body is gone. The following day, Jessica, seeing how attracted Woody is to Emily, asks Duncan to invite her to stay indefinitely. Rena Mandel. Cast: Cillian Murphy. Carnival of Souls (1962). As I said in my previous post, those lists are good selling tools. One persons junk is a meaningful journey for someone else. "[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. [56][57], Sara Century, writing for Syfy, noted the significance of the film: "While the response is entirely subjective and it isnt a film for everyone, Jessica did in many ways serve as a forerunner for what would come later, as filmmakers like David Lynch would delve into dreamscapes that refused to sustain themselves explicitly in cohesive narratives. 72. They are: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Last House on the Left, and Scream 2. Richard Attenborough. Robert Burton. Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer. Michael E. Williams. 4,905 Followers. Cast: Donald Sutherland. Morgan Freeman. When a stranger calls (50) is placed above Salo (58)? And finally, only one film among the Chicago Film Critics top 100 scariest movies of all time has a woman director. 58. Paul Guilfoyle. 75. It might be best to view lists like these as something other than a rating system. John Cassavetes. Rutanya Alda. Russ Tamblyn. Shelley Winters. Jada Pinkett Smith. Anna Faris. 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. Sybille Schmitz. David Manners. Laura Dern. Ken Foree. See also: Fay Wray, Lee Patrick, Edwige Fenech, and Mary Philbin among the movies' " Top Ten Scream Queens ." 1. The only thing scary about that film was the gradual decline in the quality of John Williams film music. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Director: Scott Derrickson. The Chicago Film Critics Association, the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, today announces the Audience Award winners following the 9th Chicago Critics Film Festival.. Craven is followed by George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Martin) and Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, Salems Lot). 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. 4. Neither Psycho or The Exorcist are even remotely scary. By Darel Jevens. Image of Boris Karloff and Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House: Universal Pictures. Richard Denning. Yes, The Old Dark House is terrific. Yvonne Monlaur. Christopher Eccleston. I never get the need people have to place things in such dogmatic hierarchial contexts. Martin Stephens. 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. Valerie Hobson. 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 [24] Co-producer William Badalato had suggested the location: "My wife and I had a weekend house in Chester, Connecticut. Arthur Byron. 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),. I think most lists are pretty silly these days. 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 complete lineup, schedule and special guests expected for the ninth annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, May 13-19 at the Music Box Theatre. 18. For me, its still the most unquieting, disturbing and scary movie ever. Cast: Robert Mitchum. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). [11], Let's Scare Jessica to Death was filmed over a period of 26 days[2] in the fall of 1970, in various towns in Connecticut;[16] the production budget was $250,000. Robert Englund. Chicago, IL (December 14, 2022) The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2022 award winners. Hilary Mason. There isn't much logic to the story, yet the overall effect is unsettling the film has a dream-like quality. 73. "The Exorcist" 3. Cast: Carol Kane. I remember finding some of it humorous. Chicago Film Critics Association website. Director: Jack Sholder. Director: David Cronenberg. 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. Director: Wes Craven. 30. That one had a sick transformation, what about the underrated The Changeling with George C.Scott? [11] To prepare the performers for the tone he hoped to accomplish, Hancock screened several films by Alfred Hitchcock to the cast prior to filming. Again, merely a personal thing though. 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 Some of these just dont make sense. Jeremy Sisto. 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. Cast: Donald Sutherland. "[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. The Innocents (1961). Carl Boehm). But then the film takes a turn toward the macabre, and it had me on the edge of my seat until the (lighter) finale. The 1st one especially freaked me. Mae Clarke. Cast: Olivia Hussey. Director: Richard Fleischer. Cast: Anthony Hopkins. 82. Director: Joseph Ruben. Reddit. The Chicago Film Critics Association 100 scariest movies I've got to get watching! Cmon! 81. The 33rd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 21, 2020. "Jaws" 7. Abusive, inflammatory, spammy/self-promotional, baseless (spreading mis- or disinformation), and just plain deranged comments will be zapped. Anna Massey. Maurice Schutz. 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. Director: Dan Curtis. Daniel Travis. 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. These include: See also: Barbara Stanwyck, Janet Leigh, and Edwige Fenech among cinemas Top Ten Scream Queens.. Cast: Boris Karloff. 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. Director: Jack Arnold. Peter Wyngarde. [8] Hancock stated that "the scenes didn't make much sense to me, but the Mosses felt they would be particularly enjoyable and scary. "[46], 2020 review from The Super Network's film critic Marcella Papandrea gave the film a very positive review, saying "The atmosphere and the soundtrack are haunting pieces, the film is very unnerving from start to finish, as the view is with an unreliable narrator and the audience feels what Jessica feels throughout." Blueback. Umberto Paolo Quintavalle. The Birds (1963). Sarah Berry. Flavio Bucci. 66. Explore the schedule now, and snag your tickets before they're gone. 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. Director: Bill Paxton. Ralph Bellamy. Bride Of Frankenstein a comedy? Cast: Barbara Steele. Julie Christie. She collapses in the orchard and later is found by Duncan, who takes her home. In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association pronounced Let's Scare Jessica to Death one of the scariest films ever made. It wasnt really a horror, but if they made it a spookier theme, it would have been so. Cast: Sam Neill. 2. Contrarily to some comments, I agree to putting Psycho on N one - it still works, even on adults. Richard Johnson. Below is the list of the Chicago Film Critics' Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time, including their directors and key cast members. Poltergeist (1982). 25. 8. The Brood (1979). John Richardson. Although it certainly does have elements of comedy in it. Exorcism of Emily Rose, 86?! 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. Director: Sam Raimi. Take the horror element out of the film and its a fascinating look at mans inhumanity to one another, and their inability to see past external superficialities. Which The Night Stalker? Cast: Tony Lo Bianco. 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). "[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. James Ellison. Halloween 4. Tony Moran. Director: Steven Spielberg. Repulsion (1965). Director: Dan Curtis. 48. Jesus Revolution . Heather ORourke. Cast: Terry OQuinn. Cast: John Saxon. Bram Stokers Dracula (1974, TV). Ian Watkin. "Dawn of the Dead (1978)" 10. Lincoln Maazel. Director: George A. Romero. 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. I gotta watch that movie again. Cast: Mel Gibson. 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. Christopher Lee. This list needs proper rethinking. Cast: Naomi Watts. [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. L'Immensita. Psycho (1960). Cast: David Emge. lists. Amanda Bearse. Dead Alive / Braindead (1992). Cast: Mia Farrow. Note: this list was first published in Oct. 2006. Hours pass and Jessica leaves to hitch a ride into town. When Emily offers to move on, Jessica invites her to dine with them and stay the night. Shaun of the Dead on this list? Courteney Cox. Ive not yet seen the 1974, made for TV version, but the 1992 film is nearly unbeatable. Vera Miles. People attending Cinesation kept repeating Thesigers line Have a potato for the rest of the weekend. Zohra could play the fragility of the character, but she could also authentically convey the fear and the terror. [51] Warner Brothers later released the film on August 27, 2013, through its Warner Archive DVD-on-demand service. Carol Marsh. Linda Blair. Cast: Kurt Russell. 24. Cast: Roy Scheider. The Stepfather (1987). IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. 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. Kent Smith. *IMPORTANT*: By using this form you agree with Alt Film Guide's storage and handling of your data (e.g., your IP address). Jenny Wright. Tom Conway. 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