[49] Paramount released the film on DVD on August 29, 2006,[50] and reissued it on September 15, 2009. Helen Chandler. Anna Massey. [18] Alan Mason, who portrayed the doomed antique dealer Sam Dorker, had also acted in several of Hancock's plays. 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. 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. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). Johnny Depp. [15] Actress Zohra Lampert was cast in the lead role of Jessica, the titular character who finds herself questioning her sanity. Jessica is afraid to talk about these things with Duncan or Woody, for fear that they will think she is relapsing. Cast: Max Schreck. Nosferatu 14. Curiously, The Old Dark House is nowhere to be found in the Chicago critics top 94 (!) 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). Very sad ,15 minutes ago in Chicago, "America's Got Talent" Simon Cowell, he has been confirmed assee more 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: Terry OQuinn. [51] On July 20, 2019, Scream Factory announced at San Diego Comic-Con that they would be issuing the film on Blu-ray, marking its debut in this format. *IMPORTANT*: By using this form you agree with Alt Film Guide's storage and handling of your data (e.g., your IP address). [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 Shelley Duvall. Cast: Tony Lo Bianco. Hahah LMAO, Shaun Of the Dead! The Shining (1980). Cast: Laura Linney. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Director: Brad Anderson. Shaun Of The Dead, really. Reggie Bannister. Rosemarys Baby (1968). Well, there are definitely comedic touches. Cast: Kurt Russell. Jessica Tandy. Allen Danziger. 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. Tony Moran. "[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. Psycho (1960). John Cassavetes. Cast: Boris Karloff. [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. (Check out the full list of the Chicago Film Critics top 100 horror movies of all time.). Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Tweets. 17. Frailty (2001). Rosemary's Baby 11. Cast: Neve Campbell. Campbell Scott. Cast: Lon Chaney Jr. Warren William. Director: Jack Clayton. Chicago, IL chicagofilmcritics.org Joined June 2009. Martin Balsam. Films, lectures and clubs. Director: David Lynch. Michael Gough. 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[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. 71. Psycho works best in a crowded theater. Director: Richard Donner. Jack Weston. Cast: Oliver Reed. Cast: Frances Dee. Accept Read More. Cast: Candace Hilligoss. See also: Fay Wray, Lee Patrick, Edwige Fenech, and Mary Philbin among the movies' " Top Ten Scream Queens ." 1. 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. When Jessica, Duncan, and their hippie friend Woody (Kevin O'Connor) arrive, they are surprised to find a mysterious drifter, Emily (Mariclare Costello), already living there. Bruno Ganz. I think it may have been the first contemporary movie Clint Eastwood did; it certainly was the first one in which he was stalked. So no, I cant say I find Bride Of Frankenstein a horror film per se. Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer. Maybe its one of the missing last six titles. In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association pronounced Let's Scare Jessica to Death one of the scariest films ever made. Cast: Marilyn Eastman. Director: Richard Fleischer. Remember guys, its a list of the scariest films, not the best horrors. William Katt. Jenny Wright. Great movie, but its a comedy. "[24], Badalato recalled of Hancock's direction: "He was always responsible to our budget and was very confident with the actors. I tend to ignore lists featuring the Top 100 Movies (or Top 10 Movies or Top 20 Movies, etc. With four titles, drector Wes Craven has the most films on the list. Cast: Anthony Hopkins. "[45] Genre scholar Kim Newman has praised the film, specifically Lampert's performance, which he ranks as equal to those of Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Carrie Snodgress in Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970), Shirley Knight in The Rain People (1969), and Susannah York in Images (1972), all "portrait[s] of a woman in distress. "[33] This sentiment was echoed by Kevin Kelly of The Boston Globe, who felt the film contained so many idiosyncrasies that "nothing rings true. Dan Hicks. But then the film takes a turn toward the macabre, and it had me on the edge of my seat until the (lighter) finale. Ronny Cox. Deliverance? Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in Wes Cravens A Nightmare on Elm Street: New Line Cinema. Cast: John Saxon. Edith Scob. 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. Lastly, links found in submitted comments will generally be deleted. Salo is by far one of the most horrific movies Ive ever seen. Director: Terence Fisher. Amanda Bearse. For me, its still the most unquieting, disturbing and scary movie ever. Mae Clarke. Director: Nicolas Roeg. How else could the original Nosferatu be rated higher than Cronenbergs The Fly? Play Misty for Me scared me more than any other movie Ive seen. Cast: Peter Lorre. Roscoe Ates. Sybille Schmitz. Cast: Vincent Price. 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. "[8] Kalcheim is credited as a co-writer on the film under the pseudonym Norman Jonas. Richard Denning. Tippi Hedren. Richard Crenna. "The Shining" 8. The Hitcher (1986). Of course I was born in 1951 and was fortunate to see so many scary flicks as a child in the 50s & early 60s. 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. John Karlen. She jumps into a nearby rowboat and paddles out into the lake. 66. Leonard Nimoy. 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 "[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. When a hand reaches into the boat from the water, she stabs the person in the back several times with a pole hook. [16] Hancock recalled of her casting: "I knew she would be perfect for the lead role. The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2021 award winners. I wanted to do a movie that was legitimately terrifying. "[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. Cast: Kyle MacLachlan. Art Hindle. Barton Heyman. Cast: Bill Paxton. Toni Collette. Charles Durning. Diana Pealver. Below is the list of the Chicago Film Critics Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time, including their directors and key cast members. William Ragsdale. [12] The theme of evil pervading the protagonist's mind was central: "I was alarmed by the notion that you can't defeat or defuse evilit forever lives inside and all around usso I worked that fear inside the story," said Hancock. 1. Director: Robert Wise. Jessica flees the house, knocking over Duncan's bass case, which contains the corpse of the mute blonde woman. People attending Cinesation kept repeating Thesigers line Have a potato for the rest of the weekend. Socially conscious & political cinema. It wasnt really a horror, but if they made it a spookier theme, it would have been so. 18. 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." [1] This list needs proper rethinking. Director: Wes Craven. [4] [5] [6] Nomadland received the most nominations (7), followed by Da 5 Bloods (6), First Cow (6) and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (6). "[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. I dont see any horror to it, that would qualify it as a scary movie. Cast: Dee Wallace. Evelyn Brent. The Mummy (1932). I really havent seen a ton, just about 20 of these, but I havent seen any extremely scary films. Moss Offices on Broadway in New York City. Zohra could play the fragility of the character, but she could also authentically convey the fear and the terror. 21. Sylvia Sidney. Director: Robert Harmon. Janet Leigh. It should be number uno with ease. [1] Fake plastic vampire fangs were given to patrons at some cinemas in promotion of the film,[29] while a horse-drawn hearse and coffins were parked in front of Manhattan's Criterion Theatre during the film's opening week. 11. Session 9 (2001). "Psycho" 2. 62. Psycho 2. 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? 43. Hancock took certain elements from Kalcheim's script, but opted to write a straightforward horror film set at a remote farmhouse. The Innocents (1961). Those guys should make the restored LoC version available on DVD. Cast: Adrian Pasdar. Dominique Dunne. 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That one had a sick transformation, what about the underrated The Changeling with George C.Scott? Near Dark (1987). The Omen (1976). But as a means of measuring film history, theyre pretty useless. It definitely beats that list they play on TV every Halloween! Keith Gordon. [14] Auditions for the parts were held in the B.S. Though I own a copy of many of the films on this list, there were also several that I had never heard of. John Saxon. list of scariest movies. I definitely remember that it wasnt at all a scary movie., I do have the DVD here. Director: Tobe Hooper. 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 Director: M. Night Shyamalan. 253 Following. Suspiria (1977). Director: Georges Franju. Cast: Kevin McCarthy. James Mason. Jessica runs through the orchard and comes across Woody's corpse, his throat slashed. 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. Cast: Angela Bettis. 14. John Fraser. "[38] She also praised the performances of Lampert and Costello, as well as those of Heyman and O'Connor, but noted of the latter that their "characters are not well developed by the script. Also, simply saying you were utterly unimpressed by Psycho is like dismissing Shakespeare as a hack or the Beatles as overrated. The voice of Mercedes McCambridge. Dawn of the Dead (1978). Oh yeah, why put those when you can just put the same crap, jaws, alien and Silence Of The Lambs. Evelyn Ankers. John Travolta. The Wolf Man (1941). 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). As an adult I just havent seen many that truly scare me. Director: William Friedkin. Lillian Gish. Chicago Film Critics Association website. John Richardson. Rena Mandel. [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? Cast: Karen Black. Cast: Marilyn Burns. Nancy Allen. 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