The 98th Annual Academy Awards — The Ceremony

by John Charet

ON LAST NIGHT”S OSCAR CEREMONY

Out of my predictions for all 24 categories, at least 23 of the 24 were correct. I was wrong on my prediction for Best Original Song. I thought that Sinners would win, but instead it went to KPop Demon Hunters, which is an equally great film. The Master of Ceremonies (a.k.a. the host) Conan O’Brien was hilarious and I also loved the tributes to Rob Reiner and Robert Redford. The highlights for me were the winners of many of the categories.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

I was so happy. Beyond happy to see One Battle After Another winning six Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Supporting Actor (Sean Penn), Adapted Screenplay, Casting and Film Editing.

For myself, One Battle After Another stands out as Anderson’s magnum opus and he took home three Oscars – as co-producer, director and screenwriter. I also loved his acceptance speech.

SINNERS

I was also super joyous to see Sinners awarded 4 Oscars including Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan), Cinematography, Original Score and Original Screenplay.

Michael B. Jordan’s acceptance speech was inspirational as was that of the film’s director Ryan Coogler, who won the Best Original Screenplay prize.

Speaking of which, I was happy to see Chicago Blues legend Buddy Guy present at the award ceremony, who also appeared in the film as well.

Frankenstein

Along with One Battle After Another and Sinners, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein took home well-deserved Oscars as well. In the case of Frankenstein, it was awarded 3 Academy Awards. Guillermo del Toro’s film won for Best Costume Design, Makeup and Production Design. All of the acceptance speeches for those aforementioned awards were inspiring as well. Though I do wish that del Toro was nominated for Director.

WEAPONS

Another high point of last night’s ceremony was seeing fellow Illinoisan Amy Madigan take home a well-deserved Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the horror film Weapons.

Madigan’s acceptance speech was every bit as inspiring as the other aforementioned ones and for myself, I am very proud of the fact that she hails from Illinois.

Hamnet

The Irish Jesse Buckley won a well-deserved Oscar for Best Actress for Hamnet and once again, she gave a very inspiring speech. One of my followers sweetly remarked that she gets to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a day earlier 🙂

In Closing

Warner Bros and Netflix must be more than very happy that a number of their films took home quite a considerable number of Oscars. What makes it doubly awesome is that the major studio films that won are truly original works of art. All in all, this was a great awards 🙂

For those interested, click here to read my predictions and picks post 🙂

The 98th Annual Academy Awards – John Charet’s Picks and Predictions

by John Charet

The Academy Awards will air this Sunday on television and in honor of the occasion, I have decided to list my predictions and picks below. I have seen half of the 2025 films nominated for Oscars.

BEST PICTURE

  • Bugonia
  • F1
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • The Secret Agent
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners
  • Train Dreams

My Prediction: One Battle After Another
My Pick: One Battle After Another
Winner: One Battle After Another

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Chloe Zhao — Hamnet
  • Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
  • Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
  • Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
  • Ryan Coogler — Sinners

My Prediction: Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
My Pick: Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
Unfairly Overlooked: Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another

BEST ACTOR

  • Timothee Chalamet — Marty Supreme
  • Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another
  • Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon
  • Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
  • Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent

My Prediction: Timothee Chalamet — Marty Supreme or Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
My Pick: Timothee Chalamet — Marty Supreme or Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
Winner: Michael B. Jordan — Sinners

BEST ACTRESS

  • Jesse Buckley — Hamnet
  • Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  • Kate Hudson — Song Sung Blue
  • Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value
  • Emma Stone — Bugonia

My Prediction: Jessie Buckley — Hamnet or Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
My Pick: Jessie Buckley — Hamnet or Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Unfairly Overlooked: Chase Infinity — One Battle After Another and Jennifer Lawrence — Die My Love
Winner: Jesse Buckley — Hamnet

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another
  • Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
  • Delroy Lindo — Sinners
  • Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
  • Stellan Skarsgard — Sentimental Value

My Prediction: Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another or Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
My Pick: Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another or Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
Winner: Sean Penn — One Battle After Another

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
  • Amy Madigan — Weapons
  • Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
  • Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another

My Prediction: Amy Madigan — Weapons
My Pick: Amy Madigan — Weapons
Winner: Amy Madigan — Weapons

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Blue Moon — Robert Kaplow
  • It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi, Nader Saivar, Shadmehr Rastin and Mehdi Mahmoudian
  • Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
  • Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
  • Sinners — Ryan Coogler

My Prediction: Sinners — Ryan Coogler
My Pick: It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi, Nader Saivar, Shadmehr Rastin and Mehdi Mahmoudian or Sinners — Ryan Coogler
Winner: Sinners — Ryan Coogler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • Bugonia — Will Tracy
  • Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro
  • Hamnet — Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
  • One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Train Dreams — Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

My Prediction: One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson
My Pick: One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson
Winner: One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson

BEST ANIMATED FILM

  • Arco
  • Elio
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
  • Zootopia 2

My Prediction: Any of the five.
My Pick: N/A
Winner: KPop Demon Hunters

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

  • It Was Just an Accident (France)
  • The Secret Agent (Brazil)
  • Sentimental Value (Norway)
  • Sirat (Spain)
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

My Prediction: Sentimental Value (Norway)
My Pick: It Was Just an Accident (France)
Winner: Sentimental Value (Norway)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

  • The Alabama Solution
  • Come See Me in the Good Light
  • Cutting Through Rocks
  • Mr Nobody Against Putin
  • The Perfect Neighbor

My Prediction: Any of the five.
My Pick: N/A
Winner: Mr. Nobody Against Putin

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

  • All the Empty Rooms
  • Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
  • Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”
  • The Devil Is Busy
  • Perfectly a Strangeness

My Prediction: Any of the five.
My Pick: N/A
Winner: All the Empty Rooms

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

  • Butcher’s Stain
  • A Friend of Dorothy
  • Jane Austen’s Period Drama
  • The Singers
  • Two People Exchanging Saliva

My Prediction: Any of the five.
My Pick: N/A
Winner: Two People Exchanging Saliva

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

My Prediction: Any of the five.
My Pick: N/A
Winner: The Girl Who Cries Pearls

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

  • Bugonia — Jerskin Fendrix
  • Frankenstein — Alexandre Desplat
  • Hamnet — Max Richter
  • One Battle After Another — Jonny Greenwood
  • Sinners — Ludwig Goransson

My Prediction: Sinners — Ludwig Goransson
My Pick: One Battle After Another — Jonny Greenwood or Sinners — Ludwig Goransson
Winner: Sinners — Ludwig Goransson

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

  • Diane Warren: Relentless — Song: Dear Me. Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
  • KPop Demon Hunters — Song: Golden. Music and lyrics by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, 24, Ido and Teddy Park
  • Sinners — Song: I Lied to You. Music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
  • Viva Verdi! — Song: Sweet Dreams of Joy. Music and lyrics by Nicholas Pike
  • Train Dreams — Song: Train Dreams. Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner. Lyrics by Nick Cave.

My Prediction: Sinners — Song: I Lied to You. Music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Gorannson
My Pick: Sinners — Song: I Lied to You. Music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Gorannson
Winner: KPop Demon Hunters — Song: Golden. Music and lyrics by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, 24, Ido and Teddy Park

BEST SOUND

  • F1
  • Frankenstein
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners
  • Sirat

My Prediction: F1 or Sinners
My Pick: Any of the five.
Winner: F1

BEST CASTING

  • Hamnet — Nina Gold
  • Marty Supreme — Jennifer Venditti
  • One Battle After Another — Cassandra Kulukundis
  • The Secret Agent — Gabriel Domingues
  • Sinners — Francine Maisler

My Prediction: One Battle After Another — Cassandra Kulukundis or Sinners — Francine Maisler
My Pick: One Battle After Another — Cassandra Kulukundis or Sinners — Francine Maisler
Winner: One Battle After Another — Cassandra Kulukundis

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners

My Prediction: Frankenstein or Sinners
My Pick: Frankenstein or Sinners
Winner: Frankenstein

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Frankenstein — Dan Lausten
  • Marty Supreme — Darius Khondiji
  • One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman
  • Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw
  • Train Dreams — Adolpho Veloso

My Prediction: One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman, Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw or Train Dreams — Adolpho Veloso
My Pick: Any of the five.
Winner: Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw

BEST MAKEUP

  • Frankenstein
  • Kokuho
  • Sinners
  • The Smashing Machine
  • The Ugly Stepsister

My Prediction: Frankenstein or Sinners
My Pick: Frankenstein or Sinners
Winner: Frankenstein

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sinners

My Prediction: Any of the five.
My Pick: Sinners
Winner: Frankenstein

BEST FILM EDITING

  • F1 — Stephen Mirrione
  • Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
  • One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen
  • Sentimental Value — Olivier Bugge Coutte
  • Sinners — Michael P. Shawver

My Prediction: One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen
My Pick: One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen
Winner: One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • F1
  • Jurassic World Rebirth
  • The Lost Bus
  • Sinners

My Prediction: Avatar: Fire and Ash
My Pick: Any of the five.
Winner: Avatar: Fire and Ash

I hope all of you dear readers enjoyed my predictions and picks 🙂

Happy 93rd Birthday Kim Novak

by John Charet

A polite reminder before reading this blog entry of mine 🙂 I will not tolerate any insults or negativity towards my subject of this post. This blog entry is strictly for dyed-in-the-wool Kim Novak fans like myself or fans in general. So once again, please be kind 🙂

Today, I would like to wish a very happy 93rd birthday to great Classical Hollywood era actress Kim Novak 🙂 She is also an accomplished painter and while I could go on with details, instead I will direct you all to two interesting links that are more in-depth. The first is a wikipedia entry (click here) and the second is an insightful article by former Chicago Reader film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum (click here). If any of you are interested in viewing her paintings, click here to view them. As for myself, I shall celebrate by composing a list below of my favorite Kim Novak films (all * * * * out of * * * *) in chronological order.

  1. Pushover (1954) (Dir: Richard Quine) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  2. Phffft (1954) (Dir: Mark Robson) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  3. 5 Against the House (1955) (Dir: Phil Karlson) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  4. Picnic (1955) (Dir: Joshua Logan) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  5. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) (Dir: Otto Preminger) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  6. The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) (Dir: George Sidney) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  7. Jeanne Eagels (1957) (Dir: George Sidney) Since I can’s find a trailer, click here to view one of the film’s many impressive scenes
  8. Pal Joey (1957) (Dir: George Sidney) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  9. Vertigo (1958) (Dir: Alfred Hitchcock) Click here, here and here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer, 1996 Restoration trailer and 60th Anniversary 4K Restoration trailer
  10. Bell, Book and Candle (1958) (Dir: Richard Quine) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  11. Strangers When We Meet (1960) (Dir: Richard Quine) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  12. The Notorious Landlady (1962) (Dir: Richard Quine) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  13. Boys’ Night Out (1962) (Dir: Michael Gordon) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  14. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) (Dir: Billy Wilder) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer
  15. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) (Dir: Robert Aldrich) Click here to view the film’s original theatrical trailer

Click here to view this insightful youtube video link to a 2020 CBS Sunday Morning profile on her

Click here to view another insightful youtube video link to late TCM (Turner Classic Movies) host Robert Osborne’s 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival interview with Kim Novak

Click here to view a youtube video link to a 1964 episode of the 1960’s NBC documentary series entitled Hollywood and the Stars: In Search of Kim Novak

Click here to read my Vertigo essay from last year

Let me conclude this post with a question for all of my dear readers below:

What were your favorite article links in this blog entry?

What were your favorite video links in this blog entry? Which ones did you all find the most fascinating?

What are your favorite Kim Novak films?

Happy 49th Birthday Suzie Kennedy

by John Charet

A polite reminder before reading this blog entry of mine 🙂 I will not tolerate any insults or negativity towards my subject or any of her films in this post. This blog entry is strictly for dyed-in-the-wool Marilyn Monroe fans like myself or fans in general. Any negative comments will be deleted. So once again, please be kind 🙂

I would like to wish Marilyn Monroe impersonator Suzie Kennedy a very happy 48th birthday. As many of my dear readers are aware, I am a huge fan of Classical Hollywood era icon Marilyn Monroe (read here and here). In fact, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ranks as my 8th favorite American/English-Language film of all time (read here and here). Well, this blog entry is dedicated to who I consider to be one of the greatest Marilyn Monroe impersonators of all time. Her name is Suzie Kennedy. She may be more familiar to UK audiences then American ones because the English entertainer lives in the former, though she reportedly holds both British and American citizenship (read here). As a Marilyn Monroe impersonator, Kennedy captures her mannerisms to a t and also understands that the icon was more than just a sex symbol. For her and dyed-in-the-wool fans like myself, Monroe was also smart and compassionate. Not unlike other Marilyn Monroe impersonators, Kennedy is immensely talented. She also played her in a play about Marilyn’s life entitled Making Marilyn, which premiered on the stage last year in the UK (read here).

Here are a few video links that I want to share with you on Suzie Kennedy below

Click here to watch a youtube video link of a video entitled Finding Faith in Recovery: Suzie Kennedy interview

Click here to watch a youtube video link to an interview with her on the 3 Speech Podcast

Click here to watch a youtube video link to her talking about the Hollywood Recovery Center

Click here to watch a youtube video link of a 2010 Sky One brief interview

Click here to watch a youtube video link to a 2016 Legacy Exhibition

Click here to watch a youtube video link to an interview she did just recently (a month ago)

Click here to watch a youtube video link to her flawless rendition of Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

Click here to watch a youtube video link to another flawless rendition of the same number

Click here to watch every video on her youtube channel whenever you all get the time

Let me conclude this blog entry with two questions below for my dear readers

What were your favorite article links in this blog entry?

What are your favorite video links in this blog entry? Which ones did you find the most fascinating?

John Charet’s Favorite Budd Boetticher Films

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

  1. Ride Lonesome (1959)
  2. A Time for Dying (1969)
  3. The Tall T (1957)
  4. Seven Men from Now (1956)
  5. Comanche Station (1960)
  6. Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
  7. Arruza (1968/1971/1972)
    (Documentary)
  8. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
  9. The Killer Is Loose (1956)
  10. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
  11. Decision at Sundown (1957)
  12. Westbound (1959)
  13. The Rifleman – Season 3 (1961)
    Episode: Stopover
    (Television)
  14. Maverick – Season 1 (1957)
    Episode: War of the Silver Kings
    Episode: Point Blank
    Episode: According to Hoyle
    (Television)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All of My Dear Readers

by John Charet

I am back for good this time dear readers and I would love to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2026 🙂 I just got my new laptop up and running last week and now is the first time I have been free to use it (been busy lately) 🙂 This year, I want to commemorate the season with Ella Fitzgerald’s 1967 cover of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 🙂 Merry Christmas and Happy 2026 to all of my dear readers 🙂

An Interesting BFI Talk with Alex Cox

by John Charet

Before I do an annual Noirvember post this month (it is November), I want to write a post dedicated to Steve, a regular visitor to this site (click here to view his Youtube channel). He has been a regular visitor to my site since 2020 and it has been a long time since I wrote a blog entry dedicated to him and myself considering that I have been watching various Moviedrome videos on Youtube since 2010 🙂 UK viewers mostly remember that each film would be introduced by British cult director Alex Cox (Repo Man and Sid and Nancy among others) 🙂 Anyway, this hour-long BFI video took place in five months ago in June and it is very insightful talk that I would like to share with all of you dear readers below 🙂

Click here to watch the video

John Charet’s Top 100 Favorite Horror Films of All Time (2025 Edition)

by John Charet

-Introduction-

Last year around this time of year, I posted a blog entry regarding my Top 10 and 100 Favorite Horror Films of All-Time (read here and here). As for Halloween 2025, I have posted that big treat again, which comes in the form of my Top 100 Favorite Horror Films of All-Time. I have some new entries this time around 🙂 Now all of the films listed are not my only favorite horror films (I have an unlimited number), but this is a perfect start. I have decided to start with number 100 and work my way down to 01.

-The Opening Celebration-

First off, below are a few delightful links to check out 

Click here to watch the complete 1983 music video of late iconic singer Michael Jackson’s (a.k.a. The King of Pop) song Thriller

Click here to listen to a shortened version of the song

Have any of you dear readers out there heard of The Merkins? Check out their youtube channel here. They do horror parodies of songs and one of their running acts is The Slashstreet Boys (a spoof of The Backstreet Boys)  The band consists of Leatherface, Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Kruegger and Ghostface Below are three of my personal favorite parodies of theirs 

Click here to view their spoof of I Want It That Way entitled I’ll Kill You That Way

Click here to view their spoof of Larger than Life entitled Die By My Knife

Click here to view their spoof of Rock Your Body Right entitled Slashing Bodies

-A Few Words Before Reading-

Please be kind to the film at number 07 on this list because that one means a lot to me. Any comment expressing negativity towards number 07 will be deleted. So once again, please be polite 🙂

Now, without further ado, I present to you all:

-John Charet’t Top 100 Favorite Horror Films of All-Time-
(#100-01)

100.) The Spiral Staircase (1946) (Dir: Robert Siodmak)
99.) Blood and Black Lace (1964) (Dir: Mario Bava)
98.) Repulsion (1965) (Dir: Roman Polanski)
97.) The Exorcist (1973) (Dir: William Friedkin)
96.) The Changeling (1980) (Dir: Peter Medak)
95.) Jacob’s Ladder (1990) (Dir: Adrien Lyne)
94.) The Orphanage (2007) (Dir: J.A. Bayona)
93.) Halloween II (2009) (Dir: Rob Zombie)
92.) Under the Shadow (2016) (Dir: Babak Anvari)
91.) The Lighthouse (2019) (Dir: Robert Eggers)
90.) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) (Dir: Rouben Mamoulian)
89.) The Body Snatcher (1945) (Dir: Robert Wise)
88.) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) (Dir: Roman Polanski)
87.) Kwaidan (1964)(Dir: Masaki Kobayashi)
86.) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) (Dir: Tobe Hooper)
85.) Possession (1981) (Dir: Andrzej Zulawski)
84.) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) (Dir: John McNaughton)
83.) Dead Alive (1992) (Dir: Peter Jackson)
82.) The Descent (2005) (Dir: Neil Marshall)
81.) The Lords of Salem (2012) (Dir: Rob Zombie)
80.) Island of Lost Souls (1932) (Dir: Erle C. Kenton)
79.) Bluebeard (1944) (Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer)
78.) Horror of Dracula (1958) (Dir: Terence Fisher)
77.) Night of the Living Dead (1968) (Dir: George A. Romero)
76.) Kuroneko (1968) (Dir: Kaneto Shindo)
75.) God Told Me To (1976) (Dir: Larry Cohen)
74.) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) (Dir: Tobe Hooper)
73.) Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) (Dir: Francis Ford Coppola)
72.) Shaun of the Dead (2004) (Dir: Edgar Wright)
71.) Annihilation (2018) (Dir: Alex Garland)
70.) Nope (2022) (Dir: Jordan Peele)
69.) The Leopard Man (1943) (Dir: Jacques Tourneur)
68.) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) (Dir: Terence Fisher)
67.) Onibaba (1964) (Dir: Kaneto Shindo)
66.) Halloween (1978) (Dir: John Carpenter)
65.) Inferno (1980) (Dir: Dario Argento)
64.) Evil Dead II (1987) (Dir: Sam Raimi)
63.) Cemetery Man (1994) (Dir: Michele Soavi)
62.) Let the Right One In (2008) (Dir: Tomas Alfredson)
61.) Twixt (2011) (Dir: Francis Ford Coppola)
60.) Sinners (2025) (Dir: Ryan Coogler)
59.) Haxan (1922) (Dir: Benjamin Christensen)
58.) The Old Dark House (1932) (Dir: James Whale)
57.) Cat People (1942) (Dir: Jacques Tourneur)
56.) Psycho (1960) (Dir: Alfred Hitchcock)
55.) Dawn of the Dead (1978) (Dir: George A. Romero)
54.) The Fly (1986) (Dir: David Cronenberg)
53.) Cronos (1992) (Dir: Guillermo del Toro)
52.) Martyrs (2008) (Dir: Pascal Laughier)
51.) The Babadook (2014) (Dir: Jennifer Kent)
50.) Pearl (2022) (Dir: Ti West)
49.) The Phantom Carriage (1921) (Dir: Victor Sjostrom)
48.) I Walked with a Zombie (1943) (Dir: Jacques Tourneur)
47.) The Birds (1963) (Dir: Alfred Hitchcock)
46.) Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966) (Dir: Mario Bava)
45.) Suspiria (1977) (Dir: Dario Argento)
44.) Dead Ringers (1988) (Dir: David Cronenberg)
43.) Cure (1997) (Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
42.) Rec (2007) (Dir: Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza)
41.) Under the Skin (2013) (Dir: Jonathan Glazer)
40.) Nosferatu (2024) (Dir: Robert Eggers)
39.) The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) (Dir: Jean Epstein)
38.) Freaks (1932) (Dir: Tod Browning)
37.) Dead of Night (1945) (Dir: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer)
(Anthology Film)
36.) Night of the Demon (1957) (Dir: Jacques Tourneur)
35.) The Innocents (1961) (Dir: Jack Clayton)
34.) The Tenant (1976) (Dir: Roman Polanski)
33.) Ringu (1998) (Dir: Hideo Nakata)
32.) Inside (2007) (Dir: Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo)
31.) The Haunting of Hill House (2018) (Dir: Mike Flanagan)
(Miniseries)
(Streaming)
30.) The Shrouds (2024) (Dir: David Cronenberg)
29.) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) (Dir: Robert Wiene)
28.) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) (Dir: James Whale)
27.) The Uninvited (1944) (Dir: Lewis Allen)
26.) The Haunting (1963) (Dir: Robert Wise)
25.) Eraserhead (1977) (Dir: David Lynch)
24.) The Thing (1982) (Dir: John Carpenter)
23.) Audition (1999) (Dir: Takashi Miike)
22.) Pulse (2001) (Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
21.) Mother! (2017) (Dir: Darren Aronofsky)
20.) Angst (1983) (Dir: Gerald Kargl)
19.) Un Chien Andalou (1929) (Dir: Luis Bunuel)
(Short Cinema)
18.) The Black Cat (1934) (Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer)
17.) Isle of the Dead (1945) (Dir: Mark Robson)
16.) Peeping Tom (1960) (Dir: Michael Powell)
15.) Carrie (1976) (Dir: Brian De Palma)
14.) Videodrome (1983) (Dir: David Cronenberg)
13.) The Kingdom Trilogy (1994/1997/2022) (Dir: Lars Von Trier) 
(Danish Television)
12.) The Host (2006) (Dir: Bong Joon Ho)
11.) Climax (2018) (Dir: Gaspar Noe)
10.) Vampyr (1932) (Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer)
09.) The Shining (1980) (Dir: Stanley Kubrick)
08.) Nosferatu (1922) (Dir: F.W. Murnau)
07.) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) (Dir: David Lynch)
06.) The Devil’s Backbone (2001) (Dir: Guillermo del Toro)
05.) Midsommar (2019) (Dir: Ari Aster)
04.) The Seventh Victim (1943) (Dir: Mark Robson)
03.) Diabolique (1955) (Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot)
02.) Eyes Without a Face (1960) (Dir: Georges Franju)
01.) Don’t Look Now (1973) (Dir: Nicolas Roeg)

Honorable Mentions: Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hour of the Wolf (1968), Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971), The Wicker Man (1973) and The Entity (1982)

Click here to see my exact same ranking on Letterboxd

P.S. I just added two links from this year’s blog entry regarding my Top 10 Favorite Horror Films of All-Time – a Kim Newman commentary link on number 3 and a documentary link on number 4. Click here 

Anyway, I hope all of you enjoyed reading my Top 100 Favorite Horror Films of All-Time list and last, but not least 🙂

Have a Happy Halloween
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