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theboarsbride · 1 year

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Name 5 movies/book/songs/etc that inspired each of your stories!

OOO!!! So sorry this took too long to get around, but thank you so, so much for sending this ask in!! 🥺💛

The Monster and the Butterfly🥀🦋

Crimson Peak - and Guillermo del Toro's whole filmography, tbh, but Crimson Peak especially. And also other ghost movies/shows, such as The Orphanage, The Others, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Mama, Paranormal Activity, The Conjuring I & II.

Panna a Netvor/Beauty and the Beast (1979), as well as Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bete.

Various dark fantasy movies and books from the 1980s/90s like The Dark Crystal, Legend, The Company of Wolves, etc. and Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber.

Shelley Duvall's Fairytale Theater "Beauty and the Beast" episode (literally why Susan Sarandon - who plays Beauty - is Sophie's fc)... and honestly, on that same note, Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy because the fucking music is so good, and Brad Dourif as Grima Wormtongue is the whole reason why the modern version of Edgar exists (and is his fc) lmao.

A Taste for Monsters by Matthew Kirby - and to add onto this, KIND OF?? Is that a lot of inspiration for TMATB came from the hate I feel towards some modern BATB retellings (i.e.- Sarah J Maas' A Court of Thorns and Roses series especially) that feature conventionally attractive 'Beasts' who are only beasts in the sense that they're awful, toxic, cruel people who, to me, don't deserve redemption or romance - or even friendship - as well as female protagonists who are just so, so unlikeable in their bitterness, idiocy, and Mary Sue-ness??? I wanted to write a romance that featured love interests that were unconventional in appearance, flawed but still likeable, and having a relationship that is healthy/consensual!

Cheating and adding a 6th one, but the works of Abigail J. Harding's Parliament of Rooks portfolio! GOTHIC BIRD MONSTER BELOVED!

Those Red Nights🌕🐺

Using Bob Odenkirk as a fc for a werewolf character - literally that's the whole reason why this story exists lmfao. So you bet I was watching the hell out of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad for inspo (and simp material)!

Silence of the Lambs, the movie especially! But there is also Thomas Harris' Red Dragon novel (and the movie starring Ed Norton and Anthony Hopkins, and the movie Manhunter) that was a source of inspiration!

David Fincher's Se7en - I wanted to write a neo-Noir story for a hot minute, especially ones with psychological horror elements!

Nightmare by Tuesday Knight - this just helped me develop the idea of TRN being a psychological horror, and writing about the themes surrounding nightmares, the haunting effects of guilt, etc.

Werewolf movies like Bad Moon and Silver Bullet

Temperance & Mr. Wyrm 🐍⚕️- I don't talk about this WIP much but I still think about it regularly!

Wanting to do a retelling of the fairytale "The Lindworm Prince" and also wanting to explore writing a weird body horror romance!

The Shape of Water - again, del Toro out here inspiring goofy fucking monster romances!

David Cronenberg's The Fly - tragic body horror romance goodness, my beloved!

General 1980s media and pop culture - a lot of this was kind of inspired by reading My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix! It's a book set in the 80s and utilizes the 80s nostalgia, but it also doesn't shy away from how ugly the 80s were in terms of social stigmas for people who weren't straight white men. In TAMW especially what I'd be alluding to is the stigma surrounding AIDS, and other blood-borne illnesses.

And, lowkey, wanting to have Gwendoline Christie as a fc for a character?? Like, idk, with who Temperance is as a character within the novella, Christie seems to fit her super well! Also the tall gf x short bf is a ship dynamic I ADORE! (also the character of Jack, the titular 'Mr. Wyrm,' is another character where I use Brad Dourif as a fc for but shhhhh i know I'm cringe, don't remind me)

These are the main WIPs I still work on!! There is also The Faeries and the Lark but that's more on the backburner for now, but that story was inspired by wanting to do a genderbent retelling of Sleeping Beauty but has now turned into a Gothic/dark fantasy Sapphic romance that's a funky blend between Sleeping Beauty and East of the Sun, West of the Moon that's inspired by Scandinavian folklore and seeing images of women in armor lmao.

But if there are any WIPs you'd wanna learn about, give me a shout and I'm more than willing to scream about these goofy, silly little stories!!

#jojo rambles #jojo writes #The Monster and the Butterfly #Those Red Nights #Temperance and Mr. Wyrm #The Faeries and the Lark

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keep-it-light · 3 years

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Happy Dourif Tuesday!

#dourif tuesday #brad dourif

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movies-tv-more · 2 years

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CHUCKY 1x03 “I Love to Be Hugged” airs tonight at 10pm on Syfy & USA

#chucky #chucky 1x03 #zackary arthur #brad dourif #teo briones #alyvia alyn lind #carina battrick #barbara alyn woods #michael therriault #chucky season 1 #syfy #usa #horror tv #new episode #tuesday tv #fall tv #child's play franchise

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byrcca · 3 years

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Yes, Tom risks life & limb to take a shuttle & find that Talaxian convoy so he can win back Voyager. But I think we all know who's the real hero in this episode.

#Tom Tuesday #Tom Paris #Basics #Brad Dourif is always outstanding #I❤️Trekcore

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hollywoodoutbreak · 2 years

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One of the unique things about Chucky, the terrifying doll from the Child’s Play film franchise and, now, the TV series “Chucky,” is his voice. In nearly all of the franchise’s films and Chucky, his voice belongs to veteran actor Brad Dourif, So where did that unique voice come from? Dourif told us that its origins actually come from a somewhat unexpected place.

Click on the link to hear Brad Dourif

Chucky airs Tuesday nights on SyFy and USA Network.

#chucky #chucky tv series #chucky tv show #child's play #Brad Dourif #movies #movie news #syfy #chucky syfy #USA Network #TV #TV News #television #Entertainment #Entertainment news #Celebrities #Celebrity #celebrity news #celebrity interviews

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neon-green-reagent · 3 years

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50 More Underrated Horror Films To Watch If You're Still Bored and Stressed Out

Last year, I made this list to try to provide entertainment during a bad time. Honestly, we still in this, and it might be time to recommend some more movies.

Eyes of Laura Mars : Faye Dunaway plays a photographer that has psychic visions where she’s seeing through the eyes of a killer. Brad Dourif and Tommy Lee Jones and Rene Auberjonois are there, too, and all great. This movie has been illustriously dubbed a Disco Giallo, and if that doesn’t convince you, nothing will.

The Vagrant : A pitch black comedy that pits Bill Paxton against a vagrant that he believes is trying to ruin his life, but no one will believe him. Does that sound kind of insensitive? Wait for the twist ending, wherein nothing is as it seems. And when I said pitch black, I wasn’t kidding. VERY dark humor, just to warn you.

Antiviral : David Cronenberg has a son! Who is taking after him quite well. Celebrity viruses are a fad in this world, and the body horror happens, and watch it.

Party Line : Do you like psychosexual thrillers full of neon and big hair? This is a big recommendation if that sounds as delightful to you as it does to me. Also, Leif Garrett was a surprisingly good actor in this?

Beyond the Door III : No, you don’t need to watch the first two. That says most of what can be said about this. The rest that can be said is there’s a train and some weird religious stuff and a lot of gnarly deaths.

Pretty Poison : Early Anthony Perkins, playing to type... in a way. There’s a big difference between this and Psycho, and it’s the addition of Tuesday Weld. As much as I love Perkins, she steals the show.

The Editor : If you’re like me and have ventured deep into giallo territory already, then this is what you need. A giallo parody. That’s as wonderful as it sounds.

Absentia : Mike Flanagan’s first film. I might be making this sound more simple than it is, but the story can be boiled down to this premise: what if fairy tale bridge trolls were REAL? Turns out that’s absolutely horrifying.

Banshee Chapter : From Beyond meets MK Ultra. With Ted Levine doing a Hunter Thompson impression the whole time. *chef’s kiss*

Death Machine : You had to see this one coming. Killer robot on the loose. It’s Brad Dourif’s robot, and he’s super weird about it the whole time. This is a love letter to all those action-packed horror movies we love.

Dream Demon : This is the most Sapphic film I’ve ever seen where the two women don’t simply hook up during the course of the film. It’s glorious. I admit I barely noticed anything else. I was just so happy it was so gay. Please watch.

Visiting Hours : Michael Ironside is a killer on the loose. Some other stuff happens, but mostly Michael Ironside happens. William Shatner is there? But who gives a damn! Michael Ironside!

The Unborn : The ending to this. This is one of those movies that keeps one-upping itself, and you’re like it can’t go any farther. They wouldn’t dare. And then they dare. They go there. Pregnancy horror gone hog wild.

Jennifer : Carrie rip-off, but we loves those in this house. Only Carrie is Jennifer, and she has some God-given power to control snakes. Fantastic dismount at the end.

Satan's Slave : Religious horror. BUT. Not Judeo-Christian. Muslim. I love seeing other cultures get in on the religious horror trend. Let’s all be super scared of the evils that can befall us together!

Eyeball : Another good ole nasty giallo. Umberto Lenzi was super prolific, kind of workman-like, but he always delivered on good exploitation. Also, the title means lots of eyeball gore, be aware.

Splinter : Body horror turned up to eleven. The whole point of this movie is to introduce a creature that takes over your body and uses it to locomote, and in doing so, hurts ya real bad. The effects look absolutely cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs and will burn itself into your brain.

Alone in the Dark : This is only a rare watch because no one has released it on blu-ray yet. *taps watch* Donald Pleasance and Martin Landau get to have a lot of fun. But my fave was a character known as Bleeder. Watch and you’ll see.

The Caller : The only reason I’m able to make these lists as varied and deeply cutting as I am is because of Vinegar Syndrome, and I owe them everything for bringing this one to my attention. I don’t dare say a thing about it. Watch this movie, take the journey, and get your mind blown.

Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice : Oh boy. I went through a whole thing where I watched every Children of the Corn film, and believe it or not, I don’t regret that at all. They’re a lot of fun. This one, though, is the MOST fun. My favorite is the church scene where a guy gets a nose bleed. Oh so nasty.

Grim Prairie Tales : Brad Dourif and James Earl Jones in an old west horror anthology. They meet up and tell each other weird stories through the night. Including one where a man is eaten by a woman’s vagina. Hmm.

Amityville 1992: It's About Time : Amityville as a “true” haunting is... bullshit. I hope we all know that by now. But these sequels where hapless families inherit cursed objects that absorbed the house’s ghostly funk... These are great, and this one has the added bonus of Stephen Macht.

Ladromes de Tumbas (Grave Robbers) : A Mexican slasher made by Ruben Galindo Jr. America isn��t the only place where you can get a nasty movie where an undead Satanist chops up screaming teenagers. Thank God.

Memorial Valley Massacre : I’m taking a real chance recommending this one. Some people might find this as dumb as a bag of hammers, but I thought it was charming in what it clearly wanted to be. A killer is loose at a campground, but things are not as simple as they seem on the surface. If only it’d had the budget to really tell the story like it deserved.

Blue Monkey : A bug... that grows really giant... and a disease caused by the bug... get loose in a hospital. So it’s medical horror. And a giant bug movie. With Steve Railsback whipping ass the whole time. Good stuff.

So Sweet... So Perverse : Twisty and turny giallo starring Carroll Baker and directed by Umberto Lenzi. That keeps twisting until you’re like IS THIS THE ACTUAL ENDING? Those are my faves.

Diary of the Dead : Romero! We all know and love him, but this movie got a bad rap, and I’m here to say it deserves a second look. His entire zombie oeuvre is great, and this one is no exception. The man had a lot to say, and now more than ever, it all rings pretty true.

Black Mountain Side : The Thing rip-off, but if you love The Thing, don’t you want more The Thing? Plus, slightly different bend, but with just as much of those paranoid mind games we love.

Turkey Shoot : Maybe more exploitation than horror, but adjacent enough to mention it. This movie starts with a lot of world building, and if that bores you, please stick it out. You don’t want to miss the over-the-top kills and the very satisfying ending.

The Shrine : Folk horror with such a wonderful twist to it. You think you’re watching one kind of movie, then it becomes a whole other beast. A great beast. I won’t spoil it, so just watch it.

Mikey : Killer kid movie. But one of those that doesn’t rely on powers. It’s all about a child exhibiting the early signs of being a psychopath, and the kid they got for the lead is as solid at pulling that off as he’d need to be. Also, Ashley Lawrence appears as a concerned teacher.

The Wind : Meg Foster has the bluest eyes on earth. Also, Wings Hauser chases her around and is completely off his rocker, as usual. Great cat-and-mouse thriller.

Pulse (Kairo) : Japanese apocalyptic movie that kept shocking me and making me shudder in my seat. I can’t express how hard it is for a movie to get that reaction from me and what a feat it is that this one did. It haunts me still.

Martha Marcy May Marlene : Speaking of haunting. I just watched this one, and it feels burned into me. Elizabeth Olsen plays a young woman escaping from a cult, but is she really? Fantastic slow burn.

The Attic Expeditions : This movie is not bad. Stop saying it’s bad. It isn’t. It’s a wonderful mind fuck that will have smoke coming out of your ears. And I’ll just list some people in it: Ted Raimi, Jeffrey Combs, Seth Green, and Alice Cooper.

Primal Rage : Monkey bite man. Man go rabid. Girl go rabid. Shit hit fan.

Night Owl : Early 90s club scene vampire flick filmed in black and white with dark, nasty sex, and I just loved this. Give me that 90s techno arthouse vibe and let me live in it.

The Mortuary Collection : This one is up on Shudder, if you’re so inclined. Highly aesthetically pleasing anthology with Clancy Brown as the “Cryptkeeper” of this particular set of stories.

Death Warmed Up : Australian-made splattery, melty movie that goes all out. If you want to deepen your knowledge of the film movement in that place at that time besides just watching Mad Max, this is a good place to continue your journey.

Kiss of the Damned : If Interview with the Vampire was more... girls. Which means I dug it so much. Particularly the character of Xenia. More Sapphic horror!

From Dusk Til Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money : If the first film had been filmed even MORE like Evil Dead. And starred Robert Patrick. RIGHT?

Scissors : Sharon Stone goes insane. That’s the movie. But also this was wild and the ending made me stand up and clap. And Steve Railsback plays twins. I just.

Crimes of Passion : Ken Russell directs Anthony Perkins and Kathleen Turner (both of whom apparently did a LOT of drugs during filming) in an erotic thriller. I feel I don’t need to say more.

Wer : Some murders happen, and everyone believes it’s this one guy, but his lawyer is like oh no it can’t be. But... he’s a werewolf. And it’s fantastic.

The Keep : Michael Mann’s second masterpiece outside of Manhunter. Nazis attempt to occupy a keep that houses an ancient evil, and they all get slaughtered. It warms my heart.

The Fury : Brian de Palma made TWO movies about psychic kids killing everyone in sight. This one has more of a political thriller edge to it, but it’s just as good. Just as fun. Just as in need of attention.

The House of Usher : Specifically the 1989 version. With Oliver Reed. And Donald Pleasance. You read that right. Both of them chewing scenery. Maybe that’s what was actually wrong with the house. The two of them chewed it up until it collapsed.

The Perfume of the Lady in Black : It starts off like any other giallo. And then it ends in a place where you ask yourself, much like David Byrne, how did I get here? It’s magnificent.

Fire in the Sky : Alien abduction! And I mean fucking scary, too. If you ever thought, “that wouldn’t scare me.” Well! I challenge you to watch the ending of this movie and not SHIT EVERYWHERE.

Deepstar Six - Do you like The Abyss? And Leviathan? And Underwater? Watch this. Just go do it. What are you waiting for? Sea monster! And also Miguel Ferrer says of some porn, “is it hot? Is it wet? DOES IT RIDE!?” And I want to say that about everything now.

Oh my God, that took a long time. Now go watch! Enjoy!

#horror #horror movies #horror recommendations #horror recs

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cinenthusiast · 5 years

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WARNING: The following contains heavy semantics. This is the equivalent of letterboxd users breaking down their dumb rating systems. OK, not as bad, but still! You have been warned!

I’m starting a new (and final) iteration of something I’ve done my whole life. A single list of my 50 Favorite Actors, covering the full scope of era and gender. I’ll make a new one from scratch each year as a kind of record. 50 doesn’t leave too much room for sudden or drastic evolution, but the long game is what I’m playing at.

All of my old lists (of any kind) used to be ranked. Frankly, fuck that. I’m all for ranking within narrow frameworks (Top Ten By Year, etc) but general lists like favorite actors and movies? Why do it? Numbers make the whole thing an arbitrary assessment, isolating the actors and films into a misguided hierarchy that doesn’t add any insight or clarity. Lists and rankings are such an oversaturated aspect of culture content as it is, and I’d like to avoid this feeling like just another ranking. The collective group is the thing, the totality of taste, interest, and meaning. Keeping this a singular entity (with one or two caveats) preserves this as a personal journal entry of sorts, a snapshot and not the end-all be-all. It’s a way of capturing my taste in film and the people in it. I’ve put a star next to my ten favorites, and I’ve got a separate long list of people I considered but ultimately didn’t add, and that’s the extent of it.

Growing up, I made favorite actor lists obsessively. When I was around six or seven I would play ‘School’. I was the teacher. My students? The likes of Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, and John Travolta. I had pages and pages of any actor whose name I knew (the entire casts of Angels in the Outfield and Addams Family Values were represented). I took very careful attendance to make sure everyone was present, calling out each name and imagining that yes, they were there. Each actor received a little check in their row of squares (I made sure I had the checkered graph paper to keep everything orderly and precise).

age 11

all of these were made at age 11

Then there were the dark days, the days when tween Katie made lists like Top Ten ‘Cutie-Patootie’ Actors (a reference to the Rosie O’Donnell Show, yes, the Rosie O’Donnell Show, seen above). As you can see, the kid from Dennis the Menace topped that one. I also had my constantly revised Top Ten Favorite Actors & Actresses. Five actors from the lists pictured above are also on this current one: Nicole Kidman, Jim Carrey, Winona Ryder, John Travolta, and Michelle Pfeiffer. They were major icons for me then, and they remain so now, 20 years after the fact. They are forever favorites.

the four quadrants, from 2006 (age 18)

What followed were continuously updated versions of this, covering half my lifetime: Top Blank (at varying points it was 20, 30, and 50) Modern Actors, Modern Actresses, Classic Actors, and Classic Actresses (‘Classic’ accounted for the Hollywood studio era). They were always divided into those four quadrants. I can timestamp the years by who was on them. Simon Pegg at the top? Must be 2008. Katee Sackhoff near the top? I must have been watching “Battlestar Galactica” then. You can find the 2012 versions on this site: here and here.

These categories created considerable grey area, swaths of actors that never really fit comfortably in their group. Those who either featured in films from both eras (Jack Lemmon) or were technically of the ‘Modern’ era but with careers that didn’t really transition into the current (Faye Dunaway). And those ‘Modern’ lists were always much more about the now. I never made room for these actors who qualified as ‘Modern’ but who could be pinpointed to the past. I wanted to feature the up-and-coming, people whose careers I was excited about now! Filmographies I could follow along with as they progressed.

This factor, which meant so much to me then, means nothing re: this new list. For one, I don’t follow current stuff to the degree I used to. 21st century film is less interesting to me (current TV far less so). But I’m really fond of a lot of actors working today, from relative newcomers to tried-and-true character actors to cemented A-listers. The group there was no room for, not by a long shot, were the relative newcomers. I’m an easy lay when it comes to loving actors. But with over a century of performers to choose from, it doesn’t leave much room for the young “oooh I love him/her/them, I can’t wait to see what they do next” ones.

But for the record, the fresher (2010 to present) faces that I’m most invested in are Adam Driver, Elizabeth Debicki, Tom Hardy, Lakeith Stanfield, Kristen Stewart, Jesse Plemons, Nicholas Hoult, and Jonah Hill (whose career trajectory I’m endlessly intrigued by, a man funnier than most of his peers, with the unstable depths of a Chris Penn, whose hyper-sensitivity about being taken seriously and joining the ranks of the prestigious show up on the screen).

The old lists, especially the 50-each ones that totaled to 200 actors, were actually more challenging than this list. Because with so much room, you’re fooled into thinking everyone can be represented. But they can’t; even those lists fill up quick. And now, with just 50 total, it gets down to essentials. There are the favorites, and then the ones who matter most. Oh, I love them? Cool, next! Oh, I love them a lot? Cool, next! Omgtheyaresoamazing? Cool. Next!

There are so many actors whose performances I consistently love or enjoy, that I always look forward to seeing and am often moved by. But there’s a difference between actors who frequently deliver great work, and actors who make something inherently more just by being there, that make me sit up in my seat because what they give either draws out extra engagement from me or they are so distinctive a presence that the fabric of the film/show is thereby altered. But none of this exists without the secret ingredient: that chemical thing that just draws you to one person’s talent and onscreen life more than another.

The factors are endless. Above is my next tier of favorites, the ones that I didn’t go with but thought about and in some cases agonized (yes, agonized) over whether to include or not.

What do you do when a specific stretch of someone’s work means more to you than most people’s entire careers? Most don’t make it (Patty Duke, Diane Lane, Juliette Lewis, Marlon Brando, etc) But a few do: pre-Dick Tracy Warren Beatty, Eric Roberts in the 1980’s, and Sandy Dennis in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.

What do you do with the actors who are still alive but not working regularly, at all, or at the same caliber they used to? Most don’t make it (Nancy Allen, Tim Curry, Kathleen Turner, Fairuza Balk, Sheryl Lee, etc). But a few do: Jim Carrey, Shelley Duvall, Theresa Russell (a spot that could have been occupied by many that mean just as much to me, but I went with Theresa this time because it felt right), Eric Roberts, and John Travolta.

What do you do with the actors who mean a lot to you but whose careers were so brief that it’s hard to justify adding them over others? Unfortunately, almost all of those actors didn’t make it (Linda Manz, Paula Sheppard, Laird Cregar, Zoe Lund, James Dean, Pamela Franklin, etc). One does: Louise Brooks.

What do you do about the actors you love watching more than most but whose work you aren’t familiar enough with yet? None of them make it (Natasha Lyonne, Yaphet Kotto, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Berger, Dagmar Lassander, Tuesday Weld, etc). There are plenty of films from the 50 I’ve yet to see, but I’ve at least seen enough.

Then there are all the others, the really tough ones. I think about James Gandolfini more and more as the years go by. Harvey Keitel’s performances resonate a lot more as I get older (those defiant eyes, I can often feel him). I can’t believe I didn’t make room for Christina Ricci. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the defining comedienne of my lifetime. There is only one Carol Kane, Donald Sutherland, Nicolas Cage, Joan Cusack, Parker Posey, Lily Tomlin, Crispin Glover. I get distinct pleasures from watching each of them. Some of my favorite immortals are Marlene Dietrich, Alain Delon, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Buster Keaton, Cate Blanchett. I’m pretty sure I talk about Jude Law all the time. I will, and have, watched Jean-Claude Van Damme in anything I can find. In recent months I’ve rewatched a lot of key Samuel L. Jackson performances (Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction, Black Snake Moan, Django Unchained), and was newly reminded that he is one of our most compelling living actors. His pervasive and phoned-in presence in every imaginable franchise had led me to forget that. I’ve been hooked on Gene Wilder, Charles Laughton, Eva Green, Cillian Murphy, and still am. It goes on and on and on.

But this is the challenge of it, and the fun of it. My 50 favorites capture my fascination with stardom and long-range careers with eras & reinventions (ex. Crawford, Cruise, Fonda, Monroe, DiCaprio, Farrell, Taylor), physicality (ex. Chan, Ball, Phoenix, Reeves, Olyphant) & commanding physical presence (ex. Reed, Kidman, De Niro, Mitchum), blue moon charisma (ex. Pfeiffer, Russell, Walbrook, Cagney, Reed, Nicholson), the ones I feel a deep connection to (all of them but especially Carrey, Brooks, & Hoffman) & offbeat god-tier character actors (Dennis, Dourif, Roberts, Black, Duvall) I would take a bullet for.

I start to realize some of the people that aren’t even on this second list: Tilda Swinton, Kate Winslet, Robin Williams, Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Katharine Hepburn, Michael Shannon, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Jeanne Moreau, Saorsie Ronan, Brad Pitt, Gena Rowlands, Dirk Bogarde, James Mason, Jeff Bridges, Ethan Hawke, Jeff Goldblum, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, Catherine O’Hara, Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Charlize Theron, Robert Redford, Julie Christie, Michael C. Hall, Michael Caine, Malcolm McDowell, John Hurt, Paul Newman, Anjelica Huston, Sigourney Weaver (every time I watch her in something I think about how much I love her. Her work in Alien 3 means a lot to me), Elliot Gould, etc etc etc. Hell, Peter Mullan is the only person on either list who appears in any Harry Potter film, and that franchise employed basically every British actor you can think of. Most of these actors have been on other lists in the past. Some you’d always be guaranteed to find there (Binoche, Deneuve, etc). As I type this I am realize I forgot Michael Stuhlbarg and John Hawkes in that second group. At the end of the day it just becomes about knowing who there was never any question about, and going with your gut on the rest.

But these 50 (ok, 52, I cheated, the truth is out!), the ones I ultimately chose, are the actors whose work collectively means more than the rest, my ultimate favorites: the ones I can lose myself in, and then find myself in. Who are yours?

1st Annual 50 Favorite Actors list WARNING: The following contains heavy semantics. This is the equivalent of letterboxd users breaking down their dumb rating systems.

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