Episode #706 - Psycho (1960, W❤️M)
Added 2023-11-07 05:00:03 +0000 UTC“This is one of those movies I wish I could’ve seen opening night in 1960” - Eric
On this week’s episode, We ❤️ Movies Month kicks off with a total banger as the guys discuss the prequel to Psycho II, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho! How great is this Bernard Herrmann score? Is Marion eating a cheese and mayonnaise sandwich? Would the film have been as good if Norman was cast more book-accurate (middle-aged drunk)? And would Hitch have enjoyed modern fast food like the baconator? PLUS: Norman Bates tangles with the Skeleton League and their new ally, Swamp Thing!
Psycho stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Frank Albertson, Patricia Hitchcock, Vaughn Taylor, Lurene Tuttle, John Anderson, Mort Mills, and Martin Balsam as Det. Milton Arbogast; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Comments
I saw this with my dad when I was 7 and I still remember the shock when Bates mom is revealed as a skellington. Was fun to relive with the WHM guys. Great episode.
William Durham
2023-11-21 21:25:20 +0000 UTCI got to go to Universal when they had their big Hitchcock exhibit and took a picture with the Bates motel in the background! It got me hooked on Hitchcock at age 12! My favorite is Rebecca but overall I adore the show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. It’s so, so good!!!
Jaime Lee Ezell
2023-11-11 19:19:51 +0000 UTCIt could be like GWAR
Timothy Cameron Robbins Miller
2023-11-10 19:27:16 +0000 UTCI NEED Skeleton League merch!!!!!! 💀 🦴🖤
Katie Ripple
2023-11-09 19:31:16 +0000 UTCI used to just have Bates Motel on in the background and then season 2 happened and I've been a SIMP for the show since.
Tala Hobballah
2023-11-09 18:38:46 +0000 UTCI checked my copy out from the Jacksonville Public Library, and the ending has the psychiatrist explaining that Norman Bates was infected with the “woke mind virus.”
AlsoNamedB0rt
2023-11-09 17:17:34 +0000 UTCFrenzy is a super-underrated Hitchcock film. It's in the sundowning years of his filmography so I think it's kinda overlooked, but I recommend it to people every chance I get. I rewatched all Psycho films when we did the episode (I bought the Arrow 4K set) and yeah, 2 is really great, 3 is fine (and an especially strong directorial debut from Perkins), but yeah 4 is... not great. I almost would've just preferred they made a straight prequel and not had the Perkins/CCH Pounder radio show framing device. Especially since it comes to absolutely nothing for the end of the movie. Oddly, I had a false memory (I hadn't seen it since maybe '96/'97?) of Norman finding CCH Pounder at the radio station and killing her off. Better movie? - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2023-11-09 15:49:11 +0000 UTCIncredible information. Such an odd hill to die on indeed! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2023-11-09 15:46:31 +0000 UTCHave you ever checked out the doc "78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene"? It's not a-MAZING, but still pretty fascinating. Would recommend! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2023-11-09 15:44:44 +0000 UTCCody! No, I haven't yet. Just added it to my Letterboxd watchlist. Thanks for the rec! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2023-11-09 15:42:51 +0000 UTCAbsoLUTELY just threw up in my mouth here! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2023-11-09 15:42:22 +0000 UTCWatched All the Psycho sequels for the first time a few years ago. Surprised by how good two and three was. Four is meh. I remember seeing that Psycho remake when it came out, was working at a theater at the time and we had a lot of walkouts. I saw Hitchcocks Frenzy (72) last month.which was great and recommend.
Darryl Bowen
2023-11-09 03:37:44 +0000 UTCI'm way overdue for a rewatch! I was cackling at the joke about Marion listening to the soundtrack on the radio as she's driving around.
Tim O'
2023-11-08 23:27:34 +0000 UTChttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/959217257223979060/1171952500551729322/IMG_5449.png also, here is the episode of Swamp Thing featuring a cameo from a member of the Skeleton League
Convincing John
2023-11-08 23:21:45 +0000 UTCoh my God I love who framed Roger rabbit I can't wait
The Wheel
2023-11-08 21:38:04 +0000 UTCI can not recall if it was Jack Warner or Louis Mayer but one of the two died on the hill of No Toilets In The Movies, professionally speaking. Like it was part of why they got pushed out of a senior management position. You Must Remember This covered it a few seasons ago. He'd give people lectures about how toilets do not belong in movies. Too smutty.
The Wheel
2023-11-08 21:06:54 +0000 UTCJust hit the part where Eric brings up how Joseph Stefano also developed Swamp Thing for tv (the live action 90s series); he was the showrunner for eps 1-13 -- also they use a replica of the Bates motel from Psycho 4 in an episode of Swamp Thing.
Convincing John
2023-11-08 19:12:58 +0000 UTCA boy's best friend is his podcast
Eren Keskin
2023-11-08 19:00:53 +0000 UTCThat shower scene is still probably the greatest scene in film history.
Beatrix
2023-11-08 17:32:48 +0000 UTCSteve's lol at Chris saying he had to look at the movie title to see what Search for Spock is about got a good lol out of me
Smaug
2023-11-08 17:26:01 +0000 UTCFor, Andrew: As you just caught Perkins w/Jeff Bridges recently in WINTER KILLS, ever see REMEMBER MY NAME from 1978 from Alan Rudolph? An underseen noir w/Perkins being stalked by Geraldine Chaplin. Guys, keep up the super-stellar work on WHM!!! 😎
Cody Downs
2023-11-08 08:59:46 +0000 UTCCan confirm re: sandwiches: the absolute worst sandwich I ever ate was a mayo and cheese sandwich I got visiting Britain as a kid, which had the bonus nightmare of the cheese being, of all things, SHREDDED cheese. The car ride back to the hotel was the most excruciating hour of my life.
John Edwards
2023-11-08 02:10:36 +0000 UTCWhat is this world coming to? A toilet in a film is simply a step too far! Now excuse me while I go watch “Society” again…
Brent Cowan
2023-11-08 01:41:49 +0000 UTCJust caught him recently with Jeff Bridges in the totally bonkers Winter Kills from 1979. Great movie! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2023-11-07 19:55:13 +0000 UTCKiiiiiinda one of the best parts of that movie, which I re-watched last night for the first time since like '96. - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2023-11-07 19:53:22 +0000 UTCThanks, Busiris! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2023-11-07 19:52:49 +0000 UTCHey Eric! You see that Tom of Finland movie with your Ma?
Catboyslim
2023-11-07 17:42:04 +0000 UTCLet's be honest with ourselves, Sam Loomis is 5 inches AT BEST. 6, if I was feeling generous.
Justine Prudhomme
2023-11-07 14:20:08 +0000 UTCAnthony Perkins is on the All Time Underrated list.
MarkNM
2023-11-07 13:33:14 +0000 UTCNot to mention Olivia Hussey as Norma Bates in Psycho 4 👀
Maurice Jones
2023-11-07 13:17:42 +0000 UTCI honestly drink milk all the time.
Elliott Tipton
2023-11-07 10:19:46 +0000 UTCSpooktacular extended! Let's goooo
Frank Grimes
2023-11-07 08:48:38 +0000 UTCGenuinely one of my favorite movies of all time, I've seen it at least a couple dozen times since I was a kid - and the added bonus to that is that this episode is top notch, really hilarious and you guys don't skimp on interesting details and history with the movie.
Busiris
2023-11-07 08:24:02 +0000 UTC
