Psycho (1960) | Full Length Reaction!

I'm glad you liked psycho for its subtlety and nuance and cinematography. Evil Dead, which I hope is still #3 in the polls, is anything but subtle. Its got a different charm in its campy gore. It's so ridiculous its almost a parody. I sure hope it gets in spooktober.

Jesse Darty

Suddenly occurred to me when Norman comments he prefers birds because they're more docile. As he's speaking to Marion CRANE.

Texas Anla'Shok

"I don't think I've ever watched a black and white movie" and "I really love the use of lighting in this movie." Poll be damned, you NEED to watch Casablanca; especially since you "love love".

Flukemarm

I believe you found the phrase "We all go a little mad sometimes" so familiar because one of the characters in Scream says it during the end part of the movie. A really underrated movie that I want to recommend is Psycho II, which was released in 1983. It follows Norman Bates after he has been released from psychiatric care and how he is trying to adjust to the outside world. Anthony Perkins returns to play Norman, and he is great!

Rickard Blixt

I only watched about 6 old movies but so far they don’t match w how we are told people in past behaved, w shows like Madmen or Disney Hollywood actors, the establishment narrative. All the women in this movie seem to be very strong, independent, and very sophisticated, including the sheriffs wife, even Norman’s mother!. Our lead is having an affair w a younger men, she breaks up w him one second and next she wants to marry him, she’s been working and supporting herself since 1950 as far as we know, She steals 40k, takes off, buys a new car, and then changes her mind and decides to bring back the money and face the consequences, all on her own. And this was supposed to be a very successful popular movie in its time, so it should represent enough of the social mindset, or consciousness, of the 50s, since it came out in 1960.

E

Yes, that was great. 😂😂😂

Chris Lüders

Hi Vicky, I love it that you liked the film and now I think you have an insight why I like films from the 50s, 60s and 70s so much. 😉 Back then they had only few options for different effects. Most was done by the storyline and dialogues, the music, different camera positions, the lighting and most important - the actors. You determined / asked whether most of the films of the 60s weren't already in colour, and you're right, black and white films were rapidly becoming rarer. But even today there are some which are (mostly) in black and white, e.g. 300 or Schindler's List. But the reasons here were that it was cheaper, they thought the blood would look to unsettling in colour and last but not least, Alfred Hitchcock liked black and white films. Result: A great movie. 😉 And of course, happy Spooktober. 👻

Chris Lüders

Just out of curiosity, where did you watch this? It seems to be the so-called "uncut" version (though there's some debate over whether it's actually what played in theaters in 1960). It's been released on disc a couple of times in recent years, but I didn't think it was available digitally anywhere.

Bryan Tuck

There was a shot for shot remake of this with Vince Vaughn as Norman, but somehow it was *terrible* despite being the same movie.

Drew

LOL, "...it's like the story continuously unfolds." Yeah, imagine that, the stories in movies used to be a lot more interesting than they are now for the most part.

Thomas Yanez

What's with the hate for milk? I love milk. I eat sandwiches and milk all the time.

Thomas Yanez

I've only watched Rear Window and some of this from Hitchcock, but I need to watch more

Kelvin

Fun fact: The first movie to feature a toilet flushing. 🚽 Fun fact: The blood in the shower scene is chocolate 🍫

Dave M.

Most of the Hitchcock films are incredibly good and sophisticated. 😉 I'm curious how your reaction will be since I haven't watched it yet. 😁

Chris Lüders

Also, when you shouted "WHY CAN'T SHE STOP MURDERING PEOPLE" I laughed for almost 5 minutes.

deskmerc

You know, you can get addicted to Hitchcock films pretty quick. Not just "standard fare" like The Birds, but I bet you would enjoy Rear Window because it is so unique in the framing of the story, along with Notorious and Vertigo, all well directed. And then, after you have seen all of them, watch High Anxiety, a spoof of such films and catch all the references. Plus, Rear Window has a young Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. GRACE KELLY.

deskmerc

Plot twist: Vee doesn't make a joke about murdering mattresses when the psychiatrist mentions matricide. I just knew it was going to happen.

Noby

TFW you go a little mad sometimes

Kelvin

Hitchcock thought about filming in color, but chose to save money using crew from his TV show that was airing then. In the late 90's director Gus Van Sant did a nearly verbatim shot for shot remake with Vince Vaughn as Norman. If anything it is an interesting watch. The original film spawned three sequels, two which are pretty good,

Bruce Bromley

It’s Hitchcock. Of course it’s well done.

MotoDork

Technically the FIRST slasher film is Peeping Tom released 2 months prior to Psycho. The film was so controversal it destroyed director Michael Powell's career, but now it's hailed as one of his greatest films. Definitely worth a watch :)