*Psycho* ALFRED HITCHCOCK IS THE BEST!!! (First Time Watching) Horror movies
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James and Ninetailedbrush watch this Iconic horror classic created by the great Alfred Hitchcock. Welcome to the Bates Motel and the horror that ensues. Enjoy!
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“It didn’t feel dated at all.” Exactly! A huge reason Psycho holds up is that the dialogue and conversations still feel natural over 60 years later.
There's a reason we still talk about this movie after all these years, it's literally iconic!
We found that out!!
@@whitenoisereacts ... You BOTH are the very BEST!!!!! ...... Would absolutely love to watch a film with you guys. I am turning 61 next year and you remind me of myself when I was younger. STILL love watching and analyzing films. Thanks for your reviews and blessings all the way from California.
Thanks for that bit of information
@@whitenoisereacts Eating like a bird means someone who do not eat a lot. That is an actual good thing. Women are taught to not eat like pigs in front of a man. The guy just notices she doesn't eat large portions. It's like having good manners.
@@lalixlili She also has the last name of Crane, the name of a species of bird, and "bird" is British slang for "girl," so when Norman refers to "stuffing birds," it's actually a bit dirty, though the US audience probably didn't notice that one.
The death of Janet Leigh was totally unexpected because she was a huge star, at the time. Imagine going to a Nicole Kidman movie and killing her off halfway through.
Hitchcock chose to shoot this in b&w cause the Hays Code wouldn't let him film the blood in color. Instead he chose to use chocolate syrup in an all white bathroom to emphasize the blood.
Though it's actually become much more common since. There's even a TV Tropes page on it, Dead Star Walking.
That was a master stroke killing of the main character halfway through a film.
☺️ Not even halfway through - 30 minutes in.
@@kittypuppup717 No, it's like 47 minutes in. It's close to the halfway mark.
@@rustincohle2135 ☺️ Okay, I stand corrected. It was at the end of the first act, though.
The best part about this movie is that Paramount did everything they could to prevent it from being produced: they rejected the proposal, refused to give Hitchcock his usual movie budget, fought him on scenes like the toilet being flushed and the bloodiness, tried to prevent him from even having a space to film it. Hitchcock himself bought the rights to the novel this was based off of, financed the movie himself, did it in black and white to cut costs, and did everything he could to intrigue the public to watch it.
Well said. I learned of most of that from reading a book titled "it's only a bloody movie" however watching the movie Hitchcock starring Anthony Hopkins informed me of much too
...and used a lot of the behind the camera crew from his Shamley Productions TV show, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents".
The soundtrack is strings rather than a full orchestra. It still is very effective.
Fun fact: This was the first EVER live action film to feature a flushing toilet 🚽
That was fun.
If I remember correctly, Hitchcock purposely put in the note being flushed bc he purposely wanted to include a running toilet
And people were outraged 🤣 different times
I love that fact, thank you!
It was the writer that wanted it, Hitchcock told him since it was his idea that he'd have to be the one to fight the censors for it. Of course they were far more concerned with insisting they saw nudity that was wasn't there.
Y’all figured it out so fast! But back in the day, things like multiple personalities or D.I.D never crossed anyone’s mind so this was revolutionary and terrifying.
The last shot of Norman in this movie is one of my favorites ever. His expression, the lighting, the shadows on his face - amazing!
Halloween took a lot of material from this movie, like Michael’s doctor named Sam Loomis. Janet Leigh - Jamie Leigh’s mother makes a cameo in Halloween H20 and she drives the same car that she did in Psycho. Such a great Easter egg. Glad you enjoyed this!
You also forget Billy Loomis in Scream
The conversation that Marion has with Norman is fantastic. Favorite part of the movie, you feel the tension getting tighter and tighter the entire scene
I agree, I love that scene. You get to see different shades to Norman's psyche but it was all done so subtly. It feels unnerving and yet poignant at the same time. The way Marion listens to him, there is a kindness and maternal warmth that you know Norman never really experienced. I love the layers in that scene and the movie as a whole.
yea,you can feel the mother coming out.....
The conversation in the parlor between the two is eerie.
@@starlightperkins330 yea,,,,¿you remember the mother of jason in friday the 13th??.....
One thing I love about that scene is how as the power dynamic changes during their conversation so do the camera angles Hitchcock uses to film the characters.
Vera Miles was an underrated actress. Her reactions in searching the house can’t be understated Her Lila Crane was the first “final girl.” In a horror movie
She is 94 years old and is the only living Psycho cast member left.
She wasn’t the first
“OK there’s definitely something wrong going on with him and his mom”
Yep, that pretty much sums up this movie
Anthony Perkins was such an incredibly talented actor, and "Psycho" is a precious gem! Loved to see you guys reacting - and I KNEW Nine-Tailed Brush would figure it out everything!!
My second favorite movie from Hitchcock is "Rope" - I would definitely recommend it, it's spetacular!!!
Lol he's sorta smart ain't he?
I have to second Rope!! There's tons of his movies that are considered classic but Rope gets overlooked. Without giving anything away, the camera work is reason alone. Not to mention the commentary on human behavior. It's one of my favorites.
@@exagerratedblindness For me, Rope isn't one of my favorite Hitchcock films. I'm not saying it's bad but just that it's not up to the same standards as many of the other Hitchcock films. It's more of a filmed play.
@@exagerratedblindness Overlooked by whom? I always hear it listed amongst his best works. Notorious is another great one from around the same time...and Strangers on a Train, Foreign Correspondent, the 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Spellbound...the man made hit after hit even before his really famous films.
Anthony Perkins was a wonderful actor who married late in life to a woman named Berry Berensen. She died on Flight 11 during the 9/11 attacks--the first plane to hit the World Trade Center.
In my opinion definitely one of the best movie endings, Anthony Perkins knocks it out with his performance.
Psycho is a masterpiece. I love sharing this movie with anyone new to it. This movie was very racy and the shower scene was very violent for back then. The movie is in black and white because Hitchcock felt the shower scene would be too graphic with color and the red blood. They actually used Hershey syrup for the blood in the shower. This was also one of the first slasher movies, that I'm aware of; at least the first mainstream one. AND it was the first movie to show a toilet flushing!
Trivia. Janet Liegh, Mariane Crane, is the Mother of Jamie Liegh Curtis,star of HALLOWEEN
*Leigh 😊
And Jamie is "Lee" 😊
But Yes they are mother/daughter😊
Rebecca is another great Hitchcock film that's super underrated, even though it won best picture and best cinematography in 1941. It's also an adaptation of a book by one of the greatest suspense writers in history.
Absolutely!!
Yes indeed! IMO, Joan Fontaine should have won the Oscar for this instead of the next year's "Suspicion", also by Hitchcock. It's incredible to believe that the Best Picture Oscar for "Rebecca" and Fontaine's Actress Oscar the next year are (I believe) the only 'major' Oscars that a Hitchcock film have garnered. Olivier, George Sanders, and especially Judith Anderson are wonderful in "Rebecca". So Good!
It makes me think of Carol Burnett Show when they did a movie spoof on this. It was called "Rebeccie." Vicki Lawrence showed up everywhere ( as the woman who loved Rebeccie) Even under the main course cover.
Daphne duMaurier also wrote the short story The Birds is based on.
"Who are you rooting for?" 🤣😂
Alfred Hitchcock - The Birds. That movies scared the shit outta me when I was a kid.
And, in case you didn't know, that's Jamie Lee Curtis' mother, Janet Leigh, as Marion. Now you see, Jamie Lee was pretty much destined to become a scream queen. Also, Hitchcock chose B&W for a lot of reasons, but the primary reasons were budgetary (to keep costs down) and practical (to give greater prominence to shadows, to overcome effects limitations, etc., but also to make the film feel a little more enclosed, like a TV show or a film noir from the 40s).
Also, considering what I wrote above: You guys need to watch NORTH BY NORTHWEST, which was filmed just before PSYCHO and in colour, and is one of the breeziest thrillers ever made. It'll give you a sharper sense of Hitchcock changing styles and gears very rapidly. And if the famous moms things works for ya, consider THE BIRDS, with Tippi Hedren as the heroine, aka the mother Melanie Griffith and grandmother of Dakota Johnson.
Nobody mentions that her father was also famous. At the time Tony Curtis was a bigger actor than Janet Leigh.
Wow I had no idea 😱
Y'all need to do a good b&w comedy. Either, Some Like it Hot or Arsenic and Old Lace. Both are hilarious!
Arsenic and Old Lace has always been a favorite of mine
Any Cary Grant comedy. Bringing Up Baby with Kathryn Hepburn is good too.
@@cayanne3420 Arsenic and Old Lace is such a favourite of mine too. And it's such a good black humour/horror.
Oh yes they're both sooo good
The Lady Killers or perhaps the Lavender hill mob
Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" is pretty spectacular.
Yes! My favorite!!
I love North by Northwest. And there is a lot of references to it in pop culture.
It also has the great blooping of a kid extra sticking his fingers in his ears before a gun goes off!
"Thornhill, Roger Thornhill. Make my drinks Neat, none of this diluted Martini junk.";)
@@Otokichi786 "Rot, that's my trademark."
Rear Window, Rope, Vertigo, Dial M for Murder, North by Northwest, and To Catch a Thief are all brilliant masterclasses in direction from the master of suspense himself.
More classic film reactions please!!!
Yes, all of them.
I would also add Rebecca and Stranger on the Train too.
@@gregfeasel5874 So would I. Both of them terryfying, but Stranger on a Train gave me nightmares for weeks.
And also some of his older films like Strangers by a Train, North by Northwest or Notorious.
Technicolor was used in the late 1930’s and has saturation, vividness, depth and longevity that is unmatched by modern color. Directors liked b/w to create specific tones or atmospheres, as well as when they wanted to use high contrast or shadows. B/W also seemed more appropriate for some situations or subject matters, and certainly to create suspense or tension. Also, in this film when blood was shown, it looked more realistic in b/w than the material used as blood.
Premarital sex was not socially acceptable in 1960, that's why Marion and Sam had to meet in secret. The only obstacle to them getting married and having a "legitimate" relationship was money. When Marion was getting hit on by the rich, old guy because she wasn't married, and had her co-worker flash her wedding ring in her face it only ramped up her frustration. So she gave in to the temptation to take the money thinking it would fix all her problems. That's why she didn't really have a plan, she was acting on emotion.
Psycho is such a fantastic black & white horror film.
Hitchcock, more than any director before him, understood suspense. They key is to give just enough information that the audience is aware of a danger that the characters don't see. The audience knows that there's a bomb under the table, but they don't know how long until it goes off. So they have to watch in tense silence as the scene plays out, begging someone to find the bomb before it explodes.
when watching, you don't even notice it's b&w.
That match dissolve between the shower drain and her eye then the camera move... just an amazing director.
Other Hitchcock films to watch: Rear Window, Vertigo, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Strangers On a Train, The 39 Steps
Makes you wonder when director's today are not influenced by the great work of Hitchcock I mean some are but most are not. You can always tell when you watch a movie today if it has a taste of Hitchcock in it
Another brilliant Hitchcock movie that you should watch is “Vertigo”!! It’s worth it!
I liked especially SF's unrealistically steep hill landscape from the large window in the 1950s.
That last scene with Norman and his mom's voice is one of my favorite movie scenes of all time. It's absolutely incredible.
Psycho is literally my favorite film of all time. I took Alfred Hitchcock Film Theory classes years and years ago and I could talk Hitchcock all day every day and watching you guys react to this and listening to your takes on it was just what i needed so thank you for this!!!!!
Brilliant remark: "It was horrifying but it wasn't grotesque". Totally! All of your post-movie remarks, spot on! James, love that you already know about how Brando and Dean and the whole "method acting" school deepened acting in movies. This is ten years after that so the influence is definitely there. For instance, Martin Balsam who played the detective, totally came out of the same school, great actor! Happy you liked him! He's in "12 Angry Men", I'm not sure if you guys have done that one yet! He's in tons of movies, lots of classics, and he's always good!). That said, you will definitely find great performances and transcendent actors earlier than those guys: Bette Davis is a perfect example. "Of Human Bondage", oof! Charles Laughton, Peter Lorre, etc etc. Even in the silent era: "Passion Of Joan Of Ark"has some of the greatest acting I've ever seen.
God I love 12 Angry Men, at least the one you're talking about. Watched it in high school in debate class, was the only highlight of my entire time there.
“12 Angry Men” (the original version, that is) is one of my favorite movies of all time, and that’s really saying something since I’ve seen LOTS of films.
12 Angry Men is a masterpiece- enough said.
The murder shower scene was on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments and the twist at the end was unexpected! Alfred Hitchcock had a cardboard cut out of himself in the theater, reminding audience members NOT to reveal the ending of the movie until an hour and a half. This was before viral marketing.
I didn't know that interesting. I was like many people watching it for the first time. I believe the mother was alive & well & obviously the reveal of her dead body gave away the shock twist not that it mattered by then because we saw Norman dressed as his mother 2 seconds later.
Definitely the kind of classic that's worth watching more than once and stands on its own even by modern standards.
Oh for sure!!!
@ 43:00 "Whoever the heck played Norman KILLED it!" ...literally.
You should check out Bates Motel -- a TV series that ran 2013-2017 on A&E. Freddie Highmore plays a young Norman and Vera Farmiga as Norma, his mother.
They did an excellent job filling in the back story to pyscho
I commented this as well! Freddie highmore was such a good choice both for the acting and he actually looks like a younger version of this norman
backstorys kill the autheticity of the classics
Absolutely phenomenal series!
40k back then adjusted for inflation would be about 475k today. Not enough to make running worth it these days probably, but back then it was a lot easier to disappear...
Whoa…
Yeah, it's not worth it. Might spend 2 whole days in jail with that no bail policy.
"...a boy's best friend is his mother." I remember after I bought my townhouse condo and had told people my mother would be moving in after she sold the family home in another city, I was giving a female co-worker of mine a tour of it before I was fully moved in. As we headed down the steps to the basement I turned to her and asked her if she had ever seen the basement scene from PSYCHO. Surprisingly we remained friends .
The other girl working in the office with Marion is Alfred Hitchcock's Daughter Pat!
This movie is much more complex than people know...
I studied this in art in high school. Brilliant shots. There is a shadow of a bird beak near her neck at one point and some say she was eating like a bird. Like prey
Oh that’s cool!!
Anthony Perkins' performance as Norman is amazing. Too bad he never had other roles that were as iconic as this one.
Your right about that. I wonder why that was. He starred in a version of the famous stage play made into a movie called Les miserable. His character was iconic in that
@@garyclarke9685 Sadly, what happened is that his performance as Norman was so iconic all the role offers he ended up getting afterwards were just 'Psycho'-lite over and over.
He was brilliant in Orson Welles' adaptation of Kafka's 'The Trial', though : that's another part he was perfect for.
@@Clairembify yeah I know what you mean. I'm aware of a few other actors that also played iconic roles & struggled in their profession.
@@garyclarke9685 Anthony Perkins was in the original "Murder On The Orient Express"
"It was horrifying but it wasn't grotesque.' You captured the mastery of Hitchcock. This movie gets your skin crawling and throws so many curve balls at you.
It was the first movie where someone was attacked in the shower. Many people felt vulnerable when they thought about the scene and were cautionary when showering.
Anthony Perkins was Norman Bates. My uncle met him once at a party and said he was kinda creepy. Janet Leigh was Jamie Lee Curtis’ mom (Jaime of Halloween fame). I understand Hitchcock wanted to do this in black and white so as to not show all the blood from the stabbing. There were no movie ratings back then. (By the time the Birds came out more blood was shown in color). Martin Balsam played the detective. He’s a good actor. The movie is so good. You’re not spoon fed everything like nowadays and no gory stuff and it’s still scary. Did you hear the psychologist at the end say those girls? He killed more than one woman. Classic! Good reaction.
Janet Leigh was nominated for an Oscar, but Anthony Perkins was overlooked -- a crime. When the nominations came out Alfred Hitchcock called him directly and said, "You were robbed".
Hitchcock is a MASTER of film and suspense. Even all these decades later, his work remains remarkably powerful and effective.
A lot of fun watching y'all take this ride. I'd love to see y'all explore his films more, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Rope, Frenzy, etc.
Hitchcock recommendations
Rope (1948)
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
Vertigo (1958)
North By Northwest (1959)
I totally recommend Rebecca, it’s such a great film and I’m a massive fan of the book. (It’s my third favourite classic novel so if you ever get the time, I’d totally recommend watching this masterpiece and then reading the book)
I LOVE the book! Rebecca was Hitchcock's first American film. And Mrs. Danvers was flawless!! You'll have to watch it to know what I mean by that...
That scene where he kills the investigator on stairs was the coolest and Scarriest killing scene ever . The music is terrifying
“Lifeboat,” by Hitchcock. The entire movie takes place in a lifeboat.
I really think this is Hitchcock's best. His other films, except The Birds, are more suspense/espionage than horror. A classic I would recommend as having aged well is "Casablanca". For older horror try "Rosemary's Baby". It's a little slow for the younger generations but I think you guys will be able to appreciate the slow build-up of paranoia and desperation the main character feels.
I agree about “Rosemary’s Baby”; it’s very powerful and engrossing.
The Private Detective getting it at the top of the stairs one of the best jump scares ever
Hitchcock's Frenzy doesn't get nearly as much love as it deserves.
I HIGHLY recommend Strangers on a Train. I love that one B&W Hitchcock, and there is one shot in the reflection of someone's glasses that is *chef's kiss*
Also, if you've seen Legally Blonde, you've seen Anthony Perkins' (Norman's) son Oz (the law student Elle helps with girls)
I agree, Strangers on a Train was great. My jaw dropped during that reflected in the glasses scene - one of the best scenes ever! It's the part I remember most vividly even though I saw it a few decades ago.
How you jumped when the detective got attacked 👌😆 We watched that movie in school for music class and in that moment I touched my best friends earring to joke around, but she screamed and everyone in class thought it was because of that scene. She's still talking about it today even though it's been over 10 years 😅
😂😂😂🤣 That’s hilarious.
Rear Window is another great one ❤️
Yes! Saw it on a big screen the first time and just fell in love with it - Best suspense ever!
@@shirw Oh, that must have been awesome!
Robert Bloch wrote the novel, which Hitchcock picked up in the airport in LA and read on his flight to London. When he got there he called his Hollywood office and told them to get the rights, this was going to be his next movie. Bloch was good pen-pal friends with H.P. Lovecraft, who encouraged Bloch to submit his stories to "Weird Tales" magazine, where he got his start.
Norman is based on Ed Gein, who was arrested for his crimes in Wisconsin in 1957, and went on to inspire this character along with Leatherface in TCM and Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. Gein's crimes shocked and horrified the world.
I love seeing people see this film for the first time who really GET it, which you guys clearly did. Imagine how shocking this would have been to a 1960 audience. The shower scene is so brilliant - you never see the knife actually piercing the skin, and yet it's terrifying. You're also really right to comment on how natural the acting was. Anthony Perkins, who played Norman, was a brilliant actor in the mold of Dean and Brando, and never got his full due, but he's incredible in this. Glad you posted this. Since you liked this so much, I would definitely recommend Hitchcock's earlier film "Strangers on a Train," which is more suspense than horror, but has the same wonderful creepy feel, and another brilliant performance from Robert Walker.
I agree.
Janet Leigh the actress who played the woman in the shower scene who stole the money was in real life the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis of Halloween fame, and she was the wife of Tony Curtis another very famous actor of that era.
SUGGESTIONS:
-Strangers on a Train
-Vertigo
-Suspicion
I’ve heard amazing things about all these
@@whitenoisereacts now if you REALLY want to see a crazy old flick… watch “Whatever happened to baby Jane” starring Betty Davis and Joan Crawford. It’s very “Hitchcock” but with more cringe.
Anthony Perkins (Bates) is phenomenal. I bought him as a psycho (that iconic stare) and as a somewhat awkward unassuming motel owner. He was creepy for sure yet he balanced that with a thin veil of innocence (not easy to do). Loved what you said about the film not being flashy and this film is definitely a great one to study for how to create suspense. I feel like there is power in simplicity and also intentional filmmaking. It's all about using everything at your disposal (shots, acting, music) to service the story which seems obvious but actually isn't maximised in many films. Anyway I'm so glad you guys liked this...I loved rewatching this back although I still skip the shower part. I'm still traumatised haha. As an innocent 14 I had to analyse that scene over & over in film class and I was hyperventilating taking showers for about 1 week (no joke) 😅 - MORE HITCHCOCK please! I personally love 'Rebecca' :)
Anthony Perkins did such a good job in this movie it ruined his career. Nobody could watch him and another movie and not think about Norman Bates.
Dammit Ninetailbrush you're gooood
Strangers on a Train. The Birds. Vertigo.
Incidentally, 1960 audiences didn't see any of that coming.
The blood was Hershey's syrup.
The famous shower scene was shot in December 1959 and took 7 days to complete. Containing as it does the most iconic corpse stare in movie history. 🚿
The fact that this was one of Janet’s first big movies and her daughters first breakout role was in Halloween is awesome. Yes her daughter is Jamie lee Curtis😊
This was not one of Janet’s first big movies. She was a famous actress with over 10 years of films behind her, including big ones such as Scaramouche, The Naked Spur, and Touch of Evil, just to name a few.
Oh lordie. When Mother came out of the bedroom, I thought we'd have to get the defibrillator for James.
Lmao!!
The dialogue in this still chills and thrills me, let alone the amazing shots, editing and plot twist. Deservedly great. Fun fact: Alfred bought every copy of the book so nobody could read it prior to making this film...
0:59 Arguably, the most horrifying film ever made is _The Star Wars Holiday Special_ (1978).
Lmao…tru that
Cinema Rules reacted to that last Holiday season and I think It's safe to say that they would wholeheartedly agree with you! 🤣
If y’all haven’t watched Bates Motel, it’s SO good. It’s a 5 season series. Based on Norman Bates when he was a teen. Vera Farmiga plays his mother. Freddie Highmore plays Norman. It’s just so good and so underrated.
i just commented the same thing. why does nobody know about that series? its a masterpiece imo.
There is so much to talk about in this movie. The stuffed birds, Marion "Crane" eats like a bird, the license plate on her car also mentions a bird ("jay"), the movie starts in Phoenix, which is a bird...The shower scene music cue repeats when we see Norman running down the steps from the house immediately after, connecting him to the murder...When Norman is talking to someone outside the office, his image is reflected in the glass as if he's 2 people...I also think that one of the reasons Anthony Perkins was so good in this role is that as a closeted gay man in the late 1950s/early 1960s he probably knew exactly what it was like to live a double life--to be a different person in private than you were allowed to be in public.
So much attention to detail. Starting about 39:05 in this video. When Bates is getting nervous about all the questions. Tapping his finger on the desk. Tap, tap, tap, tap.
The shower scene is used a lot in fim school as a study of how shots can be used to set tension and tell a story. Plus the "blood" is really chocolate syrup/ In black and white brown reads more "red" than an actual red.
seeing you trying to figure it all out was AMAZING, thanks so much for this reaction guys!
This is my favorite movie of all time. I live in Los Angeles, and every summer (pre-pandemic, at least) this company called Cinespia does movies at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Basically a grip of people (Probably 1000+) all in one of our most iconic cemeteries to watch movies projected onto a huge mausoleum wall. Everyone brings blankets and food and alcohol, it’s amazing. I always go when they screen Psycho.
Also, the secretary in the office with Marion was Alfred’s daughter.
Also also, this was the first movie ever to have a flushing toilet on screen. The first tv show to do it was Brady Bunch lol
Also also also, not sure if you’re aware, but the lead actress, Janet Leigh (Marion) and Tony Curtis had a child. That child is Jamie Lee Curtis.
I think you guys would enjoy the sequel "Psycho II" from 1983. Norman Bates is released!
Anthony Perkins played this part so well that he was typecast. Prior to this he had played characters who came across as innocent, not sinister, in movies like On the Beach.
He was gay, but married a woman in 1973. They remained married until he died from AIDS complications in 1992. Perkins' wife, Berry Berenson, died in 2001 when the plane she was on crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center.
Norman was played by the legendary Anthony Perkins.
It’s hard to top Psycho, but Charade and Rear Window are great. I think you would like the mystery in Charade if you haven’t seen it.
I think Norman was talking about the way that the birds are display is passive. They are sitting pretty on a branch. Whereas with carnivores a lot of times you see them in an aggressive, fangs out type pose. I think this line tells a lot about Norman's personality. And definitely about how he picked his victims.
Fantastic reaction!!!! Ninetailedbrush called it! Seeing you guys smile just at the CREDITS made me feel good! Ninetailed, the titles for this (and other) Hitchcock films were done by Saul Bass (also did the title sequences for Scorsese movies like "Cape Fear" and "Casino"). Always dazzling credits, often with great music by Bernard Herrmann/Yes, the black & white was a choice, James is batting 1000 on this one! "Rear Window", for instance was six years earlier. Technicolor actually goes back to 1926 and "The Black Pirate" (great movie), but was definitely in common use by 1960/!LOVED this reaction!
Thank so much. So glad u liked it
Guys, please check out Psycho II. It is a great sequel that continues Norman's story.
Color was definitely available but it was cheaper to film in b&w, so possibly an artistic choice or maybe just due to budget constraints. "Roman Holiday" (1953) was going to be filmed in color until the director got the opportunity to film on location in Italy. So he choose to film in b&w to be able to afford the location shoot.
The actor portraying Norman Bates was Anthony Perkins. He did a terrific, errie, fascinating job, and I think it not only typecast him , but I think it could have scarred him for life.
One of the fascinating things about Psycho is that, once Marion dies, we root for Norman, because he's our only connection to the movie!
Some other great Hitchcock movies, thrillers,p including some with comedy: To Catch A Thief, North By Northwest, The Birds, Vertigo, Suspicion, The Wrong Man, The 39 Steps, Rear Window, Rope, Strangers on A Train, for a start. In many of these iconic movies, Hitchcock does a cameo shot. In North By Northwest, he's a passenger, getting on or off of a train.😢
I'm so here for the classic movies reactions. 30s to 60s have so many brilliant movies.
Psycho is in my Mt. Rushmore of Horror films! Truly and iconic classic!
Man. It's been decades since I've watched this and I had totally forgotten how amazing it is.
The incredible Anthony Perkins, he was type cast in the role, he could never break out of it and his career was very stunted.
We all go a little mad sometimes.
If you're interested in old horror, a selection of classic Twilight Zone episodes might be up your alley.
I have to compliment you guys on how you set up your review. Instead of chopping up the movie into little bits and pieces where you don't even get complete sentences the way other You Tubers have done, you have fleshed out the actual movie much more than almost all the other reviewers. Great job. The only small complaint I have is the purposeful distortion of the actor's voices.
Anthony Perkins played Norman so well that he was typecast.
Fun fact: Norman Bates was inspired by real life murderer and graverobber Ed Gein.
Great reaction guys!! The actor who played Norman Bates is 'Anthony Perkins'.
Watching this with you guys, I'm curious on the commentary of the movie. All the men in the movie leading up to Marion's murder, she keeps encountering men who are seen by society as bad people; an adulterer, an old, rich flirt or an intimidating cop. Then she meets Norman, who is gentle and seemingly harmless. Maybe the message of the movie is that evil comes in many shapes, even in the shape of innocence.
Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock's favorite movie that he made), North By Northwest, Rear Window, The Birds, Notorious (absolutely beautiful to look at). With Hitchcock, every shot was preplanned.
Not Hitchcock, but Sunset Boulevard is another black and white timeless classic. It's a film noir about an aging Hollywood actress and a young screenwriter that get embroiled in weirdness.
Saul Bass's opening credits and Bernard Herrman's score are so immediately jarring that by the time you see the first shot of the film you're completely pulled in.
This movie can only be described as “timeless”
''I want to see the mom''
me: *mischievous chuckling*
Dial M for Murder is a great Hitchcock movie as well. If you want a movie that’s going to keep your mind engaged with every little detail the entire way through the film, you will love Dial M for Murder.
I will forever regret not seeing Dial M for Murder in 3D in the 1980s when 3D resurged. I was able to catch Vincent Price in House of Wax during this time and it was exciting seeing the film the way the original audiences did. That's what I was hoping for Dial M.
The closeup of Janet Leigh's eye was done with a still photograph because you could see her move when she breathed.
You should definitely watch at least Psycho 2 and Psycho 3. They are really good.
Hell no what makes think it good your delusinoal sequels are worst dont ever campare hitchcock psycho to sequels it cant top original
@@Dcuniverse60 did I say they top the original? They are good companion pieces.
The detective played in the best movie ever made. 12 Angry Men, you have to watch it!