PSYCHO (1960) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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27:03 - Review
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Watching someone who doesn't know the twist beforehand watch a movie is one of the greatest joys in life.
Exactly! I was about to comment something similar. Once she indicated that she thought it WAS mother, I was so happy! :) To live vicariously through her...and not know the twist to this...as well as a LOT of her other reactions is wonderful. I can only imagine what it's like to experience all these movie plots and endings for the first time...oh I'm so envious. lol
Watching someone who has never even heard of the most famous scene in Film History (the murder shower scene), when the person is an adult and raised in a First World Country is just sad.
I bet my behind she has never even heard of World War II, birds who imitate the voices of humans and Frank Sinatra.
@@marcofreitas3844 Well you can thank the Leftists/Progressives/Democrats for that! They've had control over our education system for the last couple generations...and have taught them NOTHING of value.
@@marcofreitas3844 agreed.
@@marcofreitas3844 No need to be so harsh. I think it's cool she's open to watching old movies. Shoutout to all the young reactors who are watching classic and near-classic and just older bad movies for the first time.
"He doesn't seem creepy" *spits out my drink*
That's like me watching Gothika.
"This guy must be the audience surrogate! Oh, he was supposed to be the red herring..."
But that was the general consensus, that Norman was such a good crazy killer exactly because he didn't looked like one
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@@felphero It's one of the reasons Perkins was cast. He was considered more of a leading man than anything else at this point.
14:36 "What... did I just see?!" - One of the greatest moments in cinematic history
_"Why is my heart pounding and nothing has even happened?"_
Hitchcock wasn't called *"the Master of Suspense"* for nothing. 😉
"Why is my heart pounding and nothing has even happened?"
Because Hitchcock is a master!
The lady of suspense is Jamie Lee Curtis ' mother
You are CORRECT sir!
Lol I was just thinking that would be god tier suspense that's why
...And because this wonderful reactor allows herself to become fully engaged in the film, allows herself to remain vulnerable and willing to experience and share all the intensely scary and emotionally draining feelings this great thriller invokes...An invaluable reaction from someone who truly understands what makes a great movie great...
@@markerickson4273 And the Halloween(1978) director (Carpenter) didn't know that from the beginning.. Some plot twist there..
To understand the impact of "Psycho" you have to keep in mind that this was the first movie ever where the lead actress was killed off just like that in the middle of the movie. That never happened before.
Not to mention ever hacked to death in a shower either.😄
When we got Pop following the ENTIRE Janet Leigh bank-embezzlement plot in its entirety, in the edit, I had to stay to see her reaction at the "twist".
That's why Hitchcock advertised "No one will be admitted late to the theater."
I believe it was the first movie to show a toilet as well.
@@robhws thats doubtful
@@dynamicdave2647 It actually was the first movie showing a flushing toilet. Hitchcock had to fight the studio to keep it in.
That shot at the end of the film is the most terrifying shot ever. Every time I watch this I get angry all over again that Perkins didn’t get nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Norman Bates, and that the film didn’t win one.
I can maybe understand given the time Psycho was released. It was popular with audiences but more than a few contemporary critics in 1960 thought it was kind of schlocky. But Anthony Perkins is absolutely fantastic, it's literally an A+ performance. Watching Psycho just to observe his eye movement is time well spent.
@Mr. Torrance Just goes to prove what critics know. You're absolutely correct in that they all (en masse) slated 'Psycho' to the ground and gave it all terrible reviews ...... then about 10 years later, they all revised their critique and were hailing it a classic!!! Hypocrites.
@@BULL.173 Anthony Perkins was such an extraordinary actor he basically acted his way into typecast oblivion with this role. Prior to "Psycho" he played mostly sensitive romantic leads.
Looking back at his films, he was being cast into Heavy Mental Roles for a long time, before and after PSYCHO. "Troubled" or "emotional" characters. One film that doesn't fit that is 1959's ON THE BEACH (Gregory Peck and his submarine and crew in Australia, waiting for the deadly radioactive clouds to swarm down and kill even Australia as it has done throughout the world). BUT - for some dumb reason - Stanley Kramer made him speak in a gosh-awful and inconsistent Aussie accent that alway gets my vote as the "Worst Accent In Film History" award. He's practically unwatchable for me in that film and, fortunately, it's a small part, easily glazed over. But that is one powerful film.
@@BULL.173ü😅
This is the best Psycho reaction I've seen, hands down. It's the closest to being transported back to 1960 and seeing what it was like for an audience back then!
Yes! I'm coming a little late to this party, but Cassie is in my opinion the best movie reactor on youtube. I got a kick out of how she asked "what...did I just see???" The famous shower scene from Psycho! To see someone experience it for the first time not knowing what was coming was a cool experience.
Anthony Perkins was simply brilliant, and that smile at the end.
Chilling.
Yeah "Mrs. Bates" should go on a date with Tyler Durden...
Youcoud call it a double date
One of the most underrated actors of all time, in my opinion.
The fact that he won no Oscar for this movie is just a shame….
"Why, she wouldn't even hard a fly"
Hitchcock would be smiling right now. Your reaction is exactly what he wanted his audiences to feel. Awesome stuff. Keep up the great content!!
He even locked the audiences in the theater during the film, especially during the shower scene
@@fynnthefox9078 True, he also forced his audiences to be trapped in a room that constantly filtered farts through the air. Diabolical really
I guess you might say it was The Exorcist of the 1960s because that was the next horror film to make people stand in line two hours for the privilege of being terrified.
@@d.a.w.975 The only film I can of that came close to Psycho and The Exorcist was The Haunting 1963. It’s a rare thing to be actually terrified by a movie.
@@d.a.w.975 Yes, it’s eerie and atmospheric but I wouldn’t put it the same league as The Exorcist. One more film comes to mind called Black Sabbath 1963. That’s one to give you goosebumps on a cold black night.
I actually chuckled out loud when Cassie said about Norman, "He's not creepy. "
I did the same when she said "Oh, creepy mother" after hearing voices arguing from the house. 🤭
and he's cute omg lol
Norman's pretty handsome ngl
In the book, he was pudgy and unattractive, his creepiness being most obvious.
psycho is amazing, definitely stands the test of time.
"Note to self: never take the room next to the office." It's lines like that that make you, you... and why we keep watching. Bless you.
#movielessons
@@davewhitmore1958 #lifelessonsforall
Yeah, this movie did for motels what Jaws did for beach holidays!
@@daxriley8195 and showers!!
I feel like you reacted the way audiences in '60 would have reacted. A lot of people today are desensitized to the horror genre and can read filmmaking techniques too well to enjoy the concept.
@Raylan Givens That or it is incredibly satanic or steeped in the occult!
Psycho and The Exorcist bore me to sleep; the Horror genre is extremely far from dead but has evolved greatly from these baseline prototype films like Psycho. It'd be interesting to see a reaction to Peeping Tom, a contemporary rival to Psycho that could have propelled horror in an entirely different direction if it had been the one to get the explosive popular notoriety instead of Psycho
I was thinking the same thing.. You really bought into the money which was an intended misdirection to wallop you with the shower scene.. Then all bets were off and you were in for a penny… In for a pound..
@@jacobjones5269 Hitchcock called the object of the misdirection a "McGuffin". McGuffin or maguffin is a term for an object or element in a story that drives the plot, but serves no further purpose.
@@shinrapresident7010 God bless you. Thanks for saying hi!
One of the reasons this movie has such an impact is that the first half is all about Marion; you believe that this is her story, therefore nothing fatal can happen to her. Then comes the shower scene.
The actress was also known at the time, and killing the main actress not even halfway of the movie had never been done before.
The only other film I ever saw like that was Full Metal Jacket where you think Gomer Pyle is the main Character
She was going to take the money and run away with Sam, but in talking to Norman, she saw someone who was even more trapped than her. So she decided she didn’t need to dig herself in any further and wanted to rectify her temporary madness. She should’ve left immediately which was the fatal mistake.
That scene when Mother comes out and stabs Arbogast gave me a mini heart attack when I first watched this movie. Bernard Herrmann (the composer) absolutely nailed his cues in Hitchcock's films.
SAME. THE SHEER TERROR.
Very much this! :)
Yeah that was startling for sure. I think what made that particular scene work was that it was so brazen. He wasn't near any door or corner so we never anticipated that we'd get to see the killer actually walk a few steps to get to him. Also the way the camera was looking downward was eerily different as well as how he fell from the stairs.
Bernard Herrmann just about always nailed it. I was just listening to his soundtrack to The Ghost & Mrs Muir. Much different. Romantic, but also dark. Always evocative. The guy was amazing.
Herrmann using only a string orchestra in this was a stroke of pure genius. Not only was it cheaper to use strings, but it conveys so much stress, tension, fear and raw emotion. Herrmann and Hitchcock were truly a powerhouse duo. Respectively, they are the John Williams and Steven Spielberg of their day. Incidentally, John Williams was Bernard Herrmann's protégé pupil. You can see where he gets his artistic influences.
"This doesn't have a happy ending. Because Marion is dead... in a bog."
You could have a great career writing movie tags lol
That bog line at the end made me literally lol
I can totally imagine hearing that line in a 1970s horror movie trailer.
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There's a limb on a tree, and a tree on a body, and a body in the bog, in the bog down in the bally'o???
That would be hilarious if that was quoted on the actual DVD box
When the car paused in the middle of it’s sinking, I actually caught myself panicking for Norman’s sake for a second. Hitchcock was good.
Nope - Hitchcock wasn't good. He was great. How does he make us want the bad guy to not be caught? We just witnessed Marian's horrific murder and yet we anxiously want the accomplice to successfully destroy the evidence. Very similar to a scene in 'Marnie' - Tippi Hedren embezzles from Sean Connery and as she sneaks out of the office we are worried she'll get caught by the cleaning woman; we get more anxious as we see her shoe slipping out of her pocket, Hitchcock cuts back and forth until finally the shoe falls and makes a noise. Our tension is relieved when we realize the cleaning woman is very hard of hearing and Tippi successfully escapes. Whew! Brilliant direction.
Every woman has met a Norman Bates. I'm not talking the split personality, I'm talking when Marion had dinner with him. Where he seems so friendly, and you're trying to be friendly, and then you say something. And you realize you've crossed a line and his real personality comes through. Marion acts this perfectly. You can see a flash of fear in her eyes when she realizes Norman's dark side. Only it's too late now. The only thing she can do is keep her cool and hope to back track
Hitchcock is indeed the Master of Suspense, next to watch from his work: 'Vertigo', 'Rear Window', 'The Birds', and 'North by Northwest'
All yes but a double yes for Rear Window!!
His last film, FAMILY PLOT is fun, exciting and full of suspense. The silly "thru back window of car" sequences are hilarious in an age (1977) when live-car-sequences were commonplace, Hitch still used this 1920's technique. Quite silly indeed, but fun, too.
Yes. I agree. But my personal favorite is 'Vertigo.' Banger of a film.
And "East by Southeast"
@@synthetic240 🤣
Those people that have never experienced Alfred Hitchcock have no idea what they are missing. This was a fun reaction to watch, thanks for sharing it. You're in for a treat if you're going down the Hitchcock rabbit hole.
it's a horror, it's a mystery, it's suspense...even a comedy. Hitchcock knew how to pack a film. Truly a masterpiece when you're being affected "when nothing is happening". I love watching this with people who've never seen it and anticipating the inevitable reactions and very much enjoyed watching it with you
"it's harder to see in black&white rain" LOL
"Why is my heart pounding and nothing's even happened?"
Because Hitchcock is the master of suspense!
"Oh, he's cute."
I was like, well, this should be interesting.
Yep, they didn't last long. Lol
Anthony Perkins was considered to be quite the heart throb in the day. Psycho kind of ruined that image. He couldn't shake the role of Norman Bates.
That means that he was a good actor and Hitchcock was a great director.
Vera Miles is a great actress, still with us at age 94. She was the 3rd runner up in the 1948 Miss America pageant. Like her best in a movie called "The Searchers" probably the best western (not the motel) made in 1956. She gave her away her own horse, "Sweetface" to help her own true love find his sister after she was abducted.
And she was drop-dead gorgeous!
@@michaeldmcgee4499she was one of the actresses Hitchcock was very sexually attracted to.She was his first choice as the lead in " Vertigo" but she had other contractual commitments
"He's cute." I haven't laughed so hard in years, thank you. Like the way you admonished yourself for it repeatedly through the rest of the film. Pure class, keep it up.
I'm just amazed that Cassie thinks cute people can't be evil. Sadly, not true at all.
@@Jessica_Roth , yeah for being a young lady, Cassie has the mind and soul of a 6-year old innocently naive child. God forbid, but she seems like the person who would easily trust a person like Bundy, Dahmer, Wayne Gacy, or even Amelia Dyer (WHO MURDERED CHILDREN AND INFANTS! Geez, if that woman was around our time and Cassie had a baby, I’d pray that Dyer never dare come near her child…..).
This is quite possibly the perfect reaction video. Certainly the most pure reaction video I've ever seen. She honestly knew nothing about the movie beforehand, and her reactions are as close as I'll ever get to seeing how people reacted to this back when it first came out.
I also consider it a tribute to Hitchcock that, even given the increased sophistication of audiences sixty years down the line, at every point in the movie, she was fooled in exactly the way Hitchcock wanted the audience to be fooled.
Great, absolutely fantastic reaction video.
It baffles me, I think there is no possible way she couldn't have known about things like this that are parodied and always referenced to in so many shows. But then again im the one who didn't know about The Lion King so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@click8708 Not knowing about the Lion King is a personal achievement you should be proud of. Overhyped to the nth degree...
@@jamiegagnon6390 What, you don't want to see Disney's take on Hamlet?
@@earlofbroadst Or Disney's take on Kimba the White Lion, which they furiously denied ever even having seen despite managing to take nearly everything from it.
I agree.
"Psycho" was very shocking to audiences when it first came out in 1960. For starters, in a film you would never see a woman in her underwear or see an unmarried couple sharing the same bed, that was considered taboo. That's why the the characters in the film were trying to keep their sexual relationship a secret.
The shower scene was beyond shocking for audiences at the time. Even though it's not nearly as graphic as todays horror movies, it remains one of the most iconic murder scenes in a movie. At that time movies were supposed to have a "happy ending", and you weren't supposed to kill off the main character.
The one scene that always freaked me out was the scene where the sister goes into the fruit cellar and finds the mother's corpse. Just that look on Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) face when he comes at her with the knife, gave me nightmares for a long time.
Of course "Marion Crane" is played by legendary actress Janet Leigh; who was also happened to be Jamie Lee Curtis's mother in real life. "Scream Queen" Jamie Lee Curtis and her mother Janet Leigh appear in 2 movies together; "The Fog" (horror 1980); and "Halloween H20" (horror 1998). Basically all horror movies today owe a debt to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960).
P.S. Do yourself a favor by NOT seeing the 1998 "Psycho" remake with Vince Vaughn, it's pretty bad. I really enjoy your reaction videos. :)
I second that. The Gus Van $ant remake was garbage.
I didn't know about the 1998 version. Whats the point of the 2000 movie of the same name, just a re-imagining?
I've never fully watched any of them, but always assumed the 2000 movie was supposed to be a remake with a twist.
@@koreygeren2677 There is no 2000 remake. You're thinking of the 1998 remake.
@@VerisimilitudeFilms1 I'm thinking of the one with Bale as... Patrick Bateman?
I'm assuming that one is influenced by the 60 movie.
@@koreygeren2677 That movie has absolutely NOTHING to do with "Psycho." "American Psycho" is based off a novel from the early 90's by Brett Easton Ellis. It's a satire/ black comedy condemning the mindset Wallstreet yuppies from the 80's and how far they would go to be immoral.
"Why is my heart pounding--and nothing's even happened?" The master at work! Your reaction to the movie was wonderfully entertaining! Thank you!
I love it that she had never seen it before, it was her genuine reaction 😅❤️
Imagine how damn good Hitchcock was.
Over 60 years since this movie came out, and it still has the same effect it did in 1960.
Hitchcock was a genius
I remember 1960 vaguely. We watched Twilight Zone at our house some evenings. When it scared me, I got behind the couch.
"I would cut out the liner of the purse and out the cash in there."
EXCUSE ME?!?!
Is Cassie not as innocent as we have been lead to believe??
I see that as the difference between criminal imagination and criminal energy: the first is what a crime novel writer has, and the latter what an actual criminal has. How many writers think up (or at least about) the perfect murder each and every day? And how many of those actually do it? ;-)
She was really enjoying that theft a little too much. First time I saw this movie I was like.. noooo, girl, what are you doing??!! That doesn't belong to you! 😂😂
led, not lead.
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Your comment eminds me
of one of the plotlines in
the "A Penny For Your Thoughts"
episode of "The Twilight Zone".
"He's scared of his mom. I'm scared of his mom." He IS his mom! 😆
Cassie, I just discovered you about an hour ago, with your Halloween reaction (my all-time favorite horror movie), and you are absolutely delightful! Like me, you seem to prefer the movies that are heavy on suspense and tension, not blood and gore, and you picked an absolute icon with Psycho. One of the best things about this classic is that Janet Leigh was a big star (mother of Jamie Lee Curtis, if you didn't know), and she was promoted heavily on posters and in trailers... and then they killed her off halfway through the movie. Very shocking move for the time.
Looking forward to watching many more of your videos!! 😊
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Woahhhhh I've never seen this movie! I had no idea she was murdered halfway through, I always figured that scene happened at the very end! Wow! And that really fast moment when "the mom" comes right out of the bedroom with the knife and stabs that guy, that was SO chilling!
Norman: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Cassie: "Arguable." You gotta check out Rear Window if you liked Psycho.
Also Birds and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
and also the spoof of it with Bill Murray, The Man Who Knew Too Little :)
Yep.
Jimmy Stewarts character is a douchebag in that awesome movie... and I'm here for it.
😁👍
She needs to watch 2004's SECRET WINDOW
@@TBCreek I wouldn't recommend that one. Its too passive and boring.
I'd recommend Sleepy Hollow instead, if we're going with Johnny Depp. Or his first film, Nightmare on Elm Street.
A way more nuanced film.
This is the best reaction video I've ever seen!
When this movie came out in 1960 it was normal to just show up to the cinema and start watching the movie in the middle, then stay through the next showing until you got to where you started. Weird I know, but Hitchcock wanted people to experience the twists and shocks properly, so he required theaters to not let people in after it had started. This had the effect of passersby wondering about the gathering crowds outside, and people waiting in the lobby would hear the screams of the audience inside and get even more hyped! I've always wondered what it would be like to experience that, and that's what makes your reaction so satisfying!
He also had as many copies of the novel bought up as possible to help prevent people from knowing what would happen.
"You didn't even see the stabbing, but..." That's how Alfred Hitchcock did his shows. He has lots of classics... and the series.
Great reaction! This is such a classic! Notice how in the beginning Marion Cranes' bra was white(innocence), but after stealing the money. it was black(corruption). Hitchcock was a genius with little details like this . Psycho II is also worth a watch. many people were skeptical when it came out in 1982, but it my opinion it is one of the best horror sequels ever. : )
The scene where Marion and Norman talk in the parlor before the shower scene is my favorite scene in Psycho and possibly my favorite scene in any Hitchcock film. It's 2 people talking but the writing, the acting, the direction, the character depth, the tension, the underlying feeling of dread and the horror to come is on a level that's rare to find. Really looking forward to see Cassie experience this film, especially if it's the first Hitchcock film she's seen. If it is, this the place to start. Also, this is an obvious thing to say but Bernard Herrmann's score for Psycho has to be one greatest film scores of all time.
Totally agree. That dialogue is so well written. Its rhythms, its cadences; the scene rises and falls and ebbs and flows. Just amazing. Arbogast and Norman's talk in the motel office is another master class in this sort of sure-footed writing and acting.
Whats crazy is norman bates seems like a normal person during his first conversation with her
@@markdodson6453 A great Bernard Herrmann scored movie for Cassie to watch would be "Taxi Driver".
@@dynamicdave2647 They're each hiding their own terrible secret, but you don't realize it at the time.
@@Buskieboy I don't know. "Taxi Driver" might completely traumatize Cassie!
You're totally right, this was a huge sensation in 1960, the way "Jaws" or "The Exorcist" would be a decade and a half later. Other firsts in this movie: you never saw a toilet in an American movie before this, seeing Janet Leigh in a bra was also not the norm, and the entire shower sequence, of course, legendary. Now you see why Hitchcock is called the Master of Suspense! The next one I'd recommend to you is: "Rear Window" with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly, you'll love that one! That's in splashy color, it's a few years before "Psycho". He has lots of great movies. "Strangers On A Train" and "Shadow Of A Doubt" are equal to "Psycho" and "Rear Window" as far as suspense and riveting stories are concerned.
Hitchcock is just a master. As an up and coming filmmaker, I can’t say enough how much his techniques inspire me every day.
One of the huge shocks from "Psycho" was the extraordinarily brief amount of time Janet Leigh is on screen, besides the outright act in film, the moviegoers couldn't imagine a big budget name like that being gone so swiftly from the film.
"Rear Window" should probably be the Hitch Cassie should watch, but think she might do better with the more lighthearted "To Catch A Thief", and a personal fave if mine. "North By Northwest" should be on the list too.
Rear Window still gives me anxiety even though I know what's coming haha. The way it's done is fantastic and, like Psycho, has been spoofed so many times and is part of pop culture.
Spot on: definitely a shocker for its time like The Exorcist and Jaws.
There is a great moment when Norman hesitates before giving her room number one. Things might have gone differently. His hand hovers over another key and finally he picks up the key for number one.
Marian is Jamie Lee Curtis’s mother. And the other secretary in the office working with Marian was Alfred Hitchcock’s daughter. This was also the very first film to ever show a flushing toilet on camera. Brady Bunch was the first tv show to do it lol
Brady Bunch? Not All in the Family?
@@HuntingViolets Ya mean in Archie's "reading room"?
@@billolsen4360 Yeah.
The famous and often parodied Shower scene was Filmed in December 1959 and took 7 days to complete. Containing within the most iconic corpse stare in the history of cinema. 🚿
When chocolate syrup looks more like blood than modern CGI.
Because in black and white, color is irrelevant. It didn’t need to be red, it just needed to be dark and viscous. When mixed with a bit of water, it’s identical
@@Hey_Jamie I know; I'm saying how even decades ago, they do a better job than people who are supposed to make things as realistic as possible.
If I made a horror movie, I'd want to make it with as little CGI as possible.
"This crazy old lady, comes downstairs stabs her with a knife and than just goes back to bed. And he comes and cleans up the bodies." lmao love that line.
Quite the arrangement they've got there. lmao
Technically true ☝️
This was such a good reaction. You should also do Hitchcock's Vertigo.
Anthony Perkins plays his role as a killer with a split personality brilliantly.
The final scene with Perkins looking directly into the camera at the viewer made movie history.
Just like the entire, outstanding film by Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock.
*Fun Facts:*
-This was the first movie to show a toilet flushing on camera.
-Janet Leigh was the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis (who starred in _Halloween_ and is known as the "Scream Queen").
-Every cut in editing (in the shower scene) represented a stab.
-Chocolate syrup was used for blood.
-This movie was pushing the boundaries of censorship at the time, so the movie was filmed in black and white and worked around story elements to appease the Hayes Code.
all true
If I remember correctly too, some of the censors of the era thought they saw some nudity and some didn't, so after haggling with them, Hitchcock promised to go away and re-cut the shower scene, then brought it back to them unchanged - and now the ones who thought they saw nudity before didn't, and those who didn't before now thought they did. After Hitch pointed out his trickery, they figuratively threw their hands up and approved the film.
As well as the black and white being cheaper than filming it in color.
This is also the 1st film in history that did not allow ticket purchases after the film started.
You are, I do believe, the best reactor. It’s almost a gift that you’re a bit jumpy bc it makes a film we’ve seen many times feel fresh and new again. Loved it! 😃
This...
Hitchcock was a master of suspense. When Jaws came out, people were afraid to go in the water. When Psycho came out people were afraid to take a shower. This is really a genuine classic. Please watch more Hitchcock movies. They are great and you will enjoy them.
"Note to self, never take the room next to the office" ..... lol.. my entire life.
Rear Window has it all: suspense, laughs, glamour, great dialogue, and a set/location that's incredibly 'entertaining' in itself.
I saw that film on TV for the first time when I was 14 or 15, and was just glued to it. It was amazing that you could set virtually a whole film in one room and have it be so gripping.
One of the best films ever made
I'll say. Vertigo is the best Alfred movie.
@@11DNA11 Probably. But Vertigo isn't exactly a 'crowd pleaser', and once you know the mystery, even with the hypnotic visuals and pace etc (watching in a cinema helps), it can feel (for me) a little like a 'duty' to watch over and over. As opposed to something like, say, North by Northwest, which is always a blast.
Yeah put me in the Rear Window, North by Northwest camp, even To Catch A Thief I can watch those three over and over again.
Alfred Hitchcock’s, THE REAR WINDOW, is my absolute favorite of his movies! MUST SEE! Grace Kelly is so beautiful! Such a classic!
Sorry to be "That Guy" but it's just Rear Window.
I agree that Rear Window is amazing. My favorite
I love these movie reactions. Rewatching movies and watching movies for the first time. I love it.
If it's any consolation, I've now watched 3 female reactors feature this film, and if there's one thing they all had in common, it is precisely that "He's cute!" first impression of Norman.
Yup, Hitchcock sure knew what he was doing... 😎
If you enjoyed Psycho, I highly recommend Rear Window, with James Stewart and Grace Kelly. It's another Hitchcock classic.
@@justindenney-hall5875 He meant Raymond Burr ;-)
@@justindenney-hall5875 Relax, Francis.
@@kathleenclark815 Mine too. I love the snappy dialogue.
I was 15 when this movie came out. I was completely freaked out. So, of course, I invited a few girls on movie dates to watch them freak out! You are now the fourth lol. Thank you for the wonderful reaction. I hope you can take a shower after this. I couldn't.
My mother was in her early 20's when this came out. She said she couldn't take a shower for weeks afterward. Haha!
After I saw it, I would continuously peek around the curtain to make sure I was not fixing to be stabbed.
For the longest time after I first saw this movie on TV, I would always double check the lock on the bathroom door before taking a shower. Then, after seeing the original "Jaws" in 1975, I was afraid to take a bath too! ;)
This is one of my favorite episodes. You are sincere and honest in all your vlogs and with this one I liked how up front you worried that the movie wouldn't be outdated and you would have a tough time connecting with it. And then we got to watch you get drawn in. I had always heard the Hollywood term Macguffin- a plot device in a movie that matters to the character but is only used to move the audience along. Here Hitchcock uses the Macguffin of the money to pull you along, you're watching the money, worried about the money and never see the brilliant acting of Anthony Perkins humbly enter the scene ... absolutely loved watching your sense of dread "the Bates motel, why does that sound familiar" ... "Norman Bates" ... you are genuine and willing to be vulnerable is a true strength. Thanks for the videos. Thanks for the channel.
I saw psycho for the first time a couple of years ago and i reacted the same as you, down to thinking Norman was initially adorable (the actor is very cute, ngl) I actually had to pause it after the shower scene to get my bearings!
I also attended a viewing a few months ago in a local movie theater and there were a couple of people there who hadnt seen it either (one was middle aged, one was younger and one was in his 70s) they all three reacted nearly identically too. It was hilarious and i am still disturbed every time i watch it.
When "Psycho" was first released, Alfred Hitchcock and the studio gave a unique order to theaters showing the movie: once the movie started, nobody was allowed to enter the theater showing it. That was to keep anyone from giving away any plot points, keep the secrets a surprise, and get the fullest response from the audiences. There were screams, fright, and stories of some people passing out. It was definitely a different time for movie audiences.
The theatre in Times Square had an ambulance parked outside "just in case". A great publicity stunt.
ALSO Janet Leigh was a bonafide Superstar back then and habing her character established as the lead only to get killed after 20minutes was almost the biggest plot twist
It should be added that up until then, it was common practice for audience members to come in in the middle of a movie, then stay for the next showing to see what they missed.
@@DavidB-2268 Shortly after release of Psycho, theatres ceased admitting patrons into screenings after a few minutes into the start of a feature film. Thus, aside fron the merit thereof, this film changed a business practice of moviehouses for good.
Back in the day it was normal practice to have one ticket admit you for the rest of the day. So theater goers entered into movies in progress and waited for the next screening.
This is the most genuine reaction to Psycho I've ever seen. Most people figure out the twist at the end before the movie is over. I love how invested you were in the movie and how surprising the end was. Great video, thanks for posting.
Bullshit. Most people do not understand or see what’s coming unless they know by seeing bullshit series’ like bates motel or through popular culture. This is a totally normal reaction if you don’t Watch Modern twists or stuff mentioned above. This woman isn’t as stupid as you try to portray her, she just didn’t follow the psycho plot like other fools.
It helps that she didn’t see many movies at all until now. Today’s audience might be too smart for their own good sometimes lol
@@baronvg yeah, she had a great reaction. I am considering paytreon for her opposed to all others. Has cool reactions. Honest. No bullshit. Hope she does psycho 2. A great sequel.
That look at the very end of the movie is truly chilling. Norman Bates is also terrifying for how real he is. As his name indicates, he's a "normal" person, with a dark side bubbling just below the surface. Everyone has met someone odd, who gives them a bad feeling but seems friendly. Norman Bates is the epitome of "But he seemed so quiet!"
Bob Dylan : "Motorpsycho Nitemare" 1964
"I was sleepin' like a rat when I heard something jerkin' / There stood Rita lookin' just like Tony Perkins / She said "Would you like to take a shower, I'll show you up to the door?" / I said "Oh no, no, I've been through this movie before!"
"Why is my heart pounding and nothing's even happened?"
That's Alfred Hitchcock for ya! He's the Master of Suspense for a reason. If you have the urge to watch another of his flicks, my personal favorites are Shadow of a Doubt and Rear Window.
Great ones. Also notorious
@jay - My thoughts exactly. When she said it I just said, "And now you understand."
Yup, he knows how tn build tension and anticipation, keeping the audience engaged even with very minimal activity during certain pivital scenes.
"Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) is very good. I personally like "Foreign Correspondent" (1940) and "The Lady Vanishes" (1938). "To Catch a Thief" (1955) and "Dial M for Murder" (1954) are also high up there.
@@StCerberusEngel funny thing about this particular movie is that I didn't care much for those two protagonists --- if they can be called that --- due to their indiscretions. Go figure, lol.
"Note to self: never take the room next to the office." You made me laugh out loud on that one. Woke my dog up.
Or take a vacant room that the Front Desk has the key to... ahem...
Of course, these days, with miniature CCD cameras, it's a moot point.
Me, I avoid rooms with mirrors facing the bed. It's far more common than most people realize to have little cameras disguised by the mirrors. In fact, mist hotels have that... but are required by law to leave them "turned off" when the room is occupied. And there have been multiple cases over the oast several decades... cases I've seen reported on... where hotel staff failed to abide by that law, wrte caught, and were prosecuted.
Of course, that's in the USA. Other countries provide no such protection. I used to have to travel to China for work. We were put up westerner-friendly hotels which catered primarily to business travelers. They gad in-hotel restaurants suitable for western pallets, sit-down toilets (as opposed to the hole-in-the-floor "squat toilets" which are the norm there) and so on.
My room had a main sitting room, a bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen/laundry room, and a balcony (with clothesline rack). Essentially a small apartment.
I found at least one camera in every one if thise spaces. Two in the sitting room and two in the bedroom. There could have been more, which I simply never located. But these were sufficient to provide nearly total observation and listening in every part of the residence.
In that case, it wasn't the hotel staff monitoring those, of course. It was government intelligence and security personnel doing so.
The first camera, I located by accident, was in the bathroom. I saw something odd in the mirror, turned off the light in the room and shone my little flashlight behind the mirror. The camera wasn't even especially stealthily installed...it was very visible. The kiving room and bedroom each gad one in the air vent... easily found... and one in a lamp base, also easily found once you know to look. The kitchen one was in the central light fixture.
So... I learned never to assume that I have privacy in any hotel room.
@@carybrown851 Another great reason to never travel again (on top of my hatred of air travel these days).
My mom told me that people were afraid to take a shower after seeing this movie. My mom would normally not watch these types of movies, but somehow managed to get through this one. I was all of 3 years old when this came out, but watched it some years later. (Anthony Hopkins was a very good actor.) I have often been asked about how much I remember as a kid. The Wizard of Oz was one of the first. That is because of the flying Monkey's. Otherwise, I remember the day President Kennedy was assassinated. Watch as you get older, how much you can recall as a very young child. Some memories will fade, while others seem so vivid. Thank you for your time with me and so many others. It's greatly appreciated! Take care, Barry.
There's a really great movie called "Hitchcock" that came out a decade ago starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock. It's about the making of this movie and how people reacted to it. There's a really great scene where he's screening it for the first time and he's out in the lobby listening to the audience react to the shower scene. It's a great movie, you should watch it if you liked this movie.
The shower scene is one of the most iconic terrifying scenes in movie history. Bet you will lock the bathroom door from now on when you’re taking a shower. 😄
And hide the chocolate syrup
and people got clear shower curtains. even in 1990, my wife insisted on clear glass on our shower doors and walls.
Oh yeah? Well, I'LL bet that she DOESN'T!
(Someone ought to, anyway.) 🙄😉
I used an inflation calculator and saw that an item priced at $40,000 in 1960 would cost $369,685.14 in 2021. That really puts the story of the theft in perspective... Your reactions are awesome! Keep up the great work!
It’s 2023 now and due to inflation it’s now worth about $400,000. Thanks Joe Biden!
@@Robert-un7br Which is the amount Rihanna, as Marion Crane, steals in Bates Motel.
@@user-oj9hm6ss5i You know what’s scary? These numbers are two years old. Today because of the inflation since then, would be more like $413,000. 😳
Note to self: 9:53 "he's cute" begins... 16:32 "cute" ends. One other note - in a few years, the anniversary will arrive, and this film will be making its return to theaters. I've seen this a number of times in the last 30 years in theatres, and it is a staggeringly great time.
What a disturbing physiological thriller. It keeps you in suspense constantly. The cinematography superb, the performances superb. A MASTERPIECE!👍👍👍👍👍👍
"Psycho II" is massively underrated. Released and set 22 years after the original, a rehabilitated Norman is making an honest-to-god effort to reintegrate into society, but is being hounded by his own psychosis as well as people on all sides who don't care about him getting better. Then mysterious murders occur. Anthony Perkins is back as Norman, as well as Vera Miles as Lila, and Perkins carries the role really well.
As for Hitchcock, I see people recommending "Vertigo" or "The Birds" but I'm going to throw my hat in for "Rear Window" and "Dial M for Murder"
Agreed, Psycho 2 was very well done.
It is underrated, and also Rear Window and Dial M for murder are the real top tier Hitchcock for me too.
A Really Great Reaction. It's rare to see someone who hasn't heard spoilers watch this. So glad to hear you plan to watch more Hitchcock suspense thrillers.
It is fascinating to watch your reactions: They are EXACTLY what Hitchcock wanted (I believe). It made me realize that a good movie is an emotional journey (not driven by just story or plot or character or even theme). The emotional through line is the key truss from which we can hang other cinematic elements.
Audiences knew Anthony Perkins as the Shy College Boy that all the girls had a crush on. They weren't prepared for this portrayal.
How fun to see someone react to this movie without knowing anything about it! That's rare these days. I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction, especially since you got the full effect and found it genuinely scary--a welcome change from jaded reactors who are so blase' about it. I first saw it on TV in the sixth grade, and slept with the lights on that night, terrified. And I knew the twist already since my big brother had spoiled it for me years before when he saw it at the theater. Also, since you mentioned it, I'm looking forward to your reaction to one of my three favorite films of all time, "The Wizard of Oz." I also think you should react to "The Sound of Music" if you haven't already.
The Wizard of Oz, now that is a scary movie. The shot of the witch riding her bike reminds me of my wife when she got her Specialized Allez for Christmas. I haven't slept well since.
It's always a treat when someone has somehow avoided just learning the plot twists and spoilers that are often referenced or imitated in pop culture. She's clearly seen / heard of these people & places in the past in passing as she can recognise the occasional name, but still has no real idea of the context behind it or why she knows it. Very fun getting to see someone enjoy these stories for the first time, we all have stuff we wish we could see with fresh new eyes, but this is the closest we'll get lol.
Spoilers for this movie have been memes for decades. You are extremely lucky to have experienced the movie knowing nothing about it like you have...
Couldn't agree more.
@@Houldey Cassie truly makes the world anew to some of us jaded-before-our-time viewers.
This channel DESPERATELY needs more Hitchcock! Strangers on a Train, North By Northwest, Vertigo, Marnie, Vertigo, Rear Window, Rope... the list of films that prove his brilliance goes on and on...
I think that would be a good choice for her. It's elegant, yet accessible and doesn't harbor the excessive tropes like gore and CGI that seem to be what puts Popcorn off. These older movies were more well rounded with elements of every genre. I ADORE psycho overany other candidates because of the accessibility ( if you werent of the era, it's basically an old fashioned B&W movie, and the helps it more than it harms.
Notorious, Shadow of A Doubt, To catch a thief
It would definitely be cool to see her follow different director’s careers. Maybe Hitchcock first, then say Kubrick, William Wyler, Billy Wilder, Sidney Lumet, Vittorio de Sica, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Ozu, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Agnès Varda, Jean Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Alain Resnais.
Then if we want to go modern: Fincher, Tarantino, Nolan, Almodóvar, Bong Joon Ho, Ang Lee, Wong Kar Wai, Zhang Yimou, Terrence Malick, Sofia Coppola, Kelly Reichardt, Paul Thomas Andersen, Coen Brothers, Soderbergh.
List goes on. Just some suggestions.
The Birds actually rules. It’s number 3 for me.
After that, hope she'll give "Reminiscence" a chance.
Hitchcock's "The Birds" is a must to see.
Here is another little piece of trivia for you. The studio did not want to back this film so they only gave him a budget that you would normally get for a television show. This is also why it was in black & white.
Cassie. The turn in expression when Norman Bates changes demeanor talking about his mom in an institution is PRICELESS. I can't stop laughing.
You had the best intentions going into this flick. But you had no idea it would change so quickly. This reaction was awesome.
For sure. The mother half was starting to come out but Norman regained control.
@@brandonallen3289 That is a subtle hint at the twist in the end and also for his character. Glad, finally someone understood that the dinner scene is important as hell for the twist. Even that staircase scene when norman is taking his 'mother' to the fruit cellar. You will notice she never struggles or tries to get out of his arms as he is taking her, further signifying that she is dead and that's just a corpse we are seeing. This signifies the twist even more.
Just a point of trivia, the actress that played Marian was Jamie Leigh Curtis’ mother. You’ve got great reaction videos. I look forward to them.
Jaime Leigh Curtis is also the daughter of actor Tony Curtis....she was destined for stardom
It's Jamie Lee Curtis.
@@googlesucks2449 You’re right, I thought all of this time that her middle name was spelled like her mom’s last name. Learned something new today.
I remember the first time I watched this. I was a teenager, it was the late show and everyone else had gone to bed. Then I had to turn off the lights and go to bed. Wonder how many people think of this every time they take a shower alone in the house. Great reaction.
Good pick! I’ve seen dozens of horror films but for some reason this one is the scariest movie I’ve ever seen there’s just something about it that gets under my skin and it is the perfect embodiment of eerie and it really creeps me out in the best possible way and is one of my favorites
Rear Window. Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart. A classic.
This could be the best reaction video on UA-cam.
So many people know about the unorthodox twist in Psycho - killing the main character played by the star - that they are waiting for it instead of being shocked by it when they see this movie for the first time.
It was truly wonderful to see a completely pure reaction. Nobody can completely escape Hitchcock's marks on pop culture, but thankfully in your case it was just a couple of faint bells ringing with the name Norman Bates and the Bates Motel.
You gave us the best look at how audiences of the time would have felt watching Psycho for the first time... and I thoroughly enjoyed being ok thos journey with you. Thank you for doing this!
The horror in Hitchcock is largely in your head, and as you pointed out, this works so much better than blatantly putting it on the screen.
Hitchcock was the master of an art that seems to be largely abandoned in modern films, and there are many more of his films that I'm sure you will like.
Very well put. If you weren't alive when it came out in theaters (as I wasn't), you either had to see it early on in life (and risk not understanding everything) or you'd get it spoiled by pop culture references. Seeing these great films through "virgin eyes", so to speak, really is a treat.
"You mean that old woman I saw sitting in the window wasn't Bates mother?"
Cassie, "Well there is a woman out there, obviously, she's killing people. "
Me yelling at the TV, "He's a taxidermist... he's a taxidermist, HE'S A TAXIDERMIST!!!"
My Mom told me that she went to see this film with a friend from their Nurse-school, in 1960. This type of film, and murders were so unusual and rare then. Mom and her friend did not know what to expect. When the "shower scene", and many in the audience screamed, my mom's friend grabbed her arm, and squeezed really hard, leaving a bruise.
My Dad, who had seen a few of Hitchcock's films, during the 50's, with his Dad and his brother, went to see "Pyscho" as a trio. They were all un-nerved by the violence, and the implications of this film. My Dad took me to see a few Hitchcock films, in the 1980's at special cinema viewings (North by Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window, Lifeboat) -I've now seen 36 of Hitchcock's 52 official films. I agree with me Dad, and many Hitchcock scholars that Hitch' had a number of personal, sexual, social issues that he worked out in his films. Hitchcock 'played' with his audience!
I would recommend "Shadow of a Doubt", "Strangers on a Train", "Rear Window", Vertigo", "North by Northwest", and "Frenzy"..."Psycho" based on a novel, is a classic,...it has been parodied by many,...and, so it is rare to see a clean reaction, like this has been, not knowing the surprises. Thank you, for reconfirming the "shock" that my parents' experienced in 1960!
9:15 - You're too pure for this world, Cassie. Don't ever change.
27:10 - And THAT'S why Hitchcock is called the "master of suspense".
Honestly, you could put up a poll of just Hitchcock movies. He's a very important film maker in history. Any of his movies would be great to watch: Vertigo, The Birds, North By Northwest, Rear Window, Rebecca . . . to name just a few.
Fun fact: Jamie Lee Curtis' (famous for being in Halloween) mother is the actress who plays Marion Crane.
Jamie Lee Curtis said that when she dies, we will say, "Star of Halloween dies..." just like when her mother died they said "Star of Psycho dies."
Plus both were actually in Halloween H20 and Leigh's character drives off in a car exactly like the one in this film.
@@mcgilj1 both were in the fog too
This movie still feels so modern, the way the narrative is built and told, the visual cues. Amazing.
Hitchcock (one of my favorite directors of all times) made 60’s theater audiences went crazy and in state of shock, when he killed her leading actress short after a third of the movie. As we could see in your reaction, the effect is still enduring! After that scene, you feel completely insecure and lost in this thriller ride film. Anyrthing can happen. And it does. After more than 60 years, a classic Masterpiece!
"Why is my heart pounding? And nothing's even happened!" Because it is a good movie =)
That's Hitchcock, baby!
@@MisterBongwater That music doesn't hurt anything either...except your nerves!
☺️ That’s the genius of Hitchcock.
Watch more Hitchcock :) PSYCHO isn't even his most tense film, though its definitely his most violent and shocking.
"Good evening, welcome to suspenseful writing".
Dear Alfred, you truly made a masterpiece. A 1960 movie beats several 2021 movies.
And Psycho isn't even his best movie. Vertigo is.
Is there any 2021 movie better than this? I doubt it.
@@Mr.Goodkat Well... Dune hasn't come out yet.... but if that can't then nope.
@@Mr.Goodkat there’s no movies from 2010 to 2021 better than this
@@jesstube6466 Yeah probably, movies have actually went down hill a lot too so that doesn't help.
OMG, do you know what movie you would LOOOOOVE? The Night of the Hunter!! It’s one of the greatest movies ever made, is quite suspenseful and at times a little disturbing, but ultimately so wholesome and heartfelt. It literally makes me so emotional every time I watch it. You absolutely have to watch it!!
Wow, not one comment on the genius of film composer Bernard Herrmann. He wrote the score for just "string". Yet again, film music is so under appreciated.
This...was...wonderful. Experiencing someone like you who reacted so much, actually knowing nothing going in, was incredible. Like seeing it through fresh eyes myself. Thanks so much for that.
This was a lot of fun. Once in awhile, I'll watch an old black and white classic just to remind myself how well the writing was. No CGI, crazy stunts etc, just great writing.
Yes! I do this a lot! Love old movie magic 🤩
Try "The Haunting"
great writing and suspense building. lost art these days.
@@film-maniac yes, the original, not the modern remake.
Casablanca and Citizen Kane are the GOATS of black and white films.
Hey Cassie! I absolutely LOVE this reaction video of yours.
To see someone react to Psycho, with ZERO pre-knowledge is an absolute gem!!
Thank you SO MUCH for this!!
"The screen's master of suspense moves his camera into the icy blackness of the unexplained."