Ol Hitch outdid himself with this masterpiece. Shot in black and white because color would distract, plus tone down the creepiness of the house. It also provided those deep film noir shadows of these movies. I remember my mother going to see it with a neighbor. She was shook up for quite some time. Tony Perkins had quite a career and notorious personal life. What talent. John Gavin went on to be the US Ambassador to Mexico and just recently died. Great review, Steve. Keep em comin
What always got me about that shower scene was not really the music. If you listen closely you can hear what sounds like the knife slicing into Janet Leigh. Also my mother tells this story about how she and my father went to go see Psycho when it was in the theater. During the shower scene, some woman starts screaming and my mother is thinking "Who is that crazy person screaming like that?" Turns out it was her.
Wait. Steve, not Texas! It's Wisconsin, Ed's old home is just 15 miles west of my house! And you missed the opportunity to discuss that her bra changed from white to black after she becomes a thief. Otherwise, another great review. When little, the story of Ed broke, numbers of jokes were told, such as, "What kind of cookies were in Ed's cookie jar when arrested? Lady fingers, of course."
Great review, Steve. I checked on TH-cam, hoping you had done a review of Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety," because there is a tie-in to "Psycho," among other movies done by Hitchcock. I highly recommend this. I read that when Brooks finished his homage to Hitch, he invited Hitchcock over to the screening room at 20th Century-Fox to see the film. Brooks reports Hitch was "rolling in the aisles" and sent champagne to Brooks.
Psycho was NOT shot "on TV equipment." It was shot on 35mm film by Hitchcock's TV show camera crew (the underrated John L. Russell) instead of springing the big bucks for Hitchcock's usual feature cameraman Robert Burks.
I never get tired of Steve, Johnny or the movies. What fun! Thanks So Much for sharing your cinematic expertise and brilliant commentary, all wrapped up in your dignified delivery with only the slightest hint of camp.
Great movie! I love the symbolism of "good girl gone bad". In the beginning of the movie Janet Leigh was wearing a white bra and white half-slip. After she stole the money she put on a black bra and black half-slip.
I saw Psycho when it was first released and quite apart from the screams the audience were so terrified people were climbing into each other's laps! The murder of Arbogast was petrifying, and the way it was shot - dear God. In a way, though, it was a shame audiences hadn't had a chance to see how brilliant Anthony Perkins could be in completely different roles. At about the same time he made "Aimez vous Brahms" in which he played Ingrid Bergman's young lover and he was marvellous beyond belief.
Yes, briliant actor and unfortunately, following "Psycho" forever typecast. I think he should have won the Oscar for "Psycho". He brought so much too it that wasn't there on the page. The inate sensitivity and boyish appeal. It was the perfect counterpoint to what audiences at that time thought a serial killer would be, if they thought about those things at all back then. The notion of serial kllers wasn't as prevalent as it is today. The Manson Killings, The Boston Strangelr and too many more were yet to come. Actually, Hitchcock made the first movie about a serial killer back in 1942 with "Shadow Of A Doubt".
Steve - Always enjoy your reviews. I grew up across the street from John Gavin, or Jackie Golenor as he was known then. His younger sister and I were playmates, and we used to sneak into his bedroom when he wasn't home. One wall of his room was covered with glossy 8X10's of his numerous girlfriends. My father later told me that John's father referred to him as "stud."
And he certainly was! If I'd grown up with the teenage John Gavin...or Golenor... I would have been in SO much troulbe. Thanks for watching and sharing this memory. WOW! Steve
Oh wow! You pointed out the exact same thing that I told my friend recently… Hitchcock was amazing at getting the audience to empathize with Janet Lee and then suddenly we’re sympathetic to Anthony Perkins trying to hide her body. It’s wild. So good.
I had the great experience of seeing "Psycho" in a theater at a university. All that screaming....from the audience! And people in the audience yelling things such as "No!" and "Don't go there!". When I got back to my place I actually checked the shower. Also: Ted Knight who played Ted Baxter in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" has a non-speaking part in "Psycho".
@@bluecollarlit Near the very end he is the policeman at the door of Norman Bates room. He does kind of a double take look which is a bit of subtle scene stealing.
Cool... Love Hitchcock and Psycho. Thanks for your reviews... I have watched a lot of old movies because of your vids... and love them. Thanks again!!!
There is an episode of 'Happy Days,' where Howard, Marion, and Joanie are on their way to the theater and in a huge hurry to beat that 'no admittance after start of movie' rule. Nimrod Ralph Malph pipes up and says, 'You'll love it - Tony Perkins is his own mother.' Quick change of plans for the family and we get a huge eye roll from Howard. One of the very few scenes from that show that I actually liked.
I remember Mel Brooks' homage to Hitch, in HIGH ANXIETY. Another genius. This movie always scared the daylights out of me. When we were older though, my kid sister and I used to goof, chase each other around the house, and sing the 'Psycho" riff in the beginning, then pretend to stab each other. By then it was funny..but it really pissed off our mom.
I remember seeing this as a teen ager and a great fan of Janet Leigh's. After the shower scene I found it so hard to believe that Janet was truly murdered and that she was no longer in the film.....after all she was a big star...and at that time the biggest name in the film. I kept expecting her to show up alive......still, to this day, one of my favorite film experiences .
My favorite Number 1 movie: PSycho. Seen it over 50 times and still watch it whenever it is on TCM, Own the DVD and video and have the book by Robert Block. Amazing and a masterpiece. See different new things each time I watch. And now on large flat screen---totally amazing.
Yes, Psycho is a masterpiece, mostly because he still had his unbeatable team. Robert Burks behind the camera, Saul Bass with those amazing credits and the incredible Bernard Herrmann on the score,. It wasn't long before he alienated them all. He could never give credit where it was due and his pictures suffered as a result.. Hope you subscribe and thanks so much for watching! Happy SAFE holidays. Best , Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ and don't forget Joseph Sefano who wrote the screenplay - it was his idea to have the 30 minute build-up with the stolen cash, the cop following her, the encounter with the used car salesman - all great set-ups to fool the audience into thinking Janet Leigh was going to dominate the picture. thanks for great insight to my all-time favorite movie.
@@haintedhouse2990 Hitchcock' best films were when they had the best screenplays, John Michael Hayes, Ernest Lehman, Thorton Wilder and Ben Hecht come to mind and Stefano's screenplay certainly among them! Thanks for watching and have a wonderful SAFE summer! Best; Steve
We went to see this back in the 70s on hallowe'en at a small town movie theatre, at the shower scene they turned the sound way up, it was incredible, of course we had smoked a doob before, we still talk about that night.
He used his television crew from Universal who did his series. Paramount thought the film was too violent to release and Universal became the releasing studio, even though the film was shot on the Paramount lot...
Vera Miles was certainly an underrated actress. Her reactions while searching the house are great. Especially in the last 30 seconds in the fruit cellar. She was supposed to play Madeline/Judy in Vertigo. But became pregnant. In which Hitchcock said to her. “Vera, don’t you know it’s in bad taste to have more than two.” She was under contract to him. For six more films. She ended that contract on the set of psycho. Check her out In Hitchcock’s the wrong man opposite Henry Fonda. Quite a heartbreaking performance.
Steve, I love ya, but my home state of Texas has enough murderers and serial killers already, fer cryin' out loud. Ed Gein was in Wisconsin. Of course, everything got muddled up because of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, which was also loosely based on Ed Gein. Anyway, keep up the good work. I LOVE your work!
Steve, you are the greatest. You AND Johnny. But didn't Marion work for the real estate agent that sold the house to the rich texas-like guy for his daughter's wedding? That front office she worked in wasn't air conditioned and opened onto the street. She and Hitchcock's sister Pat (she needed tranquilizers on her wedding night) worked there. I think in your video you were so excited you said she worked in a bank. I will be watching Psycho with friends on Halloween thanks to your post.
It always irritated me that the man Marion worked for had an air-conditioned office with sliding glass doors to keep the cold in and everyone else had to bear the heat.
The horror film Scream did the same thing with Drew Barrymore's role. She was plastered all over the posters and press... and is killed in the first 10 minutes. It's a wonderful way to throw off an audience. Very unsettling
All you young people who have been saturated with zombies and shocks and gore can have NO IDEA what it was like to see Psycho first run on the big screen with an audience that had no idea what they were in for. Everyone screaming together at the top of their lungs both in the shower scene and in the fruit cellar. You have NO IDEA. Whatever else you say about Louella Parsons, she said that Hitchcock not being nominated that year for a directing Oscar for Psycho was a DISGRACE.
Hitchcock was alwasy a ground breaker and "Psycho" was definitely a landmark. Louella was wrong, because he WAS nominated, for "Psycho", for the last time and lost to Billy Wilder for the second time for "The Apartment".. Previously he'd lost to Wider in '45 when he was nominated for "Spellbound" and Wilder won for "The Lost Weekend". Happy Summer! Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Yes I have seen 'Back Street' and your excellent review. Yes, Vera plays the greatest b---ch of all time in it and she's not too nice either in 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence' to John Wayne who she unceremoniously just dumps with an incredible thud and not a blind bit of consideration for his feelings when Stewart comes along. You could say Wayne becomes a drunk, and destroys his life over her. Just makes me love her more - I don't know why. The masochist in me I suppose ( sigh ) LOL Her best picture for me is 'Beau James.'
I remember that "Columbo" episode. She played the owner of a cosmetics company and spa and developed a formula for a wrinkle cream. I won't give away the rest of the story, but it was really good.
It's Anthony Perkins birthday today! In an interview, Perkins said Hitchcock thought of Psycho as a comedy, and apparently in its first showings the audiences laughed all the way through. TBH, even though I didn't find it scary, I didn't see it as a comedy - so maybe it deserves a re-watch with a new perspective!
Well, Hitch would say that just to get a reaction. He loved making people jump. And suspense was his forte. We all get out kicks where we can! LOL! Steve
I always loved Hitchcock and Charles Laughton…Did you ever see/review the movie “Hobson’s Choice”? One of Laughton’s absolute best. Hitchcock? Simply the Master🎥👍🎥 PS WHY aren’t you a guest on TCM??? You’ll be great😉
I love them both as well. I was a guest programer for TCM on their 20th anniversary back in 2014. I introduced; " THEM!" w/ Robert Osborne. Yopu can see it on TH-cam.
Janet Leigh was so good in this and so different fro the roles she was usually given and better that the Oscar go to her rather than Shirley Jones who was not much of an actress. Perkins wasn't even nominated and at the very least ought to have been. and Vera Miles was a true beauty AND a good actress. Classic film.
I was shocked when I first saw it. I was fooled into thinking that I was going to see a caper film .... even though the shower scene had been shown on TV a lot. Some caper. scene
The extreme example of a caper gone wrong. Just goes to show you, stick to the main road! Best Wishes and Thanks for watching. Pleasse stay SAFE! Steve
I think it's safe enough at this point to throw caution to the wind by discussing and giving away the ending. Spoilers be damned. ANYONE who has not seen Psycho would have to have been in a coma since it is the most analyzed and studied film that ever came out of Hollywood. To the point where it's almost cliche' now.
See, the thing here is that, once Steve had 'done his thing,' for myself there is no point in wasting time and expending funds to view the reviewed item itself, so very complete and entertaining it will have been! Any one of his reviews (actually re-enactments) one can simply pick, view it and be fully satiated entertainment-wise. (I advise that, best it would be for any mere amateurs tempted to emulate this, to NOT try it at home, leaving it instead to THE MASTER himself solely! All that as now-said, I would like to put-in a special request for a film review by Steve. It would be for a title of which I've heard positive things said but never yet seen, namely a John Waters little opus titled "Pink Flamingos." From the urging source, it has been suggested that I request a Steve re-enactment of something described as 'Crackers and the chicken,' whatever that might be. Thanking you beforehand for the granting of this request, Steve, I remain yours J.M.
I remember some criticism when it looked like Janet swallowed in the closeup after she's dead. Did Hitchcock not catch it or did he decide to leave it in to indicate a post mortem body reflex? I mean I caught it the first time I saw it, so I wonder what was the deal? Anyone? :o)
Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reveille (sp?) brought his attention to Janet Leigh gulping after her character was dead. Alma was a film editor with an incredible focus on details. Hitchcock saw the glitch and decided the audience would be too off-balance to notice.
Attention people, the knife never penetrates, and the blood was chocolate syrup. MR. HITCHCOCK Mortgaged his house to the tune of $800,000 . Paramount would not give him the money to make it. So he told them in colorful language what they could do. It made six million in its first release. By the way Miss Leigh dies 50 min into the movie, I timed it.
betterversionn Possible the audience needed an explanation for all of it at the end. It was a lot to grasp in 1960. He really played the audience in this film.
I LOVED that house lol I live in a 1886 folk Victorian but this is more Edwardian, still great. We'll never see this style again. Perfect place for a murder muahahahaha
@@poetcomic1 Like the Addams's Family house... yes. The turn of the century homes in the Northeast aren't quite as Gothic looking as some of the ones out West. I love the look but that's me. My house isn't like this. Folk Victorian is much plainer and not dismal. lol :o)
Hey Steve...Linda Darnell was killed in the first half of the film Fallen Angel. So Janet Leigh was not the first big star to get murdered so early on in a film.
I loved Anthony Perkins. The vacant look he sported in this film added so much. An outstanding and underrated actor.
A briliant, meticulous performance that should have won the Oscar!
Ol Hitch outdid himself with this masterpiece. Shot in black and white because color would distract, plus tone down the creepiness of the house. It also provided those deep film noir shadows of these movies. I remember my mother going to see it with a neighbor. She was shook up for quite some time. Tony Perkins had quite a career and notorious personal life. What talent. John Gavin went on to be the US Ambassador to Mexico and just recently died. Great review, Steve. Keep em comin
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What always got me about that shower scene was not really the music. If you listen closely you can hear what sounds like the knife slicing into Janet Leigh.
Also my mother tells this story about how she and my father went to go see Psycho when it was in the theater. During the shower scene, some woman starts screaming and my mother is thinking "Who is that crazy person screaming like that?" Turns out it was her.
I read that Hitchcock had someone stab a knife into a cantaloupe (sp?) to make the sound of the knife rending her flesh.
@@JudgeJulieLit Can't get married, can't elope!
@@johnniemaddux1226 Boy do YOU know nothing about cinema. It was a casaba melon.
Wait. Steve, not Texas! It's Wisconsin, Ed's old home is just 15 miles west of my house! And you missed the opportunity to discuss that her bra changed from white to black after she becomes a thief. Otherwise, another great review. When little, the story of Ed broke, numbers of jokes were told, such as, "What kind of cookies were in Ed's cookie jar when arrested? Lady fingers, of course."
My favorite movie of all time...casting perfect. Tony Perkins was perfect.
Dear Mr Dewitt, I so agree!
Hitch saw House on Haunted Hill and was inspired to make a great haunted house film for under $1,000,000. Which he did. Way to go, Hitch
Steve, your Hitch impersonation is hysterical!
One of those movies you have to watch multiple times. First time - scared witless. Thereafter, you can watch and enjoy how well crafted the film is.
Xactly! A masterpiece of craftmanship.
How have I gone this long without knowing about this channel?! I'm loving all your videos! Covering so many of my favorite films.
Great review, Steve. I checked on TH-cam, hoping you had done a review of Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety," because there is a tie-in to "Psycho," among other movies done by Hitchcock. I highly recommend this. I read that when Brooks finished his homage to Hitch, he invited Hitchcock over to the screening room at 20th Century-Fox to see the film. Brooks reports Hitch was "rolling in the aisles" and sent champagne to Brooks.
One of the most perfectly crafted movies ever- still a fascinating watch!
Absolutely and I see something new every time! Best; Steve
This is the one that should have won Mr. Hitchcock the oscar!
Oh, absolutely.
Psycho was NOT shot "on TV equipment." It was shot on 35mm film by Hitchcock's TV show camera crew (the underrated John L. Russell) instead of springing the big bucks for Hitchcock's usual feature cameraman Robert Burks.
I never get tired of Steve, Johnny or the movies. What fun! Thanks So Much for sharing your cinematic expertise and brilliant commentary, all wrapped up in your dignified delivery with only the slightest hint of camp.
WOW! That was so incredible! Thanks for watching! Don't forget to push the "Like" button. It really helps!.
OMG Finally! Another great vid guys! I've learned (and continue to learn) so much about classic film from you!
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9:20 LOLOLOLOLOL love the Hitch voice.
You’re videos are so informative. Your love of movies is a joy .
Great movie! I love the symbolism of "good girl gone bad". In the beginning of the movie Janet Leigh was wearing a white bra and white half-slip. After she stole the money she put on a black bra and black half-slip.
Janet was Great. RIP
Very Underrated Actress.
@@johnflynn9619 I agree. Did you ever see the "Columbo" episode she did? It was great!
I saw Psycho when it was first released and quite apart from the screams the audience were so terrified people were climbing into each other's laps! The murder of Arbogast was petrifying, and the way it was shot - dear God. In a way, though, it was a shame audiences hadn't had a chance to see how brilliant Anthony Perkins could be in completely different roles. At about the same time he made "Aimez vous Brahms" in which he played Ingrid Bergman's young lover and he was marvellous beyond belief.
Yes, briliant actor and unfortunately, following "Psycho" forever typecast. I think he should have won the Oscar for "Psycho". He brought so much too it that wasn't there on the page. The inate sensitivity and boyish appeal. It was the perfect counterpoint to what audiences at that time thought a serial killer would be, if they thought about those things at all back then. The notion of serial kllers wasn't as prevalent as it is today. The Manson Killings, The Boston Strangelr and too many more were yet to come. Actually, Hitchcock made the first movie about a serial killer back in 1942 with "Shadow Of A Doubt".
nice to see you back here!
Steve - Always enjoy your reviews. I grew up across the street from John Gavin, or Jackie Golenor as he was known then. His younger sister and I were playmates, and we used to sneak into his bedroom when he wasn't home. One wall of his room was covered with glossy 8X10's of his numerous girlfriends. My father later told me that John's father referred to him as "stud."
And he certainly was! If I'd grown up with the teenage John Gavin...or Golenor... I would have been in SO much troulbe. Thanks for watching and sharing this memory. WOW! Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ LOL.
He didn't have much of an acting range, but, who cares? He was so lovely to look at.
I'm so shallow.
Definitely. I don’t care if people say he was so flat in acting but God he was super handsome, dapper, and sexy! Smart too!
One of Uncle Al’s best! Wonderful review as always!
Absolutely. Poor Janet pays a high price in a motel for having some "afternoon delight" in a hotel with John Gavin.
Thanks, Steve. Mel Brooks parodied the shower scene in High Anxiety and got Hitchcock’s approval. There’s a video of Mel talking about it.
Oh wow! You pointed out the exact same thing that I told my friend recently… Hitchcock was amazing at getting the audience to empathize with Janet Lee and then suddenly we’re sympathetic to Anthony Perkins trying to hide her body. It’s wild. So good.
The ultimate audience manipulator!
I had to LOL at the line..."Without giving too much away..." :-0
Thanks for making the movies so much fun. Happy Halloween,Steve.
Just watched La Strada and wished you were here to talk with you about it. Your vlog makes me happy! Thank you!
I had the great experience of seeing "Psycho" in a theater at a university. All that screaming....from the audience! And people in the audience yelling things such as "No!" and "Don't go there!". When I got back to my place I actually checked the shower. Also: Ted Knight who played Ted Baxter in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" has a non-speaking part in "Psycho".
Andrew Brendan where can I see ted knight in this film, OK going to Google it -- or -- TH-cam it...
So great with an audience. Like all these films, they were menat to be seen on the big screen.
@@bluecollarlit Near the very end he is the policeman at the door of Norman Bates room. He does kind of a double take look which is a bit of subtle scene
stealing.
Cool... Love Hitchcock and Psycho. Thanks for your reviews... I have watched a lot of old movies because of your vids... and love them. Thanks again!!!
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Janet Leigh was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Imagine that. An Oscar nomination qualifying as a Spoiler.
There is an episode of 'Happy Days,' where Howard, Marion, and Joanie are on their way to the theater and in a huge hurry to beat that 'no admittance after start of movie' rule. Nimrod Ralph Malph pipes up and says, 'You'll love it - Tony Perkins is his own mother.' Quick change of plans for the family and we get a huge eye roll from Howard. One of the very few scenes from that show that I actually liked.
Great synopsis! :-) Thank you
Many things on TH-cam seem to be just filler. I'm just glad that Steve Hayes and Johnny are not in that category. I look forward to this Vlogs.
Thanks a million!
I remember Mel Brooks' homage to Hitch, in HIGH ANXIETY. Another genius. This movie always scared the daylights out of me. When we were older though, my kid sister and I used to goof, chase each other around the house, and sing the 'Psycho" riff in the beginning, then pretend to stab each other. By then it was funny..but it really pissed off our mom.
Your Hitchcock give me so much and puts a smile on my face !
Thanks so much for letting me know. Made m,y day!
I have an aunt, in her 80's, who STILL complains about how much this freaked her out when she saw it in the theater!
Good! Hitch did his job!
It took me years before I was able to take a shower alone in the house.
A good reason to get married.
I remember seeing this as a teen ager and a great fan of Janet Leigh's. After the shower scene I found it so hard to believe that Janet was truly murdered and that she was no longer in the film.....after all she was a big star...and at that time the biggest name in the film. I kept expecting her to show up alive......still, to this day, one of my favorite film experiences .
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One of my all time favorite movies
I'll infom Mrs. Bates. OXOXO Thanks for watching! Best; Steve
My favorite Number 1 movie: PSycho. Seen it over 50 times and still watch it whenever it is on TCM, Own the DVD and video and have the book by Robert Block. Amazing and a masterpiece. See different new things each time I watch. And now on large flat screen---totally amazing.
Yes, Psycho is a masterpiece, mostly because he still had his unbeatable team. Robert Burks behind the camera, Saul Bass with those amazing credits and the incredible Bernard Herrmann on the score,. It wasn't long before he alienated them all. He could never give credit where it was due and his pictures suffered as a result.. Hope you subscribe and thanks so much for watching! Happy SAFE holidays. Best , Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ and don't forget Joseph Sefano who wrote the screenplay - it was his idea to have the 30 minute build-up with the stolen cash, the cop following her, the encounter with the used car salesman - all great set-ups to fool the audience into thinking Janet Leigh was going to dominate the picture. thanks for great insight to my all-time favorite movie.
@@haintedhouse2990 Hitchcock' best films were when they had the best screenplays, John Michael Hayes, Ernest Lehman, Thorton Wilder and Ben Hecht come to mind and Stefano's screenplay certainly among them! Thanks for watching and have a wonderful SAFE summer! Best; Steve
@@stevenhayes4063 absolutely. keep those great reviews coming. love your work! Cheers.
We went to see this back in the 70s on hallowe'en at a small town movie theatre, at the shower scene they turned the sound way up, it was incredible, of course we had smoked a doob before, we still talk about that night.
That'll "doob" it! LOL!
Steve ... don't you ever do that blank face again. You scared me lol :o)
He used his television crew from Universal who did his series. Paramount thought the film was too violent to release and Universal became the releasing studio, even though the film was shot on the Paramount lot...
3:13 Lovely lovely Vera
In a not so lovely wig.
Beautiful review ❤
Thank you so much!
no matter how many times I see this film.....I am horrified....a masterpiece from a genius...
A agree!
Vera Miles was certainly an underrated actress. Her reactions while searching the house are great. Especially in the last 30 seconds in the fruit cellar. She was supposed to play Madeline/Judy in Vertigo. But became pregnant. In which Hitchcock said to her. “Vera, don’t you know it’s in bad taste to have more than two.” She was under contract to him. For six more films. She ended that contract on the set of psycho. Check her out In Hitchcock’s the wrong man opposite Henry Fonda. Quite a heartbreaking performance.
I also loved her as the harridan wife of John Gavin in " Back Street".
Can't wait when you cover my favourite Hitchcock movie, Rear 🤞
You'll be happy to know, I already did!Check my nack episodes on "TH-cam" & thanks for watching! Best; Steve
Steve, I love ya, but my home state of Texas has enough murderers and serial killers already, fer cryin' out loud. Ed Gein was in Wisconsin. Of course, everything got muddled up because of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, which was also loosely based on Ed Gein. Anyway, keep up the good work. I LOVE your work!
Ed Geis was from Wisconsin.
Steve, you are the greatest. You AND Johnny. But didn't Marion work for the real estate agent that sold the house to the rich texas-like guy for his daughter's wedding? That front office she worked in wasn't air conditioned and opened onto the street. She and Hitchcock's sister Pat (she needed tranquilizers on her wedding night) worked there.
I think in your video you were so excited you said she worked in a bank. I will be watching Psycho with friends on Halloween thanks to your post.
Right, a realtor's office. A side note, it was Hitchock's daughter, Pat, not his sister.
Whoops, thanks for that correction!! :-)
Psycho is on tonight 10/29/2014 on TCM
daniel stanwyck and one more slight correction, Ed Gein took place in Plainfield Wisconsin, not Texas. Other than that, another gem from Steve.
It always irritated me that the man Marion worked for had an air-conditioned office with sliding glass doors to keep the cold in and everyone else had to bear the heat.
It's easy to forget that PSYCHO (like VERTIGO) got mostly poor reviews at the time. Some people even called for the movie to be banned!
l think Ed was from Wisconsin. You are thinking of the Texas Chainsaw massacre bunch.
The horror film Scream did the same thing with Drew Barrymore's role. She was plastered all over the posters and press... and is killed in the first 10 minutes. It's a wonderful way to throw off an audience. Very unsettling
John Gavin shirtless. *Swoon*
He had an extraordinary beautiful mouth.
All you young people who have been saturated with zombies and shocks and gore can have NO IDEA what it was like to see Psycho first run on the big screen with an audience that had no idea what they were in for. Everyone screaming together at the top of their lungs both in the shower scene and in the fruit cellar. You have NO IDEA. Whatever else you say about Louella Parsons, she said that Hitchcock not being nominated that year for a directing Oscar for Psycho was a DISGRACE.
Hitchcock was alwasy a ground breaker and "Psycho" was definitely a landmark. Louella was wrong, because he WAS nominated, for "Psycho", for the last time and lost to Billy Wilder for the second time for "The Apartment".. Previously he'd lost to Wider in '45 when he was nominated for "Spellbound" and Wilder won for "The Lost Weekend". Happy Summer! Steve
Vera Miles is my favorite actress of all time. Beautiful and intelligent. In Psycho it is she who really solves the crime.
Level headed. She is so versatile. She could also play despicable. Check her out as John Gavin's alcoholic wife in " Back Street".
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Yes I have seen 'Back Street' and your excellent review. Yes, Vera plays the greatest b---ch of all time in it and she's not too nice either in 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence' to John Wayne who she unceremoniously just dumps with an incredible thud and not a blind bit of consideration for his feelings when Stewart comes along. You could say Wayne becomes a drunk, and destroys his life over her. Just makes me love her more - I don't know why. The masochist in me I suppose ( sigh ) LOL Her best picture for me is 'Beau James.'
Steve is Fantastic.
He is Spot On and FUN.
Psycho was Great.
Very Well Cast film.
Thanks, Buddy! Much appreciated! Best Wishes and saty outa' the shower! LOL! Steve
Have you done a review of THE MALTESE FALCON?
I did early on, but somehow it got lost. Perhaps I will again. Thanks for watching and for the reminder. Best Wishes Steve
I have always liked Vera Miles. Very beautiful. Watch her in "Lovely but Lethal" a Columbo episode. She looks and acts great.
She was such a terrific actress. Never gave a bad performance. I love her as Gavin's nasty wife in "back Street".
I remember that "Columbo" episode. She played the owner of a cosmetics company and spa and developed a formula for a wrinkle cream. I won't give away the rest of the story, but it was really good.
Hitch wanted her for "Vertigo" and was totally not amused when she got pregnant and opted out and he had to cast Kim Novak instead.
It's Anthony Perkins birthday today! In an interview, Perkins said Hitchcock thought of Psycho as a comedy, and apparently in its first showings the audiences laughed all the way through. TBH, even though I didn't find it scary, I didn't see it as a comedy - so maybe it deserves a re-watch with a new perspective!
Well, Hitch would say that just to get a reaction. He loved making people jump. And suspense was his forte. We all get out kicks where we can! LOL! Steve
I saw this in a theater when I was 10 and freaked out in the fruit cellar scene!
I do every time I'm put down there.
I always loved Hitchcock and
Charles Laughton…Did you ever
see/review the movie “Hobson’s
Choice”? One of Laughton’s
absolute best. Hitchcock?
Simply the Master🎥👍🎥
PS WHY aren’t you a guest on
TCM??? You’ll be great😉
I love them both as well. I was a guest programer for TCM on their 20th anniversary back in 2014. I introduced; " THEM!" w/ Robert Osborne. Yopu can see it on TH-cam.
I love every Psycho movie,The sequels & the remake
I like some better than others. Liked the TV show.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ yes,Bates motel
Janet Leigh was so good in this and so different fro the roles she was usually given and better that the Oscar go to her rather than Shirley Jones who was not much of an actress. Perkins wasn't even nominated and at the very least ought to have been. and Vera Miles was a true beauty AND a good actress. Classic film.
Totally agree with you...janet should have won...and the fact that Perkins wasn't even nominated was one of Acadamy's big mistakes.
miltsar So agree with you about Janet L. and Anthony P.
TOTALLY! On all accounts!
STEVE Have you done VERTIGO?
I was shocked when I first saw it. I was fooled into thinking that I was going to see a caper film .... even though the shower scene had been shown on TV a lot. Some caper.
scene
The extreme example of a caper gone wrong. Just goes to show you, stick to the main road! Best Wishes and Thanks for watching. Pleasse stay SAFE! Steve
Have you seen Eva Marie Saint in the movie "Don't Come Knocking"? Sam Shepard and Tim Roth too .
No. I'll have to check it out.
The best 🎉
Indeed.
No way could you ever envision that house being a happy or nurturing home conducive to good mental health for the young Norman
Aboslutely not... but, here's to having a handy Fruit Cellar. LOL! Best Wishes; "Mrs Bates"
I think it's safe enough at this point to throw caution to the wind by discussing and giving away the ending. Spoilers be damned. ANYONE who has not seen Psycho would have to have been in a coma since it is the most analyzed and studied film that ever came out of Hollywood. To the point where it's almost cliche' now.
After I watched "Psycho", I could never use Hershey's chocolate syrup again!
LOL! Stick with Nestle's Quick.
Hitchcock the master of scaring you with out much gore..
See, the thing here is that, once Steve had 'done his thing,' for myself there is no point in wasting time and expending funds to view the reviewed item itself, so very complete and entertaining it will have been!
Any one of his reviews (actually re-enactments) one can simply pick, view it and be fully satiated entertainment-wise.
(I advise that, best it would be for any mere amateurs tempted to emulate this, to NOT try it at home, leaving it instead to THE MASTER himself solely!
All that as now-said, I would like to put-in a special request for a film review by Steve.
It would be for a title of which I've heard positive things said but never yet seen, namely a John Waters little opus titled "Pink Flamingos."
From the urging source, it has been suggested that I request a Steve re-enactment of something described as 'Crackers and the chicken,' whatever that might be.
Thanking you beforehand for the granting of this request, Steve, I remain yours
J.M.
I remember some criticism when it looked like Janet swallowed in the closeup after she's dead. Did Hitchcock not catch it or did he decide to leave it in to indicate a post mortem body reflex? I mean I caught it the first time I saw it, so I wonder what was the deal? Anyone? :o)
Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reveille (sp?) brought his attention to Janet Leigh gulping after her character was dead. Alma was a film editor with an incredible focus on details. Hitchcock saw the glitch and decided the audience would be too off-balance to notice.
Attention people, the knife never penetrates, and the blood was chocolate syrup. MR. HITCHCOCK Mortgaged his house to the tune of $800,000 . Paramount would not give him the money to make it. So he told them in colorful language what they could do. It made six million in its first release. By the way Miss Leigh dies 50 min into the movie, I timed it.
Hitchcock’s best film
betterversionn Possible the audience needed an explanation for all of it at the end. It was a lot to grasp in 1960. He really played the audience in this film.
I saw it when it was re released a few years ago in the theater.
I would love you to do play misty for me
I'll make a note of it. Thanks for the reminder!
I LOVED that house lol I live in a 1886 folk Victorian but this is more Edwardian, still great. We'll never see this style again. Perfect place for a murder muahahahaha
It was inspired from an eerie Edward Hopper painting and is mostly in a hideous style called 'California Gothic'.
@@poetcomic1 Like the Addams's Family house... yes. The turn of the century homes in the Northeast aren't quite as Gothic looking as some of the ones out West. I love the look but that's me. My house isn't like this. Folk Victorian is much plainer and not dismal. lol :o)
I have heard that since the film was in black and white, they used chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene.
They did indeed. Kimda' makes you give another thought to your next ice cream sundae! LOL! Happy Holidays! Steve
Hey Steve...Linda Darnell was killed in the first half of the film Fallen Angel. So Janet Leigh was not the first big star to get murdered so early on in a film.
With Darnell, t was expected, she was a film noir bad girl. With Janet Leigh it came out of left field.
Do you notice at the beginning she’s in a white bra and slip and then she steals the money goes home and changes into a black bra and slip
Did Hitchcock use subsonic sound in the shower scene?
No. Bernard Hermann did something with the strings. Howard goodall has a doc on Hermann and explains it. I forget.
The reason I close the door when I bathe
These days, I keep mine open...granted it could be a psycho...then again...you never know. LOL! Thanks for watching! Best Wishes; Steve
Hitch used chocolate sauce for the blood.
Paramount would not give him the money to film it. That is why he mortgaged his house
Well, ya gotta' do what ya gotta' do.
was this recorded in a shower stall?
Eyes in the shower? Scary! Acting? Maybe not!
Ugh, this scared the b’jesus outta me many years ago xx
LOL! Me too! Mission accomplished!
She works in a real estate office.
Google/You Tube a total Dysfunctional piece of SHIT. I can't even "favorite" this guy's main page. Really Google is the worst.