Teenager Reacts to Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock |Halloween Movie Reaction|
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Great Film - Citizen Kane is considered a masterpiece as well from Orson Welles - I would also recommend the film Fahrenheit 451 (story by Ray Bradbury) The ORIGINAL Francois Truffaut film from 1966 (not the HBO remake - that departed way too much from Ray Bradbury's Book). The Pawnbroker (1964) is a rather heavy film to study as well. If you haven't seen Equilibrium - That is one of my favorite films of the early 2000's - very well constructed..
@@g.reynolds5610 - talking of Francois Truffaut, I remember him starring in Stephen Spielberg’s movie ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’.
Review The Postman Always Rings Twice w Lana Turner & I'll join 😉
Hitch goes waaaay back to the 20's if memory serves and may be part of the transition to talkies
But memory may not serve...but this is just his most famous work among many. He was already a legend....'Rear Window' will knock your socks off
the rating thing is tricky. If a movie is too effective, if it's horror. it can get a puzzling rating not based on content. An example is Ebert trashed 'Wolf Creek for 'relentless' violence and/or sadism. yet no violence occurs until the near midway point[tho it is nasty'] The 'sequel' Psycho 2 is brilliant in its own right
Fun fact: Janet Leigh is Jamie Lee Curtis' (Halloween) mother.
And Tony Curtis' daughter.
Psycho and Halloween also use a character name of Sam Loomis.
@@firebird7479 Slight correction: Jamie Lee Curtis is Tony Curtis's daughter, not Janet Leigh.
@@parallaxnick637 I was referring to Jamie Lee Curtis.
Another fun fact, she never took a shower again, which she revealed in an interview in the 80's.
Fun Facts: This was made by Hitch's TV crew with a low budget. The explanation at the end was put in at the insistence of producers who worried the audience would not understand the psychology of the lead character.
The "cheesy" falling down the stairs gag was actually Balsam standing in front of a rear projection screen, flailing his arms. Personally, I think it gives almost a dreamlike quality to the shot rather than necessarily a realistic one. Best. Leo.
I was also thinking it wasn't meant to be realistic. Vertigo isn't in that sense either.
He's sitting in a chair.
@@firebird7479 You are correct, sir! I shouldn't have writ "standing." Best. Leo.
I always felt that it was supposed to switch you from witnessing him being stabbed to experiencing his sensation of falling and his confusion at what was happening.
@@gardenplots283 Works for me. By the way, you have a good handle. Make it great by changing the final S to a Z. Best. Leo.
The novel, Psycho, was written by Robert Bloch. Self-serving bragging rights: he was kind enough to write the foreword to my first book. But the screenplay was actually written by Joseph Stefano who, among other things, was the showrunner for the original The Outer Limits TV series back in the 60s. If you, in fact, like Stefano's style of writing, check it out. Best. Leo.
My nephew/Godson's name. Stefano is Italian for Steven.
No one likes a self-promoter...unless you do it yourself!-Tommyinnit. Jk that's REALLY cool!
Which the character of Norman bates was inspired by a real life serial by the name of Ed gene
That's Gein.
@@michaelbastraw1493 having a forward written by the author of Psycho is beyond bragging rights. That's banner worthy. Congratulations! 🎉
So many people would not take a shower after seeing this movie. Hitchcock was a master at this stuff .....😝
I was one of them
I saw this when I was quite young.... And though it didn't stop me from any showers.... I made sure the bathroom door was always locked when I did.
I forget what movie it was, but Hitchcock had the actress just look out the living room window, pull back the curtain, look outside for a moment, then walk away, without any kind of reaction. He used it as a cutaway for a murder scene. The actress and her character came off as cold and unfeeling.
I first saw it in on TV in the early 70's when I was 12 at about 1am on a Saturday night. I had to turn on all the lights in the house to get to bed, I was sure "she" would jump out of a shadow at me.
Just lock the door. LOL.
Hitchcock liked to cameo in his movies. In this case, he's standing outside of the real estate office where his daughter is playing the non-Marion Crane secretary. Best. Leo.
Yeah, at that point in time, audiences had figured out he did it in every movie, and he got a bit annoyed that they were hunting for him rather than watching the film. So he started putting the cameos in as early as possible, to get them out of the way.
@@MrDeejf Thanks. Learned something new today. My favorite cameo of his is certainly in Lifeboat. Best. Leo.
@@michaelbastraw1493 Nice how he approved a line in the script with a joke about how his daughter is ugly
(I guess you could say it's just that she's less gorgeous than Janet Leigh but... nice one, daddy).
Don't forget the excellent score by Bernard Herrmann!
My four favorite Alfred Hitchcock movies are: Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, and Rear Window. If you watch these four you will definitely know why they called Alfred Hitchcock the Master of Suspense!
You should also check out his earlier films such as “Rebecca”, “The 39 Steps”(the original innocent man on the run film), “The Lady Vanishes”, “Notorious”, “Strangers On A Train”, etc. I don’t think you will be disappointed.
'Rope' is one of my very favorite Hitchcock films, but I agree with all the others you mentioned!
@@anniethenonnymouse I love Rope too! Right behind my first 4 picks, along with Dial M for Murder, North by Northwest, and Strangers on a Train. AND I know I'm missing some other good ones. Hitchcock had so many good ones!
If you go to Universal Studios you can see the Psycho House and a section of The Bates Motel . . . this movie scared the life out of me as a young boy in the 1960's.
You need to see "Rear Window" and "North by Northwest". Two of his best.
And Vertigo.
graciesmom RW claustrophobic, NBNW a wide-open mystery-adventure.
Still as scary as hell. SPOILER: Yes, when home alone and taking that shower, I still look behind me and watch that shower curtain without taking my eyes of it
Normans eyes darting, head tilts, eating seeds, surrounded by stuffed birds . . . Norman is one of the birds of prey. Watching.
Interesting. Never thought of it that way.
perkins was eating candy corn, which he loved. hitchcock let him do it as norman.
Alfred Hitchcock spent the 1950's making one big budget masterpiece, after another, usually in glorious full color: Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, To Catch A Thief, Vertigo, North by Northwest.
Then, in 1959, he went a completely different direction, artistically. When it came to making Psycho, Hitch decided that it should be low budget, and he wanted it to "look" like Television. Was this the beginning of Retro?
Whenever possible, watch Psycho with a bunch of screaming girls. I saw it that way once, in college. It was awesome.
Jamie Lee Curtis's mom. One of the original scream queens.
Oh boy...you are getting a interesting cultural education. But whilst we have you in a Hitchcock frame of mind, you have to watch his masterpiece work...Vertigo.
North by North West!!
Rear Window
I agree North by Northwest and Rear Window are awesome, and so is Strangers on a Train and The Birds. But over time, yes, Vertigo is Hitchcock's romantic masterwork.
@@JohnWesleyDowney You are very correct sir. North by Northwest is the prototypical action film, Rear Window is a first rate thriller as is Strangers On a Train, and no one knows what The Birds is. But Vertigo is the cinematic masterpiece, a film that in the 90's replaced Citizen Kane atop lists of the best films of all time. It is romantic, psychological, hypnotic and exciting. Mesmerizing, is what it is, I got the opportunity to see it on the big screen once, and I will again if I ever have the chance. The film score is to die for.
@@mikell5087 The Birds is your prototypical humans vs. nature film.
Hitchcock used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood. It works in black and white, but not today.
Biggest missed product tie-in - ever. :)
It was shot in black and white partly so it wouldn't look so gory.
I always thought it was Hershey's chocolate syrup.
@@plk5520 Looking back at several sources, I found references to both. The world may never know. I remember hearing that in early black & white television, a makeup with a green tint was used, but it came out looking good on TV.
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy... I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
--Robert Bloch, author of _Psycho_
Bwahahahaha!
😂😂😂 Sick, but funny.
I love how you noticed that it said "Telephone" on the telephone booth. As far as I remember, all telephone booths had that written on them so you could see them at night. Loved your shocked reaction to this classic film. Hitch knew how to direct. You didn't need gore to scare people if you have real talent.
Just finished watching your reaction, all the while thinking how happy you would have made Hitchcock. As he planned, you reached each revelation at the proper time and no sooner. This movie is a sterling example of how much can be accomplished with relatively little. He purposely used the same crew as his TV series and worked with an unusually strict budget. Best. Leo.
Daniel, you should review " The Birds " another Hitchcock thriller, im sure you'll like it !
The bird's messed me up especially when I watched it i lived in Florida & seagulls love to dive bomb you!
The birds was terrifying!
Mel Brooks would approve.
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Absolutely. THE BIRDS is remarkable.
You can't get that movie on YOutube,unfortunately
The milestone score by the great Bernard Herrmann is ALL strings--since it was a black and white movie, he wanted it to have a black and white score. His music for this movie is so effective that listening to the entire soundtrack album in one sitting is a profoundly depressing experience.
Janet Leigh's office coworker at 4:36 is Alfred Hitchcock's daughter, Pat. At times her British accent comes through.
Hitchcock made the film using the crew and facilities of his television show, and thus did it on a remarkably low budget.
30:40 -- if you listen you can hear Norman scream "I'M NORMA BATES!!!"
Robert Bloch wrote a sequel called "Psycho II" which is nothing like the movie of the same name. He also wrote another sequel called "Psycho House."
I LOVE seeing young people watch and appreciate this movie for the first time without knowing everything about it. Great reaction! You should try Hitchcock's "The Birds" as well.
You can thank Sibelius for that music actually.
@@nncortes Nope. :)
@@nncortes What piece, in particular, by Sibelius does this sound like? I love classical music and would like to know.
OMG!!! Do you know how many times I’ve watched this movie and NEVER realized he was screaming “I’m Norma Bates”?!!! Thanks for that. Just goes to show how you can still learn new things. Even after 50 odd years!
Any director who can make two such wildly different masterpieces as Psycho and North By Northwest is a once-in-a-millenium genius.
And “The Trouble With Harry”, “Rebecca”, “The 39 Steps”, “The Birds”, etc.
Always loved the final shot where they superimposed the mother's face/skull over Perkin's face.
Yeah, that shower scene change a lot of behaviors. Now, if you want to watch a movie which will haunt you for life, try "Deliverance." I mean, banjo music now scares a lot of guys.
Probably too late for this Halloween, but since you had a taste of Abbott and Costello (Timothy reference), you might react to Universal's "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" from 1948. Most reactors seem to be reviewing more recent fare.
Didn't you love how Perkins, when with the detective who was reading the guest register, bent over the book himself and all you see is the bottom of his chin as he chews on his candy corn, like a raptor about to strike.
Daniel, If you like horror that's more scare than gore you may like Hammer's Horror films starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. The Dracula movies starring Christopher Lee, To the Devil a Daughter, The Shadow of the Cat, Lee/Cushing's Hound of the Baskervilles, The Devil Rides Out, The Gorgon and Hands of the Ripper were true stand-outs and had that same psychological feel as Psycho. Hammer were the masters of psychological horror during the 60s and 70s. Amicus films is a second studio with a similar feel. The House that Dripped Blood, Asylum, Dr. Terror's House of Horrors and the EC Comics Anthology films Tales from the Crypt and Vault of Horrors. Robert Bloch was one of Amicus' most well-known writers.
My favorite all time film is Jaws which is quite Hitchcock-ian. Half horror film, half action film.
Hitchcock was a master of camera angles.
I'm looking forward to this. After this movie, check out the bio-pic "Hitchcock" which is about the retelling of how this movie came to be. It's an enjoyable film with the talents of Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins (Hitchcock).
Helen Mirren in Hussy...shocking.
@@theplanetruth I'll have to check that out! First saw her in the movie, "The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu". She's an amazing actress.
It’s a great movie
Speaking of the Hammer horror film classics from the late 60's through the mid-70's, the film called Horror Express is a very distinctive film. Both a science fiction and a horror movie, it pairs Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing together as the main characters. It is also a period piece. This movie is one of my favorite Hammer films from England.
A very interesting horror film! And don’t forget Telly Savalas!
Marion's co-worker is Alfred Hitchcock's daughter.
Sitting on the edge of my seat listening/watching to your review whilst you are sitting on the edge of your seat watching ‘Psycho’ - good stuff!
Janet Leigh was a major star and the fact she was killed early in the film was shocking.
She was great in "The Manchurian Candidate." Can't tell if she was the female lead or if Angela Lansbury was since they both had so much screen time and so much influence on the story.
I'm not an actor and have had no acting training, so I could be wrong on this but I think the reason the acting style back then was different is because method acting wasn't as big a thing as it is in modern movies. Back then it seemed more about movie stars bringing personality and charisma to their roles. John Wayne was always John Wayne in his movies. In today's movies we still have movie star types but method acting seems to be dominant. On that stairs scene, I don't think he was supposed to be falling down the stairs. I think he was stepping back away from the attack. It's just that stepping back means he is also stepping down the stairs. I think they just didn't have the capability to do a shot following him down the stairs so they sort of faked it. Not only do I consider this a slasher movie, I consider it the first real slasher movie. All the elements of a slasher movie are there. It's just that Hitchcock had to work within the standards allowed at the time.
Your music videos are great, but I was gonna suggest reacting to classic movies too. If you haven’t seen it, The Excorcist is a must, a right of passage even! lol
You should also watch another groundbreaking and controversial horror/suspense movie from 1960, "Peeping Tom" by Michael Powell starring Carl Boehm and Anna Massey (who also starred in the Hitchcock movie "Frenzy"). It is just as brilliant as "Psycho". What a year this was with these two classics coming out!
It is unfortunate that the director Michael Powell, unlike Hitchcock, received mostly scorn from British reviewers. The film practically ruined his career.
That was one of the best reactions to Psycho that I've watched. I enjoyed your insights into acting styles etc. For a range of acting styles and a critique of Hollywood life, you should try Billy Wilder's film Sunset Boulevard. It is a classic.
"If Mrs Bates is still alive, who did we bury ?" is one of the best misdirected quote / red hearing ever.
If we buried Mrs Bates, who is pretending to be Mrs Bates now ?
The entire score by the legendary Bernard Herrmann was written for a smaller string orchestra due to budgetary restrictions. The result was easily one of the most iconic scores in film history.
Loved seeing your reaction at the end. Hitchcock was a mater at setting up camera angles, story twists and his use of music to set the mood. Another great movie of his was "The Birds".
When this movie played at the theaters no one was admitted during the last 15 minutes or so. Actress Janet Leigh was terrified to take a shower after filming the scene. Director Alfred Hitchcock movies always had suspense and intrigue.The Birds is another examples of his talent.
Daniel, :)
Had so much fun watching your reaction! Your facial expressions during tense scenes were just great & portrayed every emotion I felt as a teen watching this.
Also loved your special effects at the end of your video (I don't know the correct lingo ... but adding the 'splotches' to mimic an old black & white film. :) You put a lot of work into your videos and it doesn't go unnoticed! Thank you! :)
Take it from someone who grew up in the 70's and 80's, horror movies today suck! Hitchcock as well as the original slasher films are the best.
Perkins was already a star and had always played nice guys, this movie changed his image forever.
Truly the Master of suspense. Fun fact, Hitchcock made cameo appearances in each of his movies. Look for him outside Marian's office. Remember Where's Waldo ?his movies were kinda like, Where's Alfie 🤔.
I remember one year that a pair of Olympic skaters chose the soundtrack to Psycho for their performance. As I recall, they did not fare well.
I saw this for the first time when I was a teenager, watching TV. I was up late by myself, almost in the middle of the night. It was a very...interesting experience. It really was a groundbreaking movie, pushing the boundaries of what could be depicted in American films. Hitchcock, man. What can you say? One of the giants.
Janet Leigh (pronounced Lee) married another big star named Tony Curtis.
Their daughter is named Jamie Lee Curtis. A big star in her own right.
I'm sure someone else mentioned that.
One of the better Psycho reactions I have seen on CZcams this Halloween season! I hope you will do more movie reactions in the future.
Great reaction to a Hitchcock classic... you can't go wrong with most of his films. Might I recommend a couple of my favorites, Rear Window and Vertigo. Thanks! Also, more NIGHTWISH reactions please! 👍
Psycho has a unique plot structure, unlike any movie I know. I will explain that after you've seen it.
To begin with, Janet Leigh's Marion Crane is the main character, and the movie is totally about her for the first half. We are led to believe that this is the character we will follow to the end of the film. But Hitch had a surprise shower scene and that person is gone. Structurally, that was unheard of.
For a moment, we are adrift, we don't know who to relate to, but that doesn't last long. Next thing you know, Norman Bates has "discovered" the murder and hidden the body in the trunk of the car, which is disappearing into the local swamp. But wait! The car with the body stopped moving! How do we feel about that? We want it to keep going, right? What side are we on, anyhow?
Don't feel bad, Alfred Hitchcock is the master manipulator, he just took us from feeling sorry for the victim to feeling sorry for the killer.
Having studied Hitch for more than 40 years, having seen many of his interviews, the most important compliment I can give him is for his incredible, unbelievable natural instinct about how to make a film. He had a gift for putting things together with great craftsmanship. Hitch would complete a film in his head, and then came the nuisance of actually having to film it. That's why there was no improvisation, they were filming something that was "already finished".
I'm no expert when it comes to acting but I am an amateur film historian and much of the Hollywood style (prior to the founding of The Actor's Studio) was "Theatrical" or from ths stage tradition, and each (American, various European, classical etc) had it's own style which was reflected in the performances of the actors! Many times the directors had an influence. When you watch enough older movies you will notice each movie studio had its own style!
Also, you have to check out _The Birds_ , Hitch's other horror masterpiece.
Anthony Perkins Gives one of the best performances in film history in Psycho. James Dean in Rebel! Without a Cause is greart for an actor to see how to compel an audience with physucality.
The cure for blatant exposition dumps? Show, don't tell. Best. Leo.
Still unbelievable is the fact that they made us watch this movie in the 7th grade in school for our english class!!!!
School
Used to be fun!
Strange. Why show Psycho to a 7th grade English class? Wouldn’t parents take issue with that?
@@seank.9764 It was so long ago and way before any real kind of "needing parent permission", I don't remember all the minor details other than I basically could not watch it. Not only this, but in 10th grade English, we had to sit through and watch both The Graduate as well as The Pawn Broker. On both of those occasions our teacher wanted us to learn through visualization, especially in The Graduate, how water was used to convey words without speaking, I as and adult really have problems with the public schools showing any film without full parental consent as I have personal values and would never want my "child" to watch any one of these three films. This was all done in the 70's, so I can only imagine what kind of flack parents today would raise.
I’ve watched a lot of these “Psycho reaction” bits because it is my favorite film of all time and I truly enjoy seeing people experience it for the first time. Your presentation has been one of the best I’ve seen. You are an intelligent young man and it definitely shows with your literate and thoughtful analysis. It was fun to watch your reactions and to share in your real-time observations. Every step of the way, there was never any doubt that you were fully invested and recognizing the true genius of Hitchcock’s mastery of the medium and the quality of this magnificent film. Exemplary work!
Highly reco Strangers on a Train, also directed by Hitchcock (from a thriller written by Patricia Highsmith, who also wrote The Talented Mr. Ripley - which was also made into a fabulous film)
So Hitchcock had done ton's of big budget color movies in the 50's. He did this as a low-budget BW. He wanted to show he didn't need all that money or special effects to pull it off. Like the shower scene. It shows nothing, just film montage but man does it work. Our imagination is far better than anything that can be shot. If your into film you should really get to know his work. Even the silent stuff. There not all masterpieces but most are.
Psycho is a classic. You don’t have to be force fed gore to be scared, rather it’s scary just with your imagination. There were other movies about split personalities or dissociative personality disorder in those days, 3 Faces of Eve, later there was Sybil and more recently Split. Janet Leigh married Tony Curtis and they had Jamie Leigh Curtis who starred in Halloween. Janet and her daughter Jamie also starred in The Fog, a creepy John Carpenter film. You could try some scary movies based on true events like the Mothman Prophecies, Zodiac, The Strangers with Liv Tyler. Keep reacting!
Fantastic reaction and review. I really enjoyed it. It is rare for someone of your age to understand and appreciate old films. Please do more movies.
The MPAA instituted the R rating in 1968. Prior to that, films adhered to the Hays Code that limited what you could show on film (like nudity, violence, profanity, blasphemy, etc). Psycho was designed to evade censorship and still show audiences things they'd never before seen.
I was around your age when I first saw this. At home after midnight. Nobody else was up. I went to bed systematically turning on the next light before I turned off the last one. Few movies have had that effect on me.
FINALLY - A PROFESSIONAL REACTION, NOTICING DETAILS, YET USING SIMPLE LANGUAGE, NOT OVER COMPLICATING THINGS - BRAVO!
I’ve just discovered your channel and really appreciate how intelligent you are, and that you took the time to really appreciate this movie. I do hope you explore more older movies and enjoy them. Have a great day!
Lila Crane was the first “final girl.” Vera Miles was an underrated actress. Her reactions while searching the house is great. Check Miles out in Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man
"She might have foolen me but she didn't fool my mother."
I love how you jump when Mother kills Arbogast!
That scene scared the hell outta me. My mother had already told me about the shower scene before I ever saw the movie (I was not allowed to see the film when it first came out). I didn’t know about the scene on the stairs until I saw it on television.
Glad you got to see this masterpiece. A tiny correction: Janet Leigh's last name is pronounced LEE, not LAY, but chalk that up to the uncertainty of English spelling vs. its pronunciation. And by the way, she is the mother of Jamie Leigh Curtis if you know who she is. In the 1950's, Janet Leigh had married fellow movie star Tony Curtis, so they were a famous Hollywood couple who made movies together and separately before eventually divorcing. (I think part of the extra shock of the initial audiences was to see someone who had for the most part played sweet girl or mother next door types get slaughtered in such a way) But this role certainly brought out her stellar acting chops! I think you'd enjoy looking both her and Anthony Perkins up on Wikipedia. I'm a great big fan of yours. Savvy, thoughtful, intelligent, serious, funny and so open to things.
Jamie LEE Curtis.
She probably named her daughter Lee so as to avoid the way people often mispronounced her own name. There was a famous British actress named Vivian Leigh (Gone With The Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire) who pronounced her name LAY.
Strange, I’ve never heard Vivian pronounced “lay”.
Daniel, you are so insightful and wise beyond your years. As a film analyst/Anthony Perkins fan, this was the first of your videos that I watched, and I was immediately impressed by your intelligent and thoughtful reaction to Psycho. I've been watching your music reactions, and I am equally impressed. You have so much understanding of various genres, and you see the value of art that came before your era...which is so nice to see in a young person. I hope the artists who created all of this beautiful work years ago will watch your videos and smile. I think you have a very bright future ahead. Please continue with your wonderful videos! Wishing you all the best.
I really enjoy the format of your channel. Very refreshing to see a young man ( I’m 57) with so much insight. Well done.
Glad that you can appreciate the details of a groundbreaking film. You were able to view it in the context of the times, when transvestism was simply not talked about, or much known at all. (Thus the long exposition at the end.) Anthony Perkins turned Bates into such a charmingly sick individual. You did not mention that, as a taxidermist, he had in fact stuffed his dead mother's body. But he did it charmingly.
"...he had in fact stuffed his dead mother's body. But he did it charmingly." I gotta start quoting this.
You mentioned that when the private detective Arbogast , portrayed by Martin Balsam , was tripping backwards down the stairs it looked cheesy . But I think that Hitchcock did it deliberately because he wanted to give the audience the feeling of vertigo .
I agree with you that a scene doesn’t need to show a lot of gore to be frightening. In the 1930s the Hays Code was introduced. It put restrictions on tv and movies. They couldn’t contain excessive profanity, sex, violence or gore. Hitchcock had to suggest what happened to Marion in the shower scene, which he did very effectively. The Hays Code ended in the late 1960s.
Norman suffered from dissociative identity disorder.
I understand the point you are trying to make but I think the shower scene, (with the butcher knife, the screaming, the chopping sounds, the blood and the shrieking music) ever so slightly transcends mere suggestion!
Hitchcock had already been directing films for over 30 years at this point.
Oddly enough, one of the most controversial scenes in the movie that got the censors panties in a twirl was the toilet flushing scene. Up until then no toilets were ever showed on screen or flushed. He had to sit down and justify his decision with the censors.
The movie Hitchcock starring Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins, is all about the making of Psycho. it's a good watch.
When I first saw this movie I already knew the twist love to see reactions from people who go in to it cold
The rating system did not happen until sometime in the late 1960s. I believe "Bonnie & Clyde" made in 1967 may have started the rating system because of its intense violence depicted at that time.
Inspired by the Ed Gein murders.
So much similarity between Ed Gein and Norman Bates
Same with "Silence of the Lambs" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" is my favorite by this iconic director. It is his finest work, in my opinion, among the many fine movies he directed. I am sure you would enjoy this great movie. By the way, Psycho is considered to be the very first "Slasher"movie.
My favorite also. Tippy Hedren
It’s Tippi and The Birds is a close second to Psycho!
No monsters, no aliens, no special effects. The scariest creature is man. Great reaction.
Rating system as we know now wasn't around in the early 1960's, but came to be in the late 1960's when movies and stories were taking on a more modern naturalistic tone to the acting and of course, sex, strong language and situations were dawning by the 1970's. This movie likely was released with a disclaimer stating intended for mature audiences.
Can't wait!
Kudos to you for recognizing the brilliance of the parlor scene. Most people just gloss over it, but Perkins' vacillating moods were a harbinger of his instability. Are you aware how closely you resemble Perkins in those shots.?
just watched your reaction last night. great to see a younger viewer who gets it - the acting, the music, the twists and turns. good job. and yep, your mom has good taste.
The ending will blow you away
The writing of the dialogue in this is excellent...more so than most Hitchcock films where the visual is paramount.
Wow, it was so amazing to watch somebody see this movie unspoiled! Sadly the Big Twists are so well known out there that too many people know the big one before seeing the movie. But watching you react to them as intended and when intended was fantastic. Thanks for posting this, I am loving your reactions in general and this one was one of your best!
Fun fact: the young woman at Marion's office (who offered her a pill for her headache) is Alfred Hitchcock's daughter.
You mentioned an important point. Janet Leigh was a huge star at the time and to kill off her character so early in the movie was unheard of.
Hitchcock was a genius. Many classics. He always makes an appearance in every movie. Loved watching you get sucked in. He knew black and white worked not gory just chilling. Now try Birds. Well done by the way.
Please Daniel do a reaction video to Harold and Maude starring Bud Cort and The fabulous Ruth Gordon -It became a cult classic and I can’t tell you any part of this wonderful movie our it will spoil it for you !- I will tell you that Cat Stevens did all the music that is used in the entire movie and it is one of my absolute favorites- You won’t be sorry you watched this little gem I promise
You’re right about this amazing movie. I watched it again recently....love Cat’s songs, too.
Song yes I'd forgotten it but only for a moment but ur right Daniel's react would be awesome
I NEVER thought I would see somebody watch this movie for the first time!!! Thank you for this rare pleasure.
Janet Leigh was put under contract at MGM as a teenager. She took acting lessons in their system. I think that her acting style was much more life like than most of her peers. I read that she was such a beautiful woman, they gave her an "ugly" hairstyle in the movie to try to make her more relatable - the way they thought a secretary would wear their hair. This is just a perfect film. BTW - this is the first time a toilet was ever shown in a movie. :-)
Scared me to death as a kid!! Loved it!!
Loved your reaction. It'd be fantastic to see you react to more movies! :)
Very good idea reviewing films. You did a brilliant job. For example, I never noticed the camera angles and other things used to create effects when I first watched the movie. Alfred Hitchcock used to appear as an extra in the background in most of his movies I don't know if he was in that one but I'm sure you are a fan of his now. x
Nice to see a new and surprised reaction to a ground-breaking classic that started causing plenty of gasps decades ago. Probably has been mentioned in the comments already, but the ratings board came about in 1968, eight years after "Psycho" was released- it was rated R later, probably due to its by-then legendary status as the first mainstream horror film, and one considered adult viewing material by many who were terrified by "Psycho" upon its initial release.