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In this video we watch and react to seeing Alfred Hitchcock's 1960's horror classic "Psycho" for the very first time. Psycho is a movie about Bates Motel and Norman Bates. Psycho had a major impact on the slasher genre. Psycho stars Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates and Janet Leigh as the leading lady. Watch us watch Psycho for the first time! We also give our thoughts and rate Psycho at the end. For more reactions subscribe today!
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I do highly recommend the two immediate sequels (the fourth one is a prequel). Maybe not for this year, but maybe for the next Halloween season.
Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
@@BigGator5 Didn’t even realize there are sequels.
@BigGator5 no...just no
@@BigGator5 NO!!😱😱😱🤮
I like the 3 sequels (and I have them all on HD Blu-Ray in my home movie collection). Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates steals the show in each film. RIP Tony.
If there is any one Psycho film I tell people that they might want to avoid, it is the Gus Van Sant 1998 shot-for-shot remake (now I like Vince Vaughn in a lot of movies but he doesn't do it for me as Norman there. Sorry not sorry).
This movie was never intended to be (gratuitously) "horrifying". It's a psychological thriller, not a slasher flick. Hitchcock never sat around wringing his hands anguishing over the idea bloody decapitations and such weren't allowed because of the time. Psycho is much smarter than that.
Wrong!!!
Paycho is routinely cited as the genesis of the slasher genre.
And the movie was horrifying and terrifying to audiences in 1960.
In 1960, this horror movie went well beyond what any other scary movies were doing.
You have no idea what you’re talking about.
@@KrazyKat007 First of all, calm down. You sound like a maniac. Secondly, everything I said is incontestably correct. Psycho's "horror" is derived almost entirely from the psychological aspect, and not the largely bloodless murder scenes. I mean, it's even in the title- PSYCHO. Further, I was addressing the reactor directly, and within the connotative context SHE was describing. To her, Psycho is undeniably tame, as she's already been exposed to ACTUAL genre-defining slasher films. What truly made Psycho a cut above the rest in 1960 (get it?) was the Hitchcockian suspense, tension, mystery that mounted over the course of the film. And not that little bit of diluted blood going down the drain, or the cartoonish flailing of arms as the PI was falling backwards on the staircase. The novel knifing scenes were mostly ancillary. Far scarier, was seeing a shadow entering the bathroom from beyond the shower curtain, or creeping up the stairs into the unknown. No blood necessary. AGAIN, gratuitous violence is NOT what made this film memorable. Nor was it Hitchcock's focus. FACTS.
It's YOU who doesn't know what YOU'RE talking about.
Who are you kidding? Hitch would have loved to make an actual slasher movie. In fact he got away with all sorts of things in this movie that had never been allowed in an American movie. It's not about being smarter, it's about making a film that paying customers will actually be allowed to go and see. His was the goriest American movie of all time when it came out.
@@Great-Documentaries I don't need to kid. I'm just stating facts.
Im sure someone else has already said it but you mentioned Jamie Leigh Curtis.....this was her actual mom as Marion in this movie
I'm beginning to hate the phrase "for its time." They could be more horrifying today, but not more skillful. Everything in that shower scene was brilliantly done. Going from her pulling down the curtain to the bloody water spiraling down the drain to the close-up of her dead eye is as good as it gets.
We totally agree with the first statement and that is what was meant. Every movie is a product of its era. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t genius or innovative, but it will have less at its disposal to use.
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment can you please react to first blood series ?
Fir it's time = what a lame statement.
How about, in your limited untalented tomes dumb
@@ForceOfLightEntertainmentstop say that.
Young peeps = undeveloped frontal lobe area of cranium
Young people these days think movies like this are slow moving because the horror films they're used to seeing are nothing but a string of jump scares one right after the other, with no real story line or dialog. They also need to see an explanation every five minutes.
It actually wasn't meant to be a real horror movie, It was a suspense movie.
Alfred Hitchcock's famous quote about "Psycho," when he said, "I have never really made a "horror" picture before, although some of them have been pretty horrible, but I think this one will qualify."
There's no "horror" involved.
@@zedwpd It STILL wasn't a horror movie.
You classified movie as horror, when Hitchcock said Suspense.
Also "give the girl a dream" = what does the Man get in a marriage?
After all, he is expected to work 40 plus hours at a good-paying job for what wife and kiddies want and do all heavy maintenance and all he does is give, give give.
What a crock!
Actually, Hitchcock saw that companies like American International Pictures were making loads of cash from their horror movies, yet they weren't very good movies. So his thinking was, "what if a good director" made a movie like those. So, the horror aspect was in the back of his mind.
This was the first film to show a flushing toilet and Hitchcock had to fight the censorship board to let that remain in the film. It also was the first to show an unmarried couple lying completely in bed together (no more “at least one foot on the floor” as was required) and to show the main character wearing bras.
Fun Fact: The first cartoon to show a couple in bed was The Flintstones😂
Ya ba da ba doo! @@alanmurray5963
@@Dej12328 No wonder they liked using that expression. 😂😂😂
Hitchcock was a master of suspense. You don't need to see the actual stabbing to know what is happening. It's still horrifying. I think the acting is fantastic. Even by todays standards, I think it still holds up. Leaving things to ones imagination is way more scary. I did not see in the theater but watched later when it was shown on TV when I was an adult. I was only 5 when this came out.
Agree Hitchcock films will be amazing in 4311. Greatness has no expiration date
Actually, the classic studio system had much better actors than we have today. Today's celebrities are, for the most part, not actors. They are moderately talentless eye candy.
the shower scene was possible because of composer Bernard Herrmann! with almost no budget, he ignored the director's decision of not using soundtrack especifically for that scene and he resorted only to a set of violins...not everybody would have the guts to oppose Hitchcock at his best and create one of the most iconic scene in history!
Hitchcock was so impressed with the score he doubled Bernard Hermans salary to 75,000$ and said to the score improved the film massively.......Sir Alfred Hithcock was correct.
And the violins are muted to get a harsher sound.
"When Mother was still alive..." referring to Bates Motel...
Major spoiler...😢
Also this is not a slasher film... Often it gets mischaracterized as horror. It is really a suspense thriller...
First time watching… except I already know the mother is dead. 🙄
@@rickardroach9075 I was a fan of Bates Motel, but never had seen Psycho
I didn’t spoil the movie for me. I knew nothing about the Bates or this movie
Hitchcock was a very great director whom to this day other directors often call "The Master." He has many other brilliant movies. A few are:
"North by Northwest,"
"Rear Window,"
"Vertigo,"
"Suspicion."
"Marnie,"
"Strangers on a Train,"
"The Lady Vanishes."
"Rope"
I would add:
Lifeboat
Frenzy
Torn Curtain
Marine and many more from The Master🔥
@@alanmurray5963 (1) I agree about "Lifeboat." (2) I don't think "Torn Curtain" or Frenzy" are remotely his best. (3) He does not have a movie called "Marine."
@@jackfrost8298 Uh....hello, this was 5 months ago. Clearly, they have no intention of doing anything from my list with or without "The Birds."
@@brandonflorida1092 I think they meant “Marnie”.
“The Birds”, “To Catch A Thief”, “Shadow Of A Doubt”, “The 39 Steps”, “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (James Stewart version), “Rebecca”, and “Notorious”.
When Psycho came out in theaters there was a condition EVERY theater had to agree upon. Each theater could not allow late comers into show. The late comers would have to wait until the next viewing. Hitchcock, by killing off the main character, realized that the movie's impact would be completely compromised, therefore, you had to show up on time.
"Psycho" (1960) deserves a 5/5 rating based on its timeless storytelling and masterful craftsmanship. Alfred Hitchcock's direction and Bernard Herrmann's iconic score create a suspenseful atmosphere that still captivates audiences today.
The film's innovative techniques, such as the famous shower scene and psychological twists, set new standards for the horror genre.
Exceptional performances by the cast, especially Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, add depth to the characters.
The meticulous attention to detail in both cinematography and editing enhances the movie's impact, making it a classic that continues to resonate with viewers, regardless of the era it was made in.
Anyone that does not rate this as top of all time is just ignorant of facts. Period
The audacity of killing off the main character half way through and then manipulating us to begin to root for who turned out to be her killer, was an incredible move for any filmmaker. Alfred Hitchcock had no equal!
Also, the shower scene is so well known that you expect it. It's Martin Balsam's staircase stabbing that catches people off guard!
If you've seen "Bates Motel" or any of its ilk, you already know what to expect and who's who. It's always best to watch the original first. They're like Christmas. You never know what you're going to get.
I think you're talking about a box of chocolates.
The brilliance of this movie is that it's suspenseful without being overly graphic or bloody. On top of that, it does it with only two murders . . .
I do like that!
There are 4 murders total, 2 onscreen and 2 offscreen (Mrs Bates and her lover who encouraged her to build the motel.)
@@AaronD.Webster Well, two that we see . . .
@@AaronD.Websterand 2 missing persons who happened to be young women
You know you're watching Janet Leigh -- Jamie Leigh Curtis' mother, right? ❤😊
Didn’t know it!
Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" is truly the mother of all psychological thrillers.
"Psycho" became one of the most discussed and influential films in cinema history. For many experts, it marks a turning point in time, and for them the premiere of "Psycho" is also the birth of the modern horror film.
One of the things I love about this movie is the aerial shot of my hometown Phoenix in the 60s, it’s like a cool time capsule from the past
Peeping Tom (1960) is a good film as well!
Speaking of "firsts", this was the first Hollywood film to actually show a toilet being flushed.
They made a few sequels to this. Psycho 2 was actually pretty good and worth a watch.
My mother dated Anthony Perkins when this movie came out. I have pics of them in his convertible, having a picnic together, at the beach, etc! She said he was incredibly kind, generous, and thoughtful...
Uh...he was also gay.
That was the "coppiest" looking cop I've ever seen. Vera Miles is a beauty.
Janet Lee was the only star in this movie and she was killed off less than 30 minutes into the movie. It was very shocking to audiences at that time.
Its Janet Leigh, and Martin Balsam, Anthony Perkins and certainly Vera Miles were not exactly "newbs". Vera was in John Ford's The Searchers and other westerns, and was in Hitchcock's The Wrong Man with Henry Fonda. She was supposed to star in Vertigo, but I think she got pregnant.
You HAVE to see more Hitchcock. He was a true master.
John Gavin, who played Sam, would eventually become US Ambassador to Mexico.
Hitchcock movies are not horror movies; they are suspense movies. The object is not to scare, but to create tension (suspense). The shower scene had tremendous impact in 1960, but not so much today because people are jaded now. Similarly, the psychological explanation at the end seems a bit long today, but few people were familiar with this kind of thing back then.
You are right about how odd it was to kill off the main character halfway through. To cover for that, the advertising stunt was that you could get your money back if you left the theater before the halfway mark. Also, they said they had medical personnel on hand for people who faint. I was six in 1960, so I didn’t see it until a few years later, but I remember the conversations I heard. Many women were afraid to shower for a while. Indeed, I myself was quite nervous once, as an adult, to be alone in a small, deserted motel (six empty units) situated high on a mountainside above a roadside restaurant (where the office was).
Despite all the hoopla, “Psycho,” in my opinion, is not one of Hitchcock’s best movies. I would rate it probably 3.5 out of 5. If you want to see more of his work, take a look at “The 39 Steps,” “The Lady Vanishes,” “Suspicion,” “Lifeboat,” “Foreign Correspondent,” “Spellbound,” “Notorious,” “Rear Window,” or “North By Northwest.”
“New for the era” The shower scene, yes. But more importantly it was the first time a film showed a flushing toilet.
Seems that this movie had a few first
Hitchcock wanted you to think that Marion was the lead character, but in actuality it was Norman.
Good point!
Bates Motel was a great series.
But the single most underrated series in the history of television is the HBO series
“Oz”.
There has never been a TV show of higher, stellar quality that got less recognition for it.
Now there’s a reason for that.
And if you ever watch the series, you’ll quickly pick up on it.
Never heard of it.
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Exactly my point. LOL
“Oz was the first Dramatic series ever produced by HBO. Debuting in 1997, even before
The Sopranos.
Audiences were able to wrap their heads around The Sopranos and that show took off.
Where as Oz was just too much, too intense, too insane.
“Oz” is a series about a maximum security prison.
If you guys ever do reaction series to a TV show, “Oz” would be a great choice.
This show has such a strong variety of complex characters from all walks of life with some insane plots.
I promise you, you have never seen anything like this TV series.
Alfred Hitchcock's famous quote about "Psycho," when he said, "I have never really made a "horror" picture before, although some of them have been pretty horrible, but I think this one will qualify." He was definitely playing with the notion that his movie was more of a psychological thriller than a traditional "slasher" film, even though it's often included in that genre. In the film, he used suspense and mystery to terrify the audience, rather than just relying on blood and gore. I know it's tame by today's standards, but this is considered the first slasher movie.
The blood in the tub was chocolate syrup.
right as Norman enters the bathroom holding the knife, Hitchcock had the shower water changed from warm to ice cold to get more of a reaction from Janet Leigh
"Psycho" & "Peeping Tom" laid the groundwork for slashers, but I consider the first true-blue slasher film (as we know the genre) to be "Black Christmas" from 1974. A classic I watch while gift-wrapping every Christmas! (When I'm not watching "Gremlins")
@JoeCool7835 - Olivia Hussey who was in Black Christmas also played Norma 'Mother' Bates in Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990). 😉
I agree Black christmas, codified a ot of the tropes and halloween polished them..
@JoeCool7835 I'd say another movie released on the same day as _Black Christmas_ had a greater influence on the genre: _The Texas Chain Saw Massacre_ .
Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None," is also a bit of a proto-slasher in book form. A group of strangers are gathered on an island with no way off, their host is unknown and one by one they are killed off...
This movie was a huge international hit when it came out in 1960. Of course audiences were familiar with detective dramas, and with abnormal psychology...as asylums, sanitariums, and assorted nut houses had been around for a long time. What was somewhat different here, I think, was the psychological murder thriller ... trying to make a True Crime type story where the killer was not just criminal and murderous, but somewhat normal until revealed to be certifiably insane and murderous. Definitely the cinematic grandfather of "Silence of the Lambs."
Marion Crane played by the original scream queen, Janet Leigh...a title later held by her very own daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis.
Anthony Perkins was absolutely brilliant as Norman Bates. Great movie!
One of the most influential movies of all-time, you could argue it was the birthplace of modern horror. Prior horror films were predominately "monster movies", either the "creature features" of the atomic 50's or the "Universal Monsters" of the 30's & 40's, but Hitchcock saw horror in the everyday, in "normal" people. Another great Hitchcock film that has similar vibes is "Shadow of a Doubt" from 1943.
As a nod to Hitchcock, John Carpenter named Donald Pleasance's Doctor in Halloween after Sam Loomis from Psycho.
Shadow Of A Doubt is super.
"You eat like a bird" and her name is Marion Crane. 😏 At the beginning, she is imagining all the things people might be saying about her, and she's wrestling with her conscience over taking the money, so her facial expressions reflect all of those emotions, probably including (as you both suggest) pride that she'd pulled the wool over their eyes. But in the end, she was going to return the money, although of course, she never got the chance. 😢
Oh, and I also agree that _Bates Motel_ the TV show is massively underrated. Vera Farmiga as Norma and Freddie Highmore as Norman are exceptional, and there's a strong supporting cast too. It's also very moody. The set was built near where I live in British Columbia, an exact copy of the one in the original movie. I happened to visit near the end of filming, when they'd taken down the chain-link fence, and I managed to get some great photos unimpeded. A highlight for this movie nerd. 😅
Psycho, such a good classic horror. Thank y'all for bringing us down this classic journey. Have y'all thought about any other classic horrors like Creature from the Black Lagoon?
Haven’t heard of them! Thanks!
The secretary tanking tranquilizers was Hitchcock's real life daughter. Yes the money was a fat stack. The $40k she stole is worth $414,900 today. This movie had the first toilet flushed in cinematic history.
Hitchcock is the bomb. You owe it to yourself to see more Hitch!!!
Did you know that the female star, Janet Leigh, was the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis (father = Tony Curtis), who became THE Scream Queen of the late 70s/80s starting with the original Halloween? How's that for connecting the dots?
Its one of the most iconic signature movies of all time. Its a masterpiece of filmmaking. Hitchcock was a genius. One of the top 5 filmmakers of all time. You can't "qualify" a masterpiece like this with "for its time". That's like saying Beethoven's 9th Symphony was good I guess....for its time. The Sistine Chapel was pretty good art.....for its time. Dylan and The Beatles were pretty talented musicians......for their time. No, this was and is an incredible film. Just because everything is more modern and technologically advanced doesn't make it BETTER. There are thousands of cheap copycat slasher flicks. There is only one PSYCHO. It's the psychological thriller and suspense that make the movie, not the amount of gore or limbs chopped off.
This movie set the movie start times in theaters. Before this movie there was no start times. Movies played like on a loop. Psycho you can't come in the middle of the movie. Also they called Alfred Hitchcock crazy for killing off the main character. Nobody had ever done this before.
Hitchcock actually topped that with 1939's "Rebecca". The main character is never seen.
It’s the granddaddy of slasher movies. You can’t compare movies that came after, that’s why classic films like gone with the wind are held in such high regard!
Janet Leigh… is Jamie Lee Curtis’s mother in real life. Janet was an A lister in the 60s so seeing her killed so quickly in a movie was terrifying for viewers.
If this were a secret game- you two would have won! You are the ONLY reactors who did not express trepidation about this being a black-and-white movie!. On watching this again for the umpteenth time, it's how "modern" the script is that strikes me again and again, It's how you or I would talk if we were asking about a missing loved one today.. Amazingly modern for 1960. It's a different reaction knowing something about the story. But you touched on it- it is just a great movie and the "horror" factor is actually not what makes it great.
Jamie Lee curtis's mom Janet Leigh being killed in the shower scene by Anthony Perkins character norman bates is the most iconic scene ever in horror history
Anthony Perkins died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1992. His widow, an actress named Berry Berenson, was on one of the planes that went into the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Dang.
Please react to Mulholland Drive, it is amazing movie. I would like to see your reaction. I love this movie.
THE SHOWER SCENE IS SO WELL FRAMED! She was in the Shower, but you never saw her "Naughty Bits"... In ALL the attacks, you never saw actual Penetrations... and they used Chocolate Sauce for "Blood"... 99% of that attack was all left to your imagination!
For the Sound of the Slashing, They Stabbed Melons... It's said that after hearing all the Melons being Stabbed, All Hitchcock simply said "Casabas... Definitely Casabas".
Even constructed a special shower head so the camera wouldn’t get wet.
The quick flash of just her bare midriff and belly button was akin in 1960 to showing full spread Marilyn Chambers X nudity about 15 years later.
Nice job. Read up on what happened in theaters when this came out in 1960...
Will do! Thanks!
I cannot believe yer just now seeing this!!! Looove it!!!! Plus it’s one of my faves.
It’s good!
It also have 3 sequels which start 23 years late in 1983-1990
It wasn’t a horror movie, it was a suspense movie.
Great review; you can tell your review was genuine. And you both have gorgeous hair!
Aww thank you!!
A terrific suspenseful story with elements of real shock, so ahead of it’s day.
The shower scene took 70 camera angles and 50 cuts in 45 seconds. The blood was Bosco chocolate syrup.
As most people porn out, Janet Lee is Jamie Lee Curtis‘s mother. Jamie Lee’s father is also famous. His name is Tony Curtis.
"A Boy's best friend is his Mother" The iconic line
Vera Miles (Lila) was in a couple of Twilight Zone episodes, "the hitchhiker" and one other with her in the bus station when she kept seeing mirrored images (don't know the title). Loved her in those.
Great reaction ladies....Sir Alfred Hitchcock, as a director, was know by many audiences as the master of suspense (and for good reason). He has directed over 53 movie in long career and numerous episodes of his TV show 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'...my own personal top 20 Hitchcock films are - Vertigo,Psycho, North By Northwest, Rear Window, The Birds, Dial M For Murder, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps, Rope, The Lady Vanishes, Strangers On A Train, To Catch A Thief, Shadow Of Doubt, Lifeboat, Notorious, Saboteur, Rebecca, Marnie, Suspicion & Frenzy. By all means feel free to add them to your movie watch lists, they are all good ones.
Psycho movie fun facts:
That's my momma & what's in a name? - Janet Leigh (who played the ill-fated Marion in Psycho) is the real life mother of 'Halloween' franchise actress Jamie Lee Curtis and she even did a cameo in Halloween H20 (1998) with her daughter and drove the same color, make & model car that she drove in Psycho. Also the character of Dr. Sam Loomis (played by Donald Pleasence) in 'Halloween' (1978) is named after the boyfriend in Psycho (that was director John Carpenter's homage & tip of the hat to Sir Alfred Hitchcock).
Good catch! - After the infamous shower scene, during the close up on Janet Leigh face, it was Alfred Hitchcock's wife who was the only one who saw, during an editing test screening before the film's national release, that Janet Leigh actually took in a breath of air when her character was supposed to be dead. None of the editors or Hitchcock himself saw that at first. He later took his wife out to dinner as a thank you for catching that almost film flub error.
Bird vibes! - There are several references to birds throughout in this movie: the opening shot of the film after the starting credits the camera swoops down into the window, just like a bird. Marion's surname is Crane, which is a type of bird. Norman's hobby is mostly stuffing birds, because he says that they look most likelife stuffed and Norman even states that Marion eats like a bird. Ironically, Alfred Hitchcock's next movie was, in fact, The Birds (1963).
How low can you go? - Psycho was mostly made on a low budget (due to a dare that one of the studio heads said to Hitchcock, that he couldn't make an entertaining film on a low budget - because at the time most low budget movies/B-movies weren't very good) on the Universal studio backlot with the TV show crew (because Hitchcock need a film crew who could work fast & cheep as well as not have that glamorized Hollywood look that big studio films & professionals used). It was filmed in black & white (not just due to the overall cost of the film itself even though it was cheaper to film in black & white over color at the time. It is just the opposite nowadays), it was because Hitchcock also felt that the movie might look very gory in color and might get banned by the studio for such, so black & white it was. Only the exterior and a partial facade of the Bates house was actually built on the backlot (all the interiors were shot in a studio soundstage) and it still remain there today (and is still part of the Universal Studios Hollywood California tram tour).
If you're late, you can't come in! - Every theater that showed this movie had a cardboard cut-out installed in the lobby of Sir Alfred Hitchcock pointing to his wristwatch with a note saying "The manager of this theatre has been instructed at the risk of his life, not to admit to the theatre any persons after the picture starts. Any spurious attempts to enter by side doors, fire escapes or ventilating shafts will be met by force. The entire objective of this extraordinary policy, of course, is to help you enjoy PSYCHO more. Alfred Hitchcock" & other cutouts even had the extra lines "PS - It is of the upmost importance that you not revealed many of the shocking points of interest within the movie of PSYCHO or of the ending to anyone and we mean anyone. Not to your family, to your friends, to your co-workers, even to the pope, the president of the United States or the queen of England. God bless her!". Thus creating one of the first 'spoiler alerts'. (Of course it was done in humorous jest to help preserve the audience's enjoyment of the movie and to not give away the fact that Janet Leigh, who was a huge movie star at that time, wasn't going to be in the entire picture and for anyone wondering 'where is Janet?' if they somehow missed the infamous shower scene).
An angry letter! - After this movie's release, Hitchcock received an angry letter from the father of a girl who refused to have a bath after seeing Diabolique (1955), and refused to shower after seeing his movie. Hitchcock, sent a humorous note back simply saying, "Well send her to the dry cleaners then."
What about the sequels? - After fears of being typecasted, it took Anthony Perkins (Norman) 22 years to agree make the (underrated) sequel Psycho II in 1983 (which was directed by Hitchcock student Richard Franklin & written by horror writer/producer/director Tom Holland - of Fright Night, Child's Play and Stephen King's Thinner & The Langoliers fame). It was Perkins who also convinced Vera Miles (who was retired from acting at that time) to reprise her role as Lila (Marion's sister from the first movie). Pat Hitchcock (who had a cameo in the original Psycho as Marion's co-worker) and real life daughter of Alfred Hitchcock, said her father would have enjoyed the sequel very much. Perkins would play Norman again in Psycho III (which he also directed in 1986) and one last time in Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990), before his death in 1992. Psycho IV - was a both a sequel and a prequel made for the Showtime cable network (written by the original Psycho screenplay writer Joseph Stefano. It also featured Henry Thomas, Elliot from ET as a young Norman Bates, Olivia Hussey from the original Black Christmas as Norma 'Mother' Bates and it was directed by Mick Garris - Director/writer/producer of Critters 2, Batteries Not Included, Hocus Pocus, Unbroken, Stephen King's: Sleepwalkers, The Stand, Desperation & Riding The Bullet). Psycho IV sadly didn't get a theatrical release because Psycho III underperformed at the theatrical box office but for Psycho/Norman Bates fans, Psycho IV does bring closure/finality to the series and it is always enjoyable to see Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates one last time. The sequel movies are also worth checking out in my opinion.
Ugh, Remake! - Director Gus Van Sant did make a shot-for-shot remake of the original Psycho in 1998 and in color instead of black & white. It uses the exact same shooting script with hardly any changes and much of the same exact dialogue is used too. It flopped big time and was a pointless gash grab said by many, including myself (beside since it is an almost exact shot-for-shot remake, you really don't need to see that one, since you already seen the original anyway, and although I like Vince Vaughn as an actor & I like him in other movies, I just couldn't see him as Norman Bates. That certainly didn't work for me at all). Best to avoid that one.
An almost TV series! - A made-for-TV movie called 'Bates Motel' (no relation to the actual TV series later on), which was originally conceived as a pilot for a possible anthology TV series premiered on TV in 1987 and would have an alternate timeline, ignoring the events of both Psycho II & III (as it also did not feature Anthony Perkins at all as well). The basic plot is that Norman passed away in the mental hospital leaving in his will to his best friend Alex (played by Bud Cort), that he met in hospital, he left him his hotel and house, which may or may not be haunted by the ghost of mother Bates. And the location of the Bates Motel would also be the focal point of other spooky goings on (which might been the set up for 'Twilight Zone/Tales From The Crypt'/Amazing Stories' style anthology TV show but NBC decided not to make it a series). The film premiered as part of NBC Monday Night at the Movies on July 5, 1987 to mixed reviews from both critics and audiences (and I personally call it an 'Eh' movie. Not great but not awful. It's ok for a lazy rainy Saturday afternoon viewing if nothing else in on TV in my opinion. Up to y'all if you ever want to check that one out). It can still be viewed on various TV/cable network stations from time to time, it pops up on various streaming services periodically and the TV movie was also included in the Universal 'Psycho Collection' DVD/Blu-Ray box set.
And if course you know all about 5 season & People Choice Award winning 'Bates Motel' reboot prequel TV series which ran from 2013-2017 on the A&E network.
Alfred Hitchcock cameo (in case you were wondering where Hitch was) - He's the man on the street corner wearing the cowboy hat just before Marion (Janet Leigh) walks into the real estate loan office.
I’ll add a few to your ‘Bird vibes!’ comment:
- The film’s action starts in the city of Phoenix - a fabulous bird of legend.
- Norman’s parlor contains the bodies of a number of stuffed birds.
- When Norman (as the ‘Norman’ half of Norman’s mind) rushes in to find Marion’s body, he accidentally knocks a picture of a bird off of the wall.
Finally:
Just before the end of the scene where Sam leaves Lila, to go to the Bates motel by himself to try to find Arbogast, we see an interesting shot of Lila. Lila is juxtaposed against the upside-down rakes of Sam’s hardware store. The effect is to momentarily render Lila as some strange human-bird hybrid, with rakes substituting for bird plumage.
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Alfred Hitchcock was a master story teller in his day.
Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and even "Buffalo Bill" (from Silence of the lambs) Drew Inspiration from the REAL Story of Ed Gein, a Murderer, Grave Robber and Ghoul.
You have to check out his story to believe it... AND IT REALLY HAPPENED!
My friend Dorothy's dad did the music for this film. Great reaction.
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Yeah - "Bates Motel" was excellent. I discovered it last year on some channel on my Roku, and binge watched the whole series in about 6 weeks. "Bates Motel" doesn't have a direct link to the film (it takes place in the 90s or 2000s), but is very obviously inspired by the film. I say this because when I heard about the TV series, I was turned off by the timeline not matching the film. I was wrong. I say to any "Psycho" fan out there who might be turned off of "Bates Motel": don't think that way. The TV series is great. Watch it.
Nice reactions, I was just as shocked as you with the shower scene killing when I first watched Psycho but for me seeing the private investigator get killed had me frozen, I had never see anything like that before.
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A film that grips yo7 from start to finish. A very rare accomplishment for any movie.
One of the greatest movies ever made. My second favorite behind the original "Alien". To this day Plainfield Wisconsin is not happy about their most infamous resident, Ed Gein. He was the basis for Norman, for Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw, and for Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. His crimes horrified the entire world back in 1957.
32:36 This is Sam's "But why male models?" moment.
Totally agree with Natalie on Bates Motel. That was a surprisingly great prequel series that lived up to the 1960 classic film. The acting from Freddie Highmore (Norman) and Vera Farmiga (Norma) was phenomenal.
Yes! The 2 of them are incredible together!
Hitchcock was a master. His TV show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, was really good too. Janet Leigh, Marion, is the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis (Tony Curtis is her father). Janet never took a shower after this movie. Jamie Lee Curtis is the star of Halloween. This is based on the book Psycho by Robert Bloch. Glad you enjoyed the movie. At the time this broke new ground. First time a character was filmed in underwear, and I believe the first time a character was actually "showed" being killed.
By the way this is 80HD under a new name. Looking forward to all your scary movies this month.
Thank you! We will have another one this Friday!
This is the oldest movie with an R rating. Hitchcock has another R-rated movie called "Frenzy" (1972), which also has a shocking and violent scene in the middle of the movie.
I’ve never seen Psycho before and now after watching your guys watch reaction I’m gonna have to watch it in full for myself. Love ❤️ watching you guys always react to movies especially during this months spooky 👻 season
And if you like it...there are 3 more (underrated) sequels with Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates. 😉
The most risque part of this movie was the toilet! The FIRST TIME EVER a toilet had ever been shown on screen! It was scandalous! 🙂
Wasn't the first TV toilet flush heard on All In The Family?
1:37.Sure did catch "Bates Motel", Natalie, that realtionship between Norman and his mom ? Beyond weird..(Even a hint of incest?) No wonder he snapped when her new beau wanted her to commit him....34:12-"Norman needs to go to Arkham Asylum" LOL...He does get out in 20 after this one in time for Psycho 2 (1983), Very good sequel.
This was one of Hitchcock’s finest suspense films as It kept audiences riveted to their seats throughout the film. I saw Psycho when it was first released and shooting the movie in black and white, made it even more sinister and terrifying. Great acting performance by Anthony Perkins. In my humble opinion, this was one of the best psychological suspense films ever made.
A timeless gem of a movie.
And tons of interesting trivia about it as well -- one of the funnier ones is the fact that Janet Leigh is the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis.. she passed that scream-queen baton along quite nicely.
This is my first time watching you ladies react. Before the reaction, I must say your hair is fabulous! 😘
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All horror films since 1960 owe a debt to this film. Changed movies forever.
6:30. Forty thousand dollars, if you didn’t catch it, and that would equate to around four hundred thousand today. Wages sure haven’t gone up a hundred percent since then, well, except for CEOs.
It's a pity you saw the TV show, Bates Motel before you'd seen the original, as the element of surprise would have been lost. The TV show was very good by the way. Anthony Perkins, who played the original Norman Bates here was also a singer as well as a good actor.
Funny you mentioned Jamie Lee Curtis, ... That's her mom.
Psycho is an absolute masterpiece of technique and symbolism. The audience manipulation is amazing (you are rooting for a criminal after all, something unheard of back then). The supper scene in the parlor with the stuffed birds is incredibly tense, and worth some study.
Anthony Perkins is AMAZING in this role, and I can't think of an actor who would have been better for the part. He took the part and made it his own and just became Norman Bates. One of the best roles in film, to be sure.
I think the subtleties of Hitchcock's (not that he was subtle at all) are lost on many ppl today.
Its pretty obvious whats happened to Norman Bates mind, but that Psychiatrist just sums it up, adding the last bit of horrifying atmosphere to the end of the film. Its his style of doing it...its so....twighlight zone-ish. I love it!
Psycho 2 is not by Hitchcock but an excellent sequel nonetheless.
$40,000 was about $400,000 in those days.
Psycho 2 is actually very good with the 20+ Years in-between Movies giving it a Atmosphere that is Integrated into the Movie, Awesome Reaction
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16:51 Fun Fact: The blood for this scene was made with chocolate syrup.
Bosco brand chocolate syrup!
The brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock to set horror in an all-American setting like a motel. Motels were, in those days, considered a safe, economical alternative to hotels and were used by thousands and thousands of Americans on road trips and vacations (and the irony of the policeman chastising Marion for sleeping in her car on the side of the road when there are motels around where she'd be safer).
Also, the shot in the shower of the camera spiraling out while focused on Marion's iris. The didn't have autofocus in those days, so the shot had to done while spiraling the camera out and constantly refocusing the lens to that it didn't go out of focus. Hitchcock knew what he wanted and found ways, with his crew, to do it.
This movie was filmed using his television show crew on a budget of $800,000.
There were also numerous things in the movie to unnerve the 1960s audience. The music score was a bit jarring, done solely by stringed instruments. The credits were unusual with being split and going off in different directions and coming back in again. The opening shot in the hotel room of two people who have just (obviously) had sex, or at least an intensely passionate make out session, then finding out they're not married. The lead, and best known, actress being killed off a third of the way through the movie. The $40,000 dollars being not the key to the movie but a misleading red herring, changing it from being more of a 'caper' movie and becoming a horror movie. Showing the toilet in the motel room and hearing it flush was put in deliberately to further unnerve the audience, because up until then toilets were never seen in movies at all.
After Marion's death, the audience sympathy switched from her to Norman, a poor, bedeviled boy who was only trying to do the best he could, under his mother's eyes and her wrath. The final reveal of who the murderer really was would have left the audience confused, so they added in the whole ending monologue where the Simon Oakland character explains about how Mother has now taken over completely.
The greatest director of all time and one of my five favorites of all time he did. You want more suggestions, Try Rear Window, Or North by Northwest (my favorite hitchcock flick) or the Birds, or Vertigo, or Rope. You can never go wrong with any Hitchcock film of all time.
Hitchcock made around 50 movies, and it's hard to even narrow things down to a top 10 list since so many were winners. I do wish though that newbies wouldn't cut their teeth on "Psycho" and "The Birds", although both are entertaining. Hitch was NOT a director of horror movies. He made mostly stylish mystery & suspense films or psychological thrillers, often with some humor and romance thrown into the mix. He even did straight up comedies and rom-coms. If one is looking for a movie that will actually shock so-called "modern" audiences, at least in the uncensored version, your best bet is "Frenzy" (1972) a gritty film he made late in his career, which is perfectly ok but not a top tier Hitchcock movie I'd say.
Yeah, "Psycho" was a bit risque for the early sixties. The later 60s through the 80s though was a whole different story... much more "adult" stuff than most things being turned out recently.
Just a few seconds in and have to leave some love for y'alls HAIR! I always try to style mine like this and it never works. You both look gorgeous!
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For 1960, it was very risqué to show an unmarried couple that had obviously spent the night together. Alfred Hitchcock has made several movies where there was a lot of passion between a couple. This one is definitely pushing the envelope compared to the other ones he has made
That opening scene was absolutely shocking for the time, an adulterous couple with a single woman half naked in a hotel bed during the middle of the day. I remember my parents being very squeamish about allowing me to see this movie in the 70s when I was a teen.
I never understood how Norman was able to sneak away from Arbogast and beat him to the house.
He slipped in between the 2 sets of motel rooms just like Lila did when she snuck up to the house.
Fun Psycho Facts:
1. The shower scene is why there's locks on bathroom doors
2. Janet Leigh is the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis
3. The officer in the police station hallway opening the door toward the end of the film is played by Ted Knight. He would later become famous as Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore show.
Hitchcock's 'white hat/black hat':
Pre-theft: white underwear; Post-theft: black underwear.
The composer Bernard Hermann's last film score was for "Taxi Driver".
You should react in seconds from 1966 with rock Hudson
“An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity - one that comes with its own price”
"Bates Motel" is a great series, ladies! 👏👏👏👏
That shower sequence is one of the most remarkable pieces of film editing still to this day, Hitchcock plotted it out very carefully for the most impact. I love Hitchcock, he is a brilliant film maker of thrillers of all type. And yes, the fact that Janet Leigh dies in the first 30 minutes was a total shocker.
Alfred Hichcock. Watch REAR WINDOW. When you become enthralled with Grace Kelly, watch her in TO CATCH A THIEF with Cary Grant. It was shot in the south of France, Cannes and Nice and Monaco. While filming, Grace met Prince Ranier of Monaco. Two years later they married and she became Princess Grace of Monaco.
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The "picnic" scene is shot overlooking Monaco. Her palace is just over the ridge in the view. It's roof may actually be seen, but it is too difficult for me to determine.@@ForceOfLightEntertainment
In the intro, whomever is the one on our right says "back when 'mother' was still alive".
Well, if you know *that* then you pretty much have already seen the movie. There's no suspense and no need for the rest of us to waste our time watching a pair of women already know the huge plot twist. Thanks for saving me the trouble.
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You know that she dies in Bates Motel right? I did know that because I loved the show
That was the "coppiest" looking cop I've ever seen. Vera Miles is a beauty. I saw it with my girlfriend in 1960. The part that made her scream the loudest, three screams total, was when Mrs. Bates turned to the camera. If her house was empty, she wouldn't take a shower at night for years.