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Psycho 1960 (Patreon)

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2023-10-01 20:23:59
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Psycho 1960

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Rio Mendoza

And it begins. Woohoo thank you guys.

Kelsey Perez

Yes!! One of my favorite movies! Fun fact, Janet Leigh (Marion Crane) is Jamie Lee Curtis’ mom

Dan63

Classic Horror Film!

Renee S

I was right in the middle of another YouTube movie reaction, then this notification came through and I was like, 'Nope, Asia and BJ are calling me to the fam. I'm going over there.' 😄 Hope you guys enjoyed. This is a Hitchcock classic. Anthony Perkins' performance alone makes this movie, even if he was forever typecast after it, lol

Phoenix

Can’t beat a classic - and this is def a horror classic. I love the new intro for HorrorTober! You’ve made my night thank you 😃

Rich

This is the first time I've seen this film since 1949 with my two pet ferrets at the time. They both later went on to lead very successful military careers but both love an annual meet up with the bois.

Stacey

THANK YOU FOR THIS! I've been hoping that you would get around to this movie.

Andi Szilagyi

I love the intro. Looking forward to the rest of the scary stuff.

Teri

fyi Paul McCartney requested the Beatles Producer, George Martin, to put some violins in their song ELENOR RIGBY that sounded similar to the music from Psycho.

ang

ahh the intro is absolutely perfect love y'all so much 🎃🦇👻🖤

Stacey

🤣 same! I dropped what I was doing immediately. Love this movie.

Teri

The actress in the movie is Janet Lee, the mom of actress Jamie Lee Curtis

daisy

🔪🔪🔪

David Croft-Ogawa

If you like Hitchcock, you gotta see, “The Birds,” and “North By Northwest,” which was an inspiration for the comedy film. “Throw Momma From The Train.”

George Bakis

Hitchcock used chocolate syrup as blood in the shower scene it shows up better on the screen then blood.

Patty Estrada

Can’t wait to get home and watch this!!! Thanks for this reaction. If you’re interested in more Hitchcock, who is the master of suspense, check out “Vertigo”, “Rear Window” and “Rebecca”.

Patrick Silkes

This movie arguably started the slasher genre

Potato Jones

Gotta love that Bernard Hermann score (and of course 90's bustah)

MumofZack

Thank you for watching! Fun fact: in theaters, before the movie started, they would show a clip of Alfred Hitchcock, asking people who had already seen it to please not give away the twist to anyone. I really think you should watch Bates Motel. It’s a TV series about Norman and his mother and it is completely modernized, but it does so much justice.

LG59

Halloween 2007 remake or Friday the 13th remake is a must

Stacey

Great recommendations for Hitchcock movies

Jon

So amazing. You both experienced the movie the way it was meant to be experienced. An absolute classic of filmmaking. This movie along with Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs were all loosely based on the real killer Ed Gein. Funny thing is Psycho was the closest to the real story while the others were way over the top (good in their own way, though). Asia, you're right that the highway patrolman was following her just because he was suspicious, and Hitchcock's cameo is he is standing outside the window of the office she works at when she first arrives after leaving Sam.

Stacey

Agree! Bates Motel TV show was very well done.

Janitor

Looks like there was only a few drops left in the bottle, could've definitely used a lot more to be more convincing

Tyler Roth

The intro is AMAZING!!!! Love the reaction as always! Hopefully you’ll do Psycho II at some point!!

Joanie Archetto

Amazing performance by Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor) as Norman Bates.

George Bakis

I guess some people are desensitized with movies years later where blood is running like diaharrea or like a gusher.

Stacey

Psycho is considered to be one of the first horror slasher films. It was very controversial in 1960. Marion Crane's character development went against all the rules, she had poor morals, yet audiences were somewhat rooting for her, and then Hitchcock kills the leading lady towards the beginning. The whole bathroom scene showing the toilet and her 🔪 in the shower was taboo. Also you couldn't show the actual violence (stabbing) or nudity. So he was able to create a way around it so that we know what's going on and our minds eye will fill in the parts he couldn't show. But that also worked to his advantage because you can't really see who is stabbing Marion, which further created suspense/tension. The themes of trans/cross and psychological illnesses weren't understood very well at the time. Hitchcock made it a point to educate audiences. He fought hard to keep as much of the movie intact without bending too much to censorship. Since it was so successful at the box office, what was acceptable in American filmmaking completely changed. Also, the way he was able to manipulate the camera to get certain shots he wanted (like Marion's eye at the end of the shower screen) was unusual. His techniques were widely adapted in filmmaking. I think it's still common to study his techniques in film making schools. Hitchcock wanted reoccuring music to help build tension throughout the movie, and the composer crafted it beautifully. Jaws 🦈 and Halloween 🎃 utilized this technique as well. People will know the movie it's from, even if they haven't seen it. The twist at the end... the whole movie was designed to give you all the info you need but keep you distracted so you can't put the clues together. Remind you of The Sixth Sense at all? 😜

George Bakis

When this was released the shower scene affected droves of women who were afraid to shower. They made sure a loved one etc was in there home. This made the newspapers and TV plus main story in interviews with many of the stars back then.

Rich

Fun fact. the main psycho from psycho went on to play Pamela Voorhees in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, and has recently been featured in the Daily Mail's 'Top Ten Women in Cinema Who Look Like They Would Make a Decent Medieval Longbow'. She placed third behind Richard Whitely and the fourth Earl of Flop.

Stacey

Bathrooms weren't shown in movies that often prior to Psycho. That alone was a taboo. I liked the scene where Bates is showing her the room and he shyly points to the bathroom instead of actually showing it.... keeping audiences expectation in the norm... until the shower scene and leading lady was killed. Hitchcock broke several movie making norms in 1960 with that one scene. 😜

Stacey

Back then they usually censored anything with blood, especially outside of the US. That's why you only see it around the drain and when Norman is washing his hands. Hitchcock was really pushing the boundaries of censorship.

Kristin Kanan

Yay. I love Hitchcock. My 2 favorite film of his are “Rope” and “Rear Window.”

Rich

The Birds is decent.

Will Zamora

Got to see this reaction

bbbfst

The cop near the beginning was nothing but one of the things adding to her paranoia. Hitchcock movies are a wild ride. Dial M for Murder is great. (Along with other suggestions I've seen here like The Birds and Rear Window.) You should read up a bit on Alfred Hitchcock. He was incredibly innovative. Oh, and side note: Janet Leigh (Marion Crane) was the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis.

Rosanne Dallman (edited)

Comment edits

2026-09-05 06:00 (SPOILERS) Love your October movie intro, it's going to be an Asia & BJ classic! Imagine theater-goers seeing this movie in 1960. The age of peace & love hadn't even started yet on the West Coast. People were just coming off their innocent lives in the suburbs from the 50's, just like all those programs: My 3 Sons, Leave It To Beaver, Ozzie & Harriet, etc. Hitchcock made a film that freaked everyone out from the very beginning. There was a lot of foreshadowing. You never saw the mother or Norman at the same time, until he was carrying the corpse downstairs. Norman was experienced in Taxidermy. He had an unnatural relationship with his mother from childhood on until she found a man. I'm certain Norman poisoned the stepfather and his mother. And so the story started. Those theatergoers in 1960 were inexperienced when it came to psychological thrillers. This kind of mental disease was never discussed. Family members with this disorder were institutionalized and never spoken of. Imagine how shocked they were at the end, first finding out about the mother, THEN the frank discussion at the end about mental disorders, transvestites, multiple personalities, etc. NOBODY talked out loud about that stuff in the 60s! For the original theater presentations, there was a blurb with Hitchcock at the beginning telling people not to say anything when they left the theater. Don't spoil the ending for others. That was unusual for its time, too. P.S. Does anyone else find it a bit disturbing that the picture of Linda Blair in the Exorcist is just left of Asia's head? It's creeping me out. The more I try not to look at it, the more I look at it. Gack!
2023-10-02 00:21

Eamonn Locke

Some movie trivia. The character Marion Crane was seeing is named Sam Loomis. The same as Michael’s Doctor in the Halloween franchise. It was John Carpenter’s nod to Alfred Hitchcock.

Patty Estrada

All of this 👆🏼, nicely said 👌🏼

George Bakis

BJ that guy at the red light crossing the street was her boss. Now Hitchcock was famous for being for a moment in his own movie. Standing here sitting there it makes the viewer see if they locate him.

Stacey

He was in the window of Marion's workplace. 😉

Stacey

Exactly, the cop was used to help build suspense early in the movie. His part in the movie ceased to exist once Marion was killed but we don't really know that through the rest of the movie. He was intended to be a distraction, like the extra piece in a puzzle that you don't need.. you will keep trying to see if it fits somewhere.

Kimberly Tyda

Also, you never see the knife slice her body.

Kimberly Tyda

I just made this same comparison to Sixth Sense. When I rewatch that or Psycho with someone who hasn't seen the movie, I always expect them to figure it out early, because it now seems so obvious. But they don't figure it out!

Kimberly Tyda

Yay!!! I'm so happy you started with this one. Wasn't expecting that!! When I was a kid, I remember my dad waking me up about 10 pm to watch this with him on TV. He's the one who got me into old black and white movies.

Indigo

I found him! Hitchcock is standing outside the window of Marion's work. You'll see him standing, facing traffic with a tan hat on at 9:57 ;)

Justin Freeman

It's like she works at Mesa Verde.....

Eamonn Locke

I saw you notice the Busta Rymes song at the start. It’s called “Gimme Some More” Love that song

George Bakis

I knew you caught it. BJ needs a description of Hitchcock to search for him.

Clockwork360

When I think of Voorhees I think of the Friday the 13th Jason movies. Did they actually play a person with the last name Voorhees in Nightmare on Elm Street with Kruger?

George Bakis

Your right like Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt brilliant life in a picturesque sweet town but here comes Uncle Charlie and throw in all the as you say pieces not needed to complete the puzzle but they all add so much to the film.

George Bakis

Right and today because that wasn't shown you lost half the audience.

George Bakis

I have some old British movie posters from the 50's horror genre that have an X rating.

Kristin Kanan

It is. What I like about “Rope” is that it essentially one shot, except fade to black to change film. Similarly, “Rear Window” is primarily shot in one room. I admire his creativity considering the time.

Kimberly Tyda

Rear Window is one of my all time favorite movies. It's stylish, brilliant filmmaking.

Nuthin Good at 4

Excellent reaction yall…omg! I loved Asia’s face at the end when she said, “wait a minute?!” Lolololol…both y’all chins just dropped…and ya mouths were open for a hot second…so good…glad you enjoyed it! Hope you watch more Alfred Hitchcock especially the movie, The Birds! Can’t wait to see more scary movie reactions from y’all…

RSP LAS VEGAS

Psycho! You check in, and You don't check out! A classic! 🔪

Darth Brooks

Yoooo that new intro is 🔥 who else got some old school R.L Stine Goosebumps vibes from it? Diving in right now ✌❤ A&B fam!

Rebecca Karsner

OMG that intro is awesome!!! Starting off with a classic!! I'm here for it!!! Let's go!!! Happy October everybody!!! :)

Neely

Additional trivia: Marion Crane was played by actress Janet Leigh, who is the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis, who played the lead (Laurie) in Halloween

Darth Brooks

Someone else said the same thing about the Regan poster behind Asia as well. It reminds me of those creepy art pieces or statues with the eyes that seem to always follow you at any angle lol.

Eamonn Locke

That’s right. I’m sure it wasn’t a coincidence that Carpenter cast her.

Mikey Sea

Love the reaction and intro! Psychological horror movies are fun.🎃😅

Rob Walters

You have to react to 'Psycho II' (1983) as well. Its brilliant! x

Miss Melissa

Awesome pick!!! The movie really holds up 60+ years later. That’s the mark of a great filmmaker. It’s hard to overstate how innovative and boundary pushing Hitchcock was here. Loved seeing your reaction. Great way to start the month!! 🔪🎃👻

RSP LAS VEGAS

Psycho 2 🔪 is really updated, and scary!

Cliff Adams

A favorite trick of Hitchcock is to create doubt in the audience as to the good or bad of main characters. Janet Leigh was a major Hollywood star, married to Tony Curtis… starting with the post sex scene in the cheap hotel on a Friday afternoon, her stealing the money to run to her lover… you finally feel sympathy for her when you see the cop staring at her with the sunglasses. When she drives away you begin to care about her. Then she dies midway in the film, and you seek a character to like… and it becomes Norman. But Hitchcock gave clues… Marian “Crane” is a peaceful bird, while Norman surrounds himself with stuffed birds of prey. Great filmmaking from Robert Bloch’s great book.

Cynthia M Farrington

Janet Leigh was the mother of Jaimie Lee Curtis, married to Tony Curtis. She played the role of the matron of the school in one of the Halloween movies and drove the same car she bought in Psycho that was driven into the pond.

Dan Gershgol

The first time I saw this I was also convinced their were two people.

Cynthia M Farrington

Nice catch! I love watching these reactions and reading the comments. It’s so cool to learn these things.

Cynthia M Farrington

I love this reaction video. When Asia said that the mother must not be too bad off to be able to get down the stairs, go through the window and stab the girl, that was priceless.

Dan Gershgol

Forgot to mention 40k in 1960 is about 415k today. Pretty nice house. Also 700 dollars in 1960 is 7,200 and change today.

Tuoppi66

I remember liking part 2 aswell. And it is in colour 😀

Cynthia M Farrington

I wish Hitchcock was alive to see this reaction. It’s exactly what he was aiming for and it’s definitely a movie to watch again.

Beverly Dancy

There's actually a TV show based on this called Bates Motel. It was pretty good - a bit updated for the times but true to the story. Your reactions to the ending was just priceless....well done!

Stacey

🤣🤣🤣

Stacey

👆All of this. Great info, especially about the symbolism used in the movie.

Joey

Great reaction guys. You barely said two words for the first 30 minutes. It’s so intense you get sucked in immediately.

Mister Lou

I thought it was weird too, when I first watched this movie, when they would exit out the passenger door. and I just assumed it had something to do with camera setting.

Delia Sewell

Hitchcock was outside Marion 's office window in a Stetson hat.

Rosanne Dallman (edited)

Comment edits

2026-09-05 06:00 After reading all the comments, it would be cool to do a "Hitchcock Classics Week." at some point. The movies are so good Rear Window, The Birds, Vertigo, Marnie, North by Northwest, Dial M for Murder, To Catch A Thief, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Lifeboat, The Rope.... all favorites, all classics. And there are more!
2023-10-03 02:02

RSP LAS VEGAS

Psycho 2 was made 22 years later, with the original actor Anthony Perkins, as Norman Bates! It does the original justice it deserves! And another twist, you will never see comming! Enlclude this in your October Halloween fest 🎃 Let Asia know, She will need a second blanket! 🤣

Bonnie Smith

Oh my heart! So excited to watch this one to end the Monday =) EDIT - the introooo! I love love love.

Christina Terwilliger

Most people don't realize why she is so paranoid but $40,000 in 1960 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $414,900 today

Christina Terwilliger

Did you know that this movie was inspired by a real person. His name was Ed Gein. Ed Gein actually inspired this movie, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lamb.

Bonnie Smith

Okay, just finished. What a fantastic reaction! Was so much fun getting to see the both of you having noo idea he was truly the killer/ the Mom character. Every time you would mention something about the Mom, I would smile. Asia flying back in her chair in fear... Then BJ laughing in disbelief he was tricked the entire film LOL Too good.

Christina Terwilliger

And this movie, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lamb was all inspired by a real person. Yep one guy inspired all 3 movies. Ed Gein.

Christina Terwilliger

And this movie was inspired by a real person. Actually this movie, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lamb were all inspired by the same person. Ed Gein. That man was truly crazy

Raider Ron

Janet Leigh the actress who played Marion married an actor named Tony Curtis and they had a daughter you guys know as Jamie Lee Curtis.

Raider Ron

If you go to Universal Studios in Hollywood the Bates Motel is part of the tour. There is a phenomenal series called Bates Motel and it's really good. It's mostly a prequel to Psycho.

Stacey

It was common back then. People would exit the vehicle on the side that was closest to the porch/sidewalk in order to not be in the way of traffic. I also assume it helped them keep their shoes clean, but that's just a guess, probably a side perk. Also it was much easier to do back then because the cars had bench seats.

Stacey

I'd be down for that.

Michael Wise

GREAT reaction guys, for this classic old film that still holds up more than 60 years later! No doubt, others have mentioned that this film (as well as Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs) was inspired by the real life crimes of Ed Gein, a Wisconsin farmer who turned out to be a cannibal/killer/grave robber. He did in real life keep his mother's corpse in the house, and robbed graves to steal parts from recently buried bodies, to "freshen up" his mother's continuously decomposing body! He also dressed up in women's skin, wore their private parts, their faces, breasts, etc. Outside of that, I hear he was a pretty nice guy. LOL! Janet Leigh, the actress who gets killed in the shower, was a pretty top flight star in her day, so to see such a major star killed off before the movie was even half way over was quite unheard of at the time.

David Croft-Ogawa

Hi Family! I remember when I was a kid I remember seeing a CLASSIC horror film called, “Rosemary’s Baby,” starring Mia Farrow. Please check it out!

Jacqueline Separovich

My mother was 14 years old when this was released in 1960; she said that the advertising gave away very little about the movie, and that when she went to the movies to see it with her friends they were shocked and scared; there hadn't been anything like it before; was shocking for it's time.

William

Alfred Hitchcock was in the movie, for about 2 secs. He is standing outside the shop. Great reaction guys

Coolio

She traded her car plus paid $700. The sticker price of the new car wasn't $700 lol

MichelleMyBell

The Birds is such a great movie by Alfred Hitchcock I think it's the greatest horror movie ever made because you can't really escape birds. Maybe that movie could go on the poll . 🙂❤️❤️

Allie Aalto

Psycho 2 is even better than the first, imo. I know, I know, the first is groundbreaking and a classic, but Psycho 2 has SO MUCH atmosphere and quirk. It's my favourite one!

Coolio

Busta Rhymes song you was thinking of is "Gimme some more"

Pink Martini AZ

Total classic! Your reaction to the big reveal was awesome. If you go to Universal Studios, be sure to do that tram tour of the outdoor movie sets. You will see the house, hotel set. And maybe a little of Norman himself. Hee hee. Everyone in the comments is correct about seeing the sequel. It was really surprising and good for it being made twenty something years later.

Chris Marrero

Loved your reaction to this one! One thing I would suggest, especially if you check out any of the other Psycho movies, is after you finish with Dexter (including the followup series they did), watch the Bates Motel series which covers Norman's younger years with his mother. Phenomenal acting in that show and interesting to watch how it begins and eventually leads to what we experience in this movie.

Beth Howton

I was two when this came out but my mom saw it then and never took showers after that. Enjoy

Shannon Bradner

A couple of things…Psycho was a book first. Written by Robert Bloch. Also, the actress that played Marion was Janet Leigh…mother of Jamie Leigh Curtis. Also, a good movie to watch about the making of this film would be Hitchcock

Kelsey Perez

Marion gets stabbed repeatedly in the shower, blood running down the drain. BJ: “you think she’s dead?” 🤣🤣

Karim

“Ima need you to get off my desk and move” 😂😂😂

Rob Walters

Don't worry about 'Bates Motel', Asia and BJ need to watch 'Psycho II' (1983) before that crap. Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles are both back and it is one of the best sequels of all time!

Rob Walters

I'm always urging every reactor who does 'Psycho' to react to 'Psycho II' as I think it's even better than this but only a handful have done it so far.

Rob Walters

Absolutely!!! 'Psycho II' is even better, I'm with Quentin Tarantino on that one, Psycho II is absolutely fantastic and I hope you react to it too!

Kelsey Perez

I read the book. Quick read but really good

Bmac Tattoo

Great reaction, my 1st time seeing it and it came out a few years after I was born. You have to watch TV series Bates Motel. Really cool show based on Psycho.