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PSYCHO(1960) is Psycho!!!!

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Jason Vulgamore

The blood in the shower scene was Hershey chocolate syrup. Hitchcock didn't like the way fake red blood looked on camera, so they found a substitute. Since the film is in black and white, no one could tell the difference.

Brando83

I loved that you went into it not knowing about its most famous scene! Pop culture itself tends to be a spoiler sometimes.

Jeffrey Schmidbauer

The Norman Bates' house exterior was inspired by an Edward Hopper painting "House by the Railroad".

Jeffrey Schmidbauer

In the shower scene, you never actually see the knife blade penetrating her skin.

dedknedy

Just found your content and it's amazing so far. Love the reactions. Your movie selection is right up my alley. Visit Universal Studios during Halloween Horror Nights, there is a walkthrough attraction that takes you through the actual original Bates Motel set. Also, Norman Bates is said to have schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder. He doesn't just dress up as mother, he truly believes he is mother.

AJ

I think this is your best YT edit yet. So great watching you process the what's going on with Norman. Totally different watch the 2nd time, obviously. I remember seeing the house on the Universal tram tour as a kid.

Michael T

Hitchcock is justly famous for his camera work, among many other things. He would studiously plan out his movies in advance, deciding exactly what he wanted the audience to see in every single frame and in every scene. By the time he began shooting, in fact, Hitch jokingly would say that all the hard work had already been done.

JSharp

Most people don't clock all the reflections that indicate Norman's split-personality. Great catch.

Cliff Adams

I'm old enough to have seen this film in a theater, first run. Janet Leigh was a big star, married to Tony Curtis, mother to Jamie Lee Curtis. Having the major star of a film's character die halfway into the film was unheard of. Part of the advertising for Psycho included the concept that no one would be allowed into the theater after the movie started. (Before this film, people would enter a theater whenever, stay until they got back to the scene they have entered, then leave, or could sit and watch the film as many times as they wished. Star Wars officially ended that practice.) So the audience dislike Marion Crane for the Friday afternoon delight at the beginning, disliked her more when she stole the money. Sympathy for her begins when the cop with the sunglasses stares at her through the window. She dies and who do we attach ourselves to? Norman almost seems reasonable. Hitchcock was great at freaking out his audiences as to who was good, who was evil, and switching them at odd times. Great reaction to a great film.