Summary: On today’s adventure, Adolfo and Mark go a little mad for Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960) On this week’s show: • Discovering Hitchcock • One of the earliest “slasher” films • The Bernard Herrmann score and Mark’s uh… impression(?) of it. • Hitchcock’s A-list B-Movie • “No Bail for the Judge” • How Hitchcock convinced Paramount to distribute the film • The book by Robert Bloch • Ed Gein and the on-screen villains he “inspired” • The “Inside Psycho” podcast • Setting a new level of violence • The dissolving of the Production Code • A flushing toilet! • Hitchcock’s marketing strategy • William Castle’s carnie antics • Marion Crane has NO chill • The differences between the book and the film • Norman portrayed as a sympathetic character • The Shower Scene • How Bernard Herrmann earned double his salary • Chocolate Syrup for blood • Killing your main character halfway through the film. • Martin Balsam’s underrated performance. • “What the hell did I just see?” • The psychiatrist sequence and why it’s a flaw of the film • The Sequels and the horrible 1998 remake • The death of Filmstruck • Always buy physical media! FILMS REFERENCED: • REBECCA (1940) • SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1944) • SPELLBOUND (1945) • NOTORIOUS (1946) • REAR WINDOW (1954) • DIABOLIQUE (1955) • VERTIGO (1958) • THE TINGLER (1959) • NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) • HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) • THE BIRDS (1963) • THE EXORCIST (1973) • THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) • HALLOWEEN (1978) • DRESSED TO KILL (1980) • ROCKY III (1982) • ROCKY IV (1985) • THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) • THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991) • ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (1993) • SCREAM (1996) • GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997) • ARMAGEDDON (1998) • PSYCHO (1998) • HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003) • THE DEVIL’S REJECTS (2005) • HITCHCOCK (2012) • CREED II (2018) LINKS: • INSIDE PSYCHO PODCAST: https://wondery.com/shows/inside-psycho/ • Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection: https://www.amazon.com/Alfred-Hitchcock-Masterpiece-Collection-Limited/dp/B008DCAG9M • YouTube Page: youtube.com/adolfojacosta SOCIAL MEDIA: • TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Adolfo_Acosta, @Sportsguy515 • FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheEssentialFilms/
