PSYCHO (1960) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@barry-clark]

"He doesn't seem creepy" *spits out my drink*

[@VestinVestin]

That's like me watching Gothika. "This guy must be the audience surrogate! Oh, he was supposed to be the red herring..."

[@felphero]

But that was the general consensus, that Norman was such a good crazy killer exactly because he didn't looked like one

[@mshippy19]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@briangreen8033]

😏

[@danielallen3454]

@@felphero It's one of the reasons Perkins was cast. He was considered more of a leading man than anything else at this point.

[@quicksilvermad]

Watching someone who doesn't know the twist beforehand watch a movie is one of the greatest joys in life.

[@TLL1969]

Exactly! I was about to comment something similar. Once she indicated that she thought it WAS mother, I was so happy! :) To live vicariously through her...and not know the twist to this...as well as a LOT of her other reactions is wonderful. I can only imagine what it's like to experience all these movie plots and endings for the first time...oh I'm so envious. lol

[@marcofreitas3844]

Watching someone who has never even heard of the most famous scene in Film History (the murder shower scene), when the person is an adult and raised in a First World Country is just sad. I bet my behind she has never even heard of World War II, birds who imitate the voices of humans and Frank Sinatra.

[@TLL1969]

@@marcofreitas3844 Well you can thank the Leftists/Progressives/Democrats for that! They've had control over our education system for the last couple generations...and have taught them NOTHING of value.

[@Gold1488]

​@@marcofreitas3844 agreed.

[@HuntingViolets]

@@marcofreitas3844 No need to be so harsh. I think it's cool she's open to watching old movies. Shoutout to all the young reactors who are watching classic and near-classic and just older bad movies for the first time.

[@NSnicket]

That shot at the end of the film is the most terrifying shot ever. Every time I watch this I get angry all over again that Perkins didn’t get nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Norman Bates, and that the film didn’t win one.

[@Mc.Garnagle]

I can maybe understand given the time Psycho was released. It was popular with audiences but more than a few contemporary critics in 1960 thought it was kind of schlocky. But Anthony Perkins is absolutely fantastic, it's literally an A+ performance. Watching Psycho just to observe his eye movement is time well spent.

[@rnw2739]

@Mr. Torrance Just goes to prove what critics know. You're absolutely correct in that they all (en masse) slated 'Psycho' to the ground and gave it all terrible reviews ...... then about 10 years later, they all revised their critique and were hailing it a classic!!! Hypocrites.

[@alecfoster4413]

@@Mc.Garnagle Anthony Perkins was such an extraordinary actor he basically acted his way into typecast oblivion with this role. Prior to "Psycho" he played mostly sensitive romantic leads.

[@RoSaWa386-33]

Looking back at his films, he was being cast into Heavy Mental Roles for a long time, before and after PSYCHO. "Troubled" or "emotional" characters. One film that doesn't fit that is 1959's ON THE BEACH (Gregory Peck and his submarine and crew in Australia, waiting for the deadly radioactive clouds to swarm down and kill even Australia as it has done throughout the world). BUT - for some dumb reason - Stanley Kramer made him speak in a gosh-awful and inconsistent Aussie accent that alway gets my vote as the "Worst Accent In Film History" award. He's practically unwatchable for me in that film and, fortunately, it's a small part, easily glazed over. But that is one powerful film.

[@michaelprueckner32]

​@@Mc.Garnagleü😅

[@Dave_D.]

"Why is my heart pounding and nothing has even happened?" Because Hitchcock is a master!

[@markerickson4273]

The lady of suspense is Jamie Lee Curtis ' mother

[@SM-pk7pg]

You are CORRECT sir!

[@jkfozul2316]

Lol I was just thinking that would be god tier suspense that's why

[@photo161]

...And because this wonderful reactor allows herself to become fully engaged in the film, allows herself to remain vulnerable and willing to experience and share all the intensely scary and emotionally draining feelings this great thriller invokes...An invaluable reaction from someone who truly understands what makes a great movie great...

[@ZoolGatekeeper]

@@markerickson4273 And the Halloween(1978) director (Carpenter) didn't know that from the beginning.. Some plot twist there..

[@ThomasKnip]

To understand the impact of "Psycho" you have to keep in mind that this was the first movie ever where the lead actress was killed off just like that in the middle of the movie. That never happened before.

[@jamesharper3933]

Not to mention ever hacked to death in a shower either.😄

[@ericjanssen394]

When we got Pop following the ENTIRE Janet Leigh bank-embezzlement plot in its entirety, in the edit, I had to stay to see her reaction at the "twist". That's why Hitchcock advertised "No one will be admitted late to the theater."

[@robhws]

I believe it was the first movie to show a toilet as well.

[@dynamicdave2647]

@@robhws thats doubtful

[@Udgrasil13]

@@dynamicdave2647 It actually was the first movie showing a flushing toilet. Hitchcock had to fight the studio to keep it in.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

14:36 "What... did I just see?!" - One of the greatest moments in cinematic history

[@MarkBanks01]

"Note to self: never take the room next to the office." It's lines like that that make you, you... and why we keep watching. Bless you.

[@davewhitmore1958]

#movielessons

[@sidrat2009]

@@davewhitmore1958 #lifelessonsforall

[@daxriley8195]

Yeah, this movie did for motels what Jaws did for beach holidays!

[@jamesbattista1466]

@@daxriley8195 and showers!!

[@julioverne579]

Its literally what we said when I watched this film with a girl friend of mine

[@shannonpage6665]

Anthony Perkins was simply brilliant, and that smile at the end. Chilling.

[@The3rdGunman]

Yeah "Mrs. Bates" should go on a date with Tyler Durden... Youcoud call it a double date

[@Cosmic86x]

One of the most underrated actors of all time, in my opinion.

[@osmanyousif7849]

The fact that he won no Oscar for this movie is just a shame….

[@billolsen4360]

"Why, she wouldn't even hard a fly"

[@KW-gb9cd]

One of the reasons this movie has such an impact is that the first half is all about Marion; you believe that this is her story, therefore nothing fatal can happen to her. Then comes the shower scene.

[@Anson_AKB]

The actress was also known at the time, and killing the main actress not even halfway of the movie had never been done before.

[@mattsnyderARTIST]

The only other film I ever saw like that was Full Metal Jacket where you think Gomer Pyle is the main Character

[@BoldRam]

Hitchcock would be smiling right now. Your reaction is exactly what he wanted his audiences to feel. Awesome stuff. Keep up the great content!!

[@fynnthefox9078]

He even locked the audiences in the theater during the film, especially during the shower scene

[@javeydones5163]

@@fynnthefox9078 True, he also forced his audiences to be trapped in a room that constantly filtered farts through the air. Diabolical really

[@mariogiresi6792]

I guess you might say it was The Exorcist of the 1960s because that was the next horror film to make people stand in line two hours for the privilege of being terrified.

[@mariogiresi6792]

@@d.a.w.975 The only film I can of that came close to Psycho and The Exorcist was The Haunting 1963. It’s a rare thing to be actually terrified by a movie.

[@mariogiresi6792]

@@d.a.w.975 Yes, it’s eerie and atmospheric but I wouldn’t put it the same league as The Exorcist. One more film comes to mind called Black Sabbath 1963. That’s one to give you goosebumps on a cold black night.

[@billiebuffalo]

I feel like you reacted the way audiences in '60 would have reacted. A lot of people today are desensitized to the horror genre and can read filmmaking techniques too well to enjoy the concept.

[@suprchickn7745]

@Raylan Givens That or it is incredibly satanic or steeped in the occult!

[@TheCryptofHorrors-DerCryptaxis]

Psycho and The Exorcist bore me to sleep; the Horror genre is extremely far from dead but has evolved greatly from these baseline prototype films like Psycho. It'd be interesting to see a reaction to Peeping Tom, a contemporary rival to Psycho that could have propelled horror in an entirely different direction if it had been the one to get the explosive popular notoriety instead of Psycho

[@jacobjones5269]

I was thinking the same thing.. You really bought into the money which was an intended misdirection to wallop you with the shower scene.. Then all bets were off and you were in for a penny… In for a pound..

[@auapplemac1976]

@@jacobjones5269 Hitchcock called the object of the misdirection a "McGuffin". McGuffin or maguffin is a term for an object or element in a story that drives the plot, but serves no further purpose.

[@suprchickn7745]

@@shinrapresident7010 God bless you. Thanks for saying hi!

[@caliscribe2120]

I actually chuckled out loud when Cassie said about Norman, "He's not creepy. "

[@u.n.i.p.o.d]

I did the same when she said "Oh, creepy mother" after hearing voices arguing from the house. 🤭

[@Kay7928-j4g]

and he's cute omg lol

[@lilmissrockchick4962]

Norman's pretty handsome ngl

[@BillyButcher90]

In the book, he was pudgy and unattractive, his creepiness being most obvious.

[@ChicagoPadre]

You'll notice in MANY of her "reaction vids--she "thinks" quite a bit with her "reproductive organs"!! She has issues!!

[@darielwoods7859]

Those people that have never experienced Alfred Hitchcock have no idea what they are missing. This was a fun reaction to watch, thanks for sharing it. You're in for a treat if you're going down the Hitchcock rabbit hole.

[@josephodriscoll8299]

Norman: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Cassie: "Arguable." You gotta check out Rear Window if you liked Psycho.

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

Also Birds and The Man Who Knew Too Much. and also the spoof of it with Bill Murray, The Man Who Knew Too Little :)

[@chriskelly3481]

Yep. Jimmy Stewarts character is a douchebag in that awesome movie... and I'm here for it. 😁👍

[@TBCreek]

She needs to watch 2004's SECRET WINDOW

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

@@TBCreek I wouldn't recommend that one. Its too passive and boring. I'd recommend Sleepy Hollow instead, if we're going with Johnny Depp. Or his first film, Nightmare on Elm Street.

[@gerardcote8391]

A way more nuanced film.

[@VilleHalonen]

This is the best Psycho reaction I've seen, hands down. It's the closest to being transported back to 1960 and seeing what it was like for an audience back then!

[@dawndeleon3765]

Yes! I'm coming a little late to this party, but Cassie is in my opinion the best movie reactor on youtube. I got a kick out of how she asked "what...did I just see???" The famous shower scene from Psycho! To see someone experience it for the first time not knowing what was coming was a cool experience.

[@edvan6295]

Hitchcock is indeed the Master of Suspense, next to watch from his work: 'Vertigo', 'Rear Window', 'The Birds', and 'North by Northwest'

[@elizabitty213]

All yes but a double yes for Rear Window!!

[@Cbcw76]

His last film, FAMILY PLOT is fun, exciting and full of suspense. The silly "thru back window of car" sequences are hilarious in an age (1977) when live-car-sequences were commonplace, Hitch still used this 1920's technique. Quite silly indeed, but fun, too.

[@maxtew6521]

Yes. I agree. But my personal favorite is 'Vertigo.' Banger of a film.

[@synthetic240]

And "East by Southeast"

[@maxtew6521]

@@synthetic240 🤣

[@11DNA11]

Imagine how damn good Hitchcock was. Over 60 years since this movie came out, and it still has the same effect it did in 1960.

[@maryannangros8834]

Hitchcock was a genius

[@billolsen4360]

I remember 1960 vaguely. We watched Twilight Zone at our house some evenings. When it scared me, I got behind the couch.

[@charlesfarmer5749]

When the car paused in the middle of it’s sinking, I actually caught myself panicking for Norman’s sake for a second. Hitchcock was good.

[@cpete2976]

Nope - Hitchcock wasn't good. He was great. How does he make us want the bad guy to not be caught? We just witnessed Marian's horrific murder and yet we anxiously want the accomplice to successfully destroy the evidence. Very similar to a scene in 'Marnie' - Tippi Hedren embezzles from Sean Connery and as she sneaks out of the office we are worried she'll get caught by the cleaning woman; we get more anxious as we see her shoe slipping out of her pocket, Hitchcock cuts back and forth until finally the shoe falls and makes a noise. Our tension is relieved when we realize the cleaning woman is very hard of hearing and Tippi successfully escapes. Whew! Brilliant direction.

[@kenp.7304]

"Psycho" was very shocking to audiences when it first came out in 1960. For starters, in a film you would never see a woman in her underwear or see an unmarried couple sharing the same bed, that was considered taboo. That's why the the characters in the film were trying to keep their sexual relationship a secret. The shower scene was beyond shocking for audiences at the time. Even though it's not nearly as graphic as todays horror movies, it remains one of the most iconic murder scenes in a movie. At that time movies were supposed to have a "happy ending", and you weren't supposed to kill off the main character. The one scene that always freaked me out was the scene where the sister goes into the fruit cellar and finds the mother's corpse. Just that look on Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) face when he comes at her with the knife, gave me nightmares for a long time. Of course "Marion Crane" is played by legendary actress Janet Leigh; who was also happened to be Jamie Lee Curtis's mother in real life. "Scream Queen" Jamie Lee Curtis and her mother Janet Leigh appear in 2 movies together; "The Fog" (horror 1980); and "Halloween H20" (horror 1998). Basically all horror movies today owe a debt to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960). P.S. Do yourself a favor by NOT seeing the 1998 "Psycho" remake with Vince Vaughn, it's pretty bad. I really enjoy your reaction videos. :)

[@chrishibbert3225]

I second that. The Gus Van $ant remake was garbage.

[@koreygeren2677]

I didn't know about the 1998 version. Whats the point of the 2000 movie of the same name, just a re-imagining? I've never fully watched any of them, but always assumed the 2000 movie was supposed to be a remake with a twist.

[@VerisimilitudeFilms1]

@@koreygeren2677 There is no 2000 remake. You're thinking of the 1998 remake.

[@koreygeren2677]

@@VerisimilitudeFilms1 I'm thinking of the one with Bale as... Patrick Bateman? I'm assuming that one is influenced by the 60 movie.

[@VerisimilitudeFilms1]

@@koreygeren2677 That movie has absolutely NOTHING to do with "Psycho." "American Psycho" is based off a novel from the early 90's by Brett Easton Ellis. It's a satire/ black comedy condemning the mindset Wallstreet yuppies from the 80's and how far they would go to be immoral.

[@johnnyjohnny2650]

"This doesn't have a happy ending. Because Marion is dead... in a bog." You could have a great career writing movie tags lol

[@baronvg]

That bog line at the end made me literally lol

[@Takeshi357]

I can totally imagine hearing that line in a 1970s horror movie trailer.

[@StonefieldJim4]

🤣

[@TheRealBamboonga]

There's a limb on a tree, and a tree on a body, and a body in the bog, in the bog down in the bally'o???

[@17thknight]

That would be hilarious if that was quoted on the actual DVD box

[@brt5273]

it's a horror, it's a mystery, it's suspense...even a comedy. Hitchcock knew how to pack a film. Truly a masterpiece when you're being affected "when nothing is happening". I love watching this with people who've never seen it and anticipating the inevitable reactions and very much enjoyed watching it with you

[@mattdellarosa7365]

"Oh, he's cute." I was like, well, this should be interesting. Yep, they didn't last long. Lol

[@brandonallen3289]

Anthony Perkins was considered to be quite the heart throb in the day. Psycho kind of ruined that image. He couldn't shake the role of Norman Bates.

[@jpm83]

That means that he was a good actor and Hitchcock was a great director.

[@ChrisWake]

That scene when Mother comes out and stabs Arbogast gave me a mini heart attack when I first watched this movie. Bernard Herrmann (the composer) absolutely nailed his cues in Hitchcock's films.

[@95dubstepfan]

SAME. THE SHEER TERROR.

[@Uncle_T]

Very much this! :)

[@AdamtheGrey02]

Yeah that was startling for sure. I think what made that particular scene work was that it was so brazen. He wasn't near any door or corner so we never anticipated that we'd get to see the killer actually walk a few steps to get to him. Also the way the camera was looking downward was eerily different as well as how he fell from the stairs.

[@gokaury]

Herrmann using only a string orchestra in this was a stroke of pure genius. Not only was it cheaper to use strings, but it conveys so much stress, tension, fear and raw emotion. Herrmann and Hitchcock were truly a powerhouse duo. Respectively, they are the John Williams and Steven Spielberg of their day. Incidentally, John Williams was Bernard Herrmann's protégé pupil. You can see where he gets his artistic influences.

[@Vesohag]

Same!! That moment is both a really good jump scare and a very horrific moment.

[@TheNotoriousNemo]

psycho is amazing, definitely stands the test of time.

[@kevinlaw6185]

This is quite possibly the perfect reaction video. Certainly the most pure reaction video I've ever seen. She honestly knew nothing about the movie beforehand, and her reactions are as close as I'll ever get to seeing how people reacted to this back when it first came out. I also consider it a tribute to Hitchcock that, even given the increased sophistication of audiences sixty years down the line, at every point in the movie, she was fooled in exactly the way Hitchcock wanted the audience to be fooled. Great, absolutely fantastic reaction video.

[@click8708]

It baffles me, I think there is no possible way she couldn't have known about things like this that are parodied and always referenced to in so many shows. But then again im the one who didn't know about The Lion King so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@jamiegagnon6390]

@@click8708 Not knowing about the Lion King is a personal achievement you should be proud of. Overhyped to the nth degree...

[@earlofbroadst]

@@jamiegagnon6390 What, you don't want to see Disney's take on Hamlet?

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

@@earlofbroadst Or Disney's take on Kimba the White Lion, which they furiously denied ever even having seen despite managing to take nearly everything from it.

[@gregoryjenkins8645]

I agree.

[@1805movie]

*Fun Facts:* -This was the first movie to show a toilet flushing on camera. -Janet Leigh was the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis (who starred in _Halloween_ and is known as the "Scream Queen"). -Every cut in editing (in the shower scene) represented a stab. -Chocolate syrup was used for blood. -This movie was pushing the boundaries of censorship at the time, so the movie was filmed in black and white and worked around story elements to appease the Hayes Code.

[@davidpeters44]

all true

[@adamplace1414]

If I remember correctly too, some of the censors of the era thought they saw some nudity and some didn't, so after haggling with them, Hitchcock promised to go away and re-cut the shower scene, then brought it back to them unchanged - and now the ones who thought they saw nudity before didn't, and those who didn't before now thought they did. After Hitch pointed out his trickery, they figuratively threw their hands up and approved the film.

[@fynnthefox9078]

As well as the black and white being cheaper than filming it in color.

[@mattdemo7173]

This is also the 1st film in history that did not allow ticket purchases after the film started.

[@henninggirl261]

She was going to take the money and run away with Sam, but in talking to Norman, she saw someone who was even more trapped than her. So she decided she didn’t need to dig herself in any further and wanted to rectify her temporary madness. She should’ve left immediately which was the fatal mistake.

[@bombomos]

"I would cut out the liner of the purse and out the cash in there." EXCUSE ME?!?! Is Cassie not as innocent as we have been lead to believe??

I see that as the difference between criminal imagination and criminal energy: the first is what a crime novel writer has, and the latter what an actual criminal has. How many writers think up (or at least about) the perfect murder each and every day? And how many of those actually do it? ;-)

[@dipsydoodle7988]

She was really enjoying that theft a little too much. First time I saw this movie I was like.. noooo, girl, what are you doing??!! That doesn't belong to you! 😂😂

[@laustcawz2089]

led, not lead.

[@bobdillashaw4360]

😂😂😂

[@laustcawz2089]

@ Your comment eminds me of one of the plotlines in the "A Penny For Your Thoughts" episode of "The Twilight Zone".

[@LastlyMore]

"This crazy old lady, comes downstairs stabs her with a knife and than just goes back to bed. And he comes and cleans up the bodies." lmao love that line.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Quite the arrangement they've got there. lmao

[@CarloisBuriedAlive]

Technically true ☝️

[@davemchard1530]

"He's cute." I haven't laughed so hard in years, thank you. Like the way you admonished yourself for it repeatedly through the rest of the film. Pure class, keep it up.

[@Jessica_Roth]

I'm just amazed that Cassie thinks cute people can't be evil. Sadly, not true at all.

[@osmanyousif7849]

@@Jessica_Roth , yeah for being a young lady, Cassie has the mind and soul of a 6-year old innocently naive child. God forbid, but she seems like the person who would easily trust a person like Bundy, Dahmer, Wayne Gacy, or even Amelia Dyer (WHO MURDERED CHILDREN AND INFANTS! Geez, if that woman was around our time and Cassie had a baby, I’d pray that Dyer never dare come near her child…..).

[@lilmissrockchick4962]

Put the character aside, Anthony Perkins who played Norman was absolutely gorgeous ❤

[@bobamaden]

This is the best reaction video I've ever seen! When this movie came out in 1960 it was normal to just show up to the cinema and start watching the movie in the middle, then stay through the next showing until you got to where you started. Weird I know, but Hitchcock wanted people to experience the twists and shocks properly, so he required theaters to not let people in after it had started. This had the effect of passersby wondering about the gathering crowds outside, and people waiting in the lobby would hear the screams of the audience inside and get even more hyped! I've always wondered what it would be like to experience that, and that's what makes your reaction so satisfying!

[@leogothisoscar271]

He also had as many copies of the novel bought up as possible to help prevent people from knowing what would happen.

[@gregh.g.83]

Rear Window has it all: suspense, laughs, glamour, great dialogue, and a set/location that's incredibly 'entertaining' in itself.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I saw that film on TV for the first time when I was 14 or 15, and was just glued to it. It was amazing that you could set virtually a whole film in one room and have it be so gripping.

[@EyeAmNotAlone]

One of the best films ever made

[@11DNA11]

I'll say. Vertigo is the best Alfred movie.

[@gregh.g.83]

@@11DNA11 Probably. But Vertigo isn't exactly a 'crowd pleaser', and once you know the mystery, even with the hypnotic visuals and pace etc (watching in a cinema helps), it can feel (for me) a little like a 'duty' to watch over and over. As opposed to something like, say, North by Northwest, which is always a blast.

[@meattroller8853]

Yeah put me in the Rear Window, North by Northwest camp, even To Catch A Thief I can watch those three over and over again.

[@billolsen4360]

Vera Miles is a great actress, still with us at age 94. She was the 3rd runner up in the 1948 Miss America pageant. Like her best in a movie called "The Searchers" probably the best western (not the motel) made in 1956. She gave her away her own horse, "Sweetface" to help her own true love find his sister after she was abducted.

[@michaeldmcgee4499]

And she was drop-dead gorgeous!

[@GregBanish-so6zt]

​@@michaeldmcgee4499she was one of the actresses Hitchcock was very sexually attracted to.She was his first choice as the lead in " Vertigo" but she had other contractual commitments

[@clarkness77]

No she got pregnant that's why she didn't appear in vertigo

[@TTM9691]

You're totally right, this was a huge sensation in 1960, the way "Jaws" or "The Exorcist" would be a decade and a half later. Other firsts in this movie: you never saw a toilet in an American movie before this, seeing Janet Leigh in a bra was also not the norm, and the entire shower sequence, of course, legendary. Now you see why Hitchcock is called the Master of Suspense! The next one I'd recommend to you is: "Rear Window" with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly, you'll love that one! That's in splashy color, it's a few years before "Psycho". He has lots of great movies. "Strangers On A Train" and "Shadow Of A Doubt" are equal to "Psycho" and "Rear Window" as far as suspense and riveting stories are concerned.

[@acdragonrider]

Hitchcock is just a master. As an up and coming filmmaker, I can’t say enough how much his techniques inspire me every day.

[@BusyBadger]

One of the huge shocks from "Psycho" was the extraordinarily brief amount of time Janet Leigh is on screen, besides the outright act in film, the moviegoers couldn't imagine a big budget name like that being gone so swiftly from the film. "Rear Window" should probably be the Hitch Cassie should watch, but think she might do better with the more lighthearted "To Catch A Thief", and a personal fave if mine. "North By Northwest" should be on the list too.

[@Do0msday]

Rear Window still gives me anxiety even though I know what's coming haha. The way it's done is fantastic and, like Psycho, has been spoofed so many times and is part of pop culture.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Spot on: definitely a shocker for its time like The Exorcist and Jaws.

[@andreraymond6860]

There is a great moment when Norman hesitates before giving her room number one. Things might have gone differently. His hand hovers over another key and finally he picks up the key for number one.

[@maxnorton1209]

When "Psycho" was first released, Alfred Hitchcock and the studio gave a unique order to theaters showing the movie: once the movie started, nobody was allowed to enter the theater showing it. That was to keep anyone from giving away any plot points, keep the secrets a surprise, and get the fullest response from the audiences. There were screams, fright, and stories of some people passing out. It was definitely a different time for movie audiences.

[@jefffinn1105]

The theatre in Times Square had an ambulance parked outside "just in case". A great publicity stunt.

[@IH8YH]

ALSO Janet Leigh was a bonafide Superstar back then and habing her character established as the lead only to get killed after 20minutes was almost the biggest plot twist

[@DavidB-2268]

It should be added that up until then, it was common practice for audience members to come in in the middle of a movie, then stay for the next showing to see what they missed.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

@@DavidB-2268 Shortly after release of Psycho, theatres ceased admitting patrons into screenings after a few minutes into the start of a feature film. Thus, aside fron the merit thereof, this film changed a business practice of moviehouses for good.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Back in the day it was normal practice to have one ticket admit you for the rest of the day. So theater goers entered into movies in progress and waited for the next screening.

[@todderickson2435]

"He's scared of his mom. I'm scared of his mom." He IS his mom! 😆 Cassie, I just discovered you about an hour ago, with your Halloween reaction (my all-time favorite horror movie), and you are absolutely delightful! Like me, you seem to prefer the movies that are heavy on suspense and tension, not blood and gore, and you picked an absolute icon with Psycho. One of the best things about this classic is that Janet Leigh was a big star (mother of Jamie Lee Curtis, if you didn't know), and she was promoted heavily on posters and in trailers... and then they killed her off halfway through the movie. Very shocking move for the time. Looking forward to watching many more of your videos!! 😊

[@hifijohn]

EECK,EECK.EECK

[@hbron112]

I was 15 when this movie came out. I was completely freaked out. So, of course, I invited a few girls on movie dates to watch them freak out! You are now the fourth lol. Thank you for the wonderful reaction. I hope you can take a shower after this. I couldn't.

[@milo655321]

My mother was in her early 20's when this came out. She said she couldn't take a shower for weeks afterward. Haha!

[@stanleymyrick4068]

After I saw it, I would continuously peek around the curtain to make sure I was not fixing to be stabbed.

[@kenp.7304]

For the longest time after I first saw this movie on TV, I would always double check the lock on the bathroom door before taking a shower. Then, after seeing the original "Jaws" in 1975, I was afraid to take a bath too! ;)

[@julioverne579]

Everytime I watch the movie I dont shower for a week 😅

[@crowtcameron]

The scene where Marion and Norman talk in the parlor before the shower scene is my favorite scene in Psycho and possibly my favorite scene in any Hitchcock film. It's 2 people talking but the writing, the acting, the direction, the character depth, the tension, the underlying feeling of dread and the horror to come is on a level that's rare to find. Really looking forward to see Cassie experience this film, especially if it's the first Hitchcock film she's seen. If it is, this the place to start. Also, this is an obvious thing to say but Bernard Herrmann's score for Psycho has to be one greatest film scores of all time.

[@markdodson6453]

Totally agree. That dialogue is so well written. Its rhythms, its cadences; the scene rises and falls and ebbs and flows. Just amazing. Arbogast and Norman's talk in the motel office is another master class in this sort of sure-footed writing and acting.

[@dynamicdave2647]

Whats crazy is norman bates seems like a normal person during his first conversation with her

[@Buskieboy]

@@markdodson6453 A great Bernard Herrmann scored movie for Cassie to watch would be "Taxi Driver".

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

@@dynamicdave2647 They're each hiding their own terrible secret, but you don't realize it at the time.

[@markdodson6453]

@@Buskieboy I don't know. "Taxi Driver" might completely traumatize Cassie!

[@Hank13665]

"Why is my heart pounding--and nothing's even happened?" The master at work! Your reaction to the movie was wonderfully entertaining! Thank you!

[@nerdymetaldude]

I used an inflation calculator and saw that an item priced at $40,000 in 1960 would cost $369,685.14 in 2021. That really puts the story of the theft in perspective... Your reactions are awesome! Keep up the great work!

[@Robert-un7br]

It’s 2023 now and due to inflation it’s now worth about $400,000. Thanks Joe Biden!

[@Cedarlick]

@@Robert-un7br Which is the amount Rihanna, as Marion Crane, steals in Bates Motel.

[@Robert-un7br]

@@Cedarlick You know what’s scary? These numbers are two years old. Today because of the inflation since then, would be more like $413,000. 😳

[@atticusmcfly]

"Why is my heart pounding and nothing's even happened?" That's Alfred Hitchcock for ya! He's the Master of Suspense for a reason. If you have the urge to watch another of his flicks, my personal favorites are Shadow of a Doubt and Rear Window.

[@acdragonrider]

Great ones. Also notorious

[@BusyBadger]

@jay - My thoughts exactly. When she said it I just said, "And now you understand."

[@brianvalencia7717]

Yup, he knows how tn build tension and anticipation, keeping the audience engaged even with very minimal activity during certain pivital scenes.

[@1515cci]

"Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) is very good. I personally like "Foreign Correspondent" (1940) and "The Lady Vanishes" (1938). "To Catch a Thief" (1955) and "Dial M for Murder" (1954) are also high up there.

[@1515cci]

@@StCerberusEngel funny thing about this particular movie is that I didn't care much for those two protagonists --- if they can be called that --- due to their indiscretions. Go figure, lol.

[@Catbytes]

"You didn't even see the stabbing, but..." That's how Alfred Hitchcock did his shows. He has lots of classics... and the series.

[@patrioticjustice9040]

When chocolate syrup looks more like blood than modern CGI.

[@Hey_Jamie]

Because in black and white, color is irrelevant. It didn’t need to be red, it just needed to be dark and viscous. When mixed with a bit of water, it’s identical

[@patrioticjustice9040]

@@Hey_Jamie I know; I'm saying how even decades ago, they do a better job than people who are supposed to make things as realistic as possible.

[@fynnthefox9078]

If I made a horror movie, I'd want to make it with as little CGI as possible.

[@mserinjohnson]

@@fynnthefox9078 I agree!

[@firemn4u]

Alfred Hitchcock’s, THE REAR WINDOW, is my absolute favorite of his movies! MUST SEE! Grace Kelly is so beautiful! Such a classic!

[@tremorsfan]

Sorry to be "That Guy" but it's just Rear Window.

[@scottking3287]

I agree that Rear Window is amazing. My favorite

[@bitfenix90]

I love that "he's cute!" giggle at 9:52 then, as Norman is happier with the results of his car-swamping, Cassie's counterpoint at 16:35. Of course, he's done a motel killing or two by this time, but he's also spent most of his life cleaning motel rooms. He'd be quite adept. I'm surprised he didn't re-hang the shower curtain from his inventory.

[@KansaSCaymanS]

The shower scene is one of the most iconic terrifying scenes in movie history. Bet you will lock the bathroom door from now on when you’re taking a shower. 😄

[@terminaldogma01]

And hide the chocolate syrup

[@ugaladh]

and people got clear shower curtains. even in 1990, my wife insisted on clear glass on our shower doors and walls.

[@goldenager59]

Oh yeah? Well, I'LL bet that she DOESN'T! (Someone ought to, anyway.) 🙄😉

[@LordVolkov]

If you enjoyed Psycho, I highly recommend Rear Window, with James Stewart and Grace Kelly. It's another Hitchcock classic.

[@gregall2178]

@@justindenney-hall5875 He meant Raymond Burr ;-)

[@gregall2178]

@@justindenney-hall5875 Relax, Francis.

[@MsAppassionata]

@@kathleenclark815 Mine too. I love the snappy dialogue.

[@brianalambert1192]

Every woman has met a Norman Bates. I'm not talking the split personality, I'm talking when Marion had dinner with him. Where he seems so friendly, and you're trying to be friendly, and then you say something. And you realize you've crossed a line and his real personality comes through. Marion acts this perfectly. You can see a flash of fear in her eyes when she realizes Norman's dark side. Only it's too late now. The only thing she can do is keep her cool and hope to back track

[@lethaldose2000]

Cassie. The turn in expression when Norman Bates changes demeanor talking about his mom in an institution is PRICELESS. I can't stop laughing. You had the best intentions going into this flick. But you had no idea it would change so quickly. This reaction was awesome.

[@brandonallen3289]

For sure. The mother half was starting to come out but Norman regained control.

[@avanishdutta2658]

@@brandonallen3289 That is a subtle hint at the twist in the end and also for his character. Glad, finally someone understood that the dinner scene is important as hell for the twist. Even that staircase scene when norman is taking his 'mother' to the fruit cellar. You will notice she never struggles or tries to get out of his arms as he is taking her, further signifying that she is dead and that's just a corpse we are seeing. This signifies the twist even more.

[@homebuyercoaches4044]

Rear Window. Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart. A classic.

[@f.o.c.s.1028]

The famous and often parodied Shower scene was Filmed in December 1959 and took 7 days to complete. Containing within the most iconic corpse stare in the history of cinema. 🚿

[@bekind3931]

You are, I do believe, the best reactor. It’s almost a gift that you’re a bit jumpy bc it makes a film we’ve seen many times feel fresh and new again. Loved it! 😃

[@mikeymad]

This...

[@TheGaryQ]

Just a point of trivia, the actress that played Marian was Jamie Leigh Curtis’ mother. You’ve got great reaction videos. I look forward to them.

[@dvsreed]

Jaime Leigh Curtis is also the daughter of actor Tony Curtis....she was destined for stardom

[@googlesucks2449]

It's Jamie Lee Curtis.

[@TheGaryQ]

@@googlesucks2449 You’re right, I thought all of this time that her middle name was spelled like her mom’s last name. Learned something new today.

[@neuvocastezero1838]

"'Bates Motel', why does that dound familiar", "'Norman Bates', that sounds familiar too."

[@porflepopnecker4376]

How fun to see someone react to this movie without knowing anything about it! That's rare these days. I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction, especially since you got the full effect and found it genuinely scary--a welcome change from jaded reactors who are so blase' about it. I first saw it on TV in the sixth grade, and slept with the lights on that night, terrified. And I knew the twist already since my big brother had spoiled it for me years before when he saw it at the theater. Also, since you mentioned it, I'm looking forward to your reaction to one of my three favorite films of all time, "The Wizard of Oz." I also think you should react to "The Sound of Music" if you haven't already.

[@lexwells4763]

The Wizard of Oz, now that is a scary movie. The shot of the witch riding her bike reminds me of my wife when she got her Specialized Allez for Christmas. I haven't slept well since.

[@Houldey]

It's always a treat when someone has somehow avoided just learning the plot twists and spoilers that are often referenced or imitated in pop culture. She's clearly seen / heard of these people & places in the past in passing as she can recognise the occasional name, but still has no real idea of the context behind it or why she knows it. Very fun getting to see someone enjoy these stories for the first time, we all have stuff we wish we could see with fresh new eyes, but this is the closest we'll get lol.

[@stereo999]

Spoilers for this movie have been memes for decades. You are extremely lucky to have experienced the movie knowing nothing about it like you have...

[@markandresen1]

Couldn't agree more.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@Houldey Cassie truly makes the world anew to some of us jaded-before-our-time viewers.

[@docbp87]

This channel DESPERATELY needs more Hitchcock! Strangers on a Train, North By Northwest, Vertigo, Marnie, Vertigo, Rear Window, Rope... the list of films that prove his brilliance goes on and on...

[@TheDrag0nSlayer]

I think that would be a good choice for her. It's elegant, yet accessible and doesn't harbor the excessive tropes like gore and CGI that seem to be what puts Popcorn off. These older movies were more well rounded with elements of every genre. I ADORE psycho overany other candidates because of the accessibility ( if you werent of the era, it's basically an old fashioned B&W movie, and the helps it more than it harms.

[@acdragonrider]

Notorious, Shadow of A Doubt, To catch a thief

[@acdragonrider]

It would definitely be cool to see her follow different director’s careers. Maybe Hitchcock first, then say Kubrick, William Wyler, Billy Wilder, Sidney Lumet, Vittorio de Sica, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Ozu, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Agnès Varda, Jean Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Alain Resnais. Then if we want to go modern: Fincher, Tarantino, Nolan, Almodóvar, Bong Joon Ho, Ang Lee, Wong Kar Wai, Zhang Yimou, Terrence Malick, Sofia Coppola, Kelly Reichardt, Paul Thomas Andersen, Coen Brothers, Soderbergh. List goes on. Just some suggestions.

[@RootinrPootine]

The Birds actually rules. It’s number 3 for me.

[@zvimur]

After that, hope she'll give "Reminiscence" a chance.

[@slc2466]

Of all the reactions I've watched for this title, you win for "Most Identical to a 1960 Audience Member's Reaction" and yes, that's a compliment. I've always read people were screaming and going crazy during the murder sequences when the film was first released, and blew filmgoers away.

[@michellesanctuary9089]

Dear Alfred, you truly made a masterpiece. A 1960 movie beats several 2021 movies.

[@11DNA11]

And Psycho isn't even his best movie. Vertigo is.

[@Mr.Goodkat]

Is there any 2021 movie better than this? I doubt it.

[@tudeslildude]

@@Mr.Goodkat Well... Dune hasn't come out yet.... but if that can't then nope.

[@jesstube6466]

@@Mr.Goodkat there’s no movies from 2010 to 2021 better than this

[@Mr.Goodkat]

@@jesstube6466 Yeah probably, movies have actually went down hill a lot too so that doesn't help.

[@timothybasil]

"Why is my heart pounding and nothing's even happened?" Because Hitchcock is the master of suspense!

[@kellyjones4735]

Woahhhhh I've never seen this movie! I had no idea she was murdered halfway through, I always figured that scene happened at the very end! Wow! And that really fast moment when "the mom" comes right out of the bedroom with the knife and stabs that guy, that was SO chilling!

[@mattdellarosa7365]

This is the most genuine reaction to Psycho I've ever seen. Most people figure out the twist at the end before the movie is over. I love how invested you were in the movie and how surprising the end was. Great video, thanks for posting.

[@eirikrdberg1161]

Bullshit. Most people do not understand or see what’s coming unless they know by seeing bullshit series’ like bates motel or through popular culture. This is a totally normal reaction if you don’t Watch Modern twists or stuff mentioned above. This woman isn’t as stupid as you try to portray her, she just didn’t follow the psycho plot like other fools.

[@baronvg]

It helps that she didn’t see many movies at all until now. Today’s audience might be too smart for their own good sometimes lol

[@eirikrdberg1161]

@@baronvg yeah, she had a great reaction. I am considering paytreon for her opposed to all others. Has cool reactions. Honest. No bullshit. Hope she does psycho 2. A great sequel.

[@sisterdebmac]

"Note to self: never take the room next to the office." You made me laugh out loud on that one. Woke my dog up.

[@emwa3600]

Or take a vacant room that the Front Desk has the key to... ahem...

[@carybrown851]

Of course, these days, with miniature CCD cameras, it's a moot point. Me, I avoid rooms with mirrors facing the bed. It's far more common than most people realize to have little cameras disguised by the mirrors. In fact, mist hotels have that... but are required by law to leave them "turned off" when the room is occupied. And there have been multiple cases over the oast several decades... cases I've seen reported on... where hotel staff failed to abide by that law, wrte caught, and were prosecuted. Of course, that's in the USA. Other countries provide no such protection. I used to have to travel to China for work. We were put up westerner-friendly hotels which catered primarily to business travelers. They gad in-hotel restaurants suitable for western pallets, sit-down toilets (as opposed to the hole-in-the-floor "squat toilets" which are the norm there) and so on. My room had a main sitting room, a bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen/laundry room, and a balcony (with clothesline rack). Essentially a small apartment. I found at least one camera in every one if thise spaces. Two in the sitting room and two in the bedroom. There could have been more, which I simply never located. But these were sufficient to provide nearly total observation and listening in every part of the residence. In that case, it wasn't the hotel staff monitoring those, of course. It was government intelligence and security personnel doing so. The first camera, I located by accident, was in the bathroom. I saw something odd in the mirror, turned off the light in the room and shone my little flashlight behind the mirror. The camera wasn't even especially stealthily installed...it was very visible. The kiving room and bedroom each gad one in the air vent... easily found... and one in a lamp base, also easily found once you know to look. The kitchen one was in the central light fixture. So... I learned never to assume that I have privacy in any hotel room.

[@sisterdebmac]

@@carybrown851 Another great reason to never travel again (on top of my hatred of air travel these days).

[@debwebster6608]

"Note to self, never take the room next to the office" ..... lol.. my entire life.

[@michaelblaine6494]

I love how none of the plot details matter once she gets to the motel,it’s like there’s one movie happening and then suddenly Marion finds herself in Norman’s movie which has nothing to do with anything that happened up to that point

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Hitchcock took such a giddy delight in pulling stuff like that on an audience.

[@thomast8539]

Well, that holds true until Arbogast and Lana both wonder what the heck happened to her sister.

[@chrisdonohue891]

"it's harder to see in black&white rain" LOL

[@johnclement9370]

Wonderful reaction of a first time viewer, Hitchcock would be smiling with great satisfaction, he loved scaring his audience. Psycho is one of my favorite films of all time, perfect in every regard. :-)

[@KlassicKolt5612]

Fun fact: Jamie Lee Curtis' (famous for being in Halloween) mother is the actress who plays Marion Crane.

[@dominic2014]

Jamie Lee Curtis said that when she dies, we will say, "Star of Halloween dies..." just like when her mother died they said "Star of Psycho dies."

[@mcgilj1]

Plus both were actually in Halloween H20 and Leigh's character drives off in a car exactly like the one in this film.

[@RootinrPootine]

@@mcgilj1 both were in the fog too

[@THOMMGB]

"Why is my heart pounding and nothing's even happened?" The answer is two world class geniuses: Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann. They worked together on many of Alfred's films. Eventually, they had a falling out and that was the end of that. In this movie, Alfred's daughter, Patricia Hitchcock was an office worker who worked with Marion. In 1998, Director Gus Van Sant made a shot-by-shot remake of this movie in color. It got mixed reviews, sort of. You've gotta react to North by Northwest. Cary Grant will be your new crush!

[@mildredpierce4506]

Yes. Bernard Hermann is the best. I watched the opening credits of a movie that I hadn't seen before and almost immediately knew Bernard Hermann was the composer even before his name showed up. There was another Hitchcock film he composed that was so powerful that you automatically knew it was going to be good even if you've never seen it before.

[@THOMMGB]

@@mildredpierce4506 I'm thinking, North by Northwest or The Day the Earth Stood Still. Just me guessing, of course. :-)

[@JosieSchuller]

@THOMMGB I didn’t know they’d had a falling out. Interesting.

[@vangannaway1015]

Audiences knew Anthony Perkins as the Shy College Boy that all the girls had a crush on. They weren't prepared for this portrayal.

[@buzzardbeatniks]

You were the perfect audience for this film - You have just the perfect level of sensitivity for it and just about everyone else in the world already knows about the shower scene and have a pretty good idea about Norman Bates's true nature even if they've never seen it.

[@jkhoover]

"He's not creepy. He's pretty cute.". Oh man, she's too trusting.

[@bararobberbaron859]

Someone told me before I watched it that Norman was (partly) based on Ed Gein, really ruined the experience for me, already knowing that.

[@MarkAS56]

This...was...wonderful. Experiencing someone like you who reacted so much, actually knowing nothing going in, was incredible. Like seeing it through fresh eyes myself. Thanks so much for that.

[@mgonzales56]

Hitchcock was a master of suspense. When Jaws came out, people were afraid to go in the water. When Psycho came out people were afraid to take a shower. This is really a genuine classic. Please watch more Hitchcock movies. They are great and you will enjoy them.

[@ely_oh]

"He's scarier than Silence of the Lambs guy." Ah, yes, this is one of the reasons why Cassie is one of the best movie reactors in KZbin today. Glad that you enjoyed Psycho, and it kept you on the edge of your seat, or bed, whatever. 😆

[@mrjohndoee]

I believe both Norman Bates and Buffalo Bill characters was both inspired was inspired by real life grave robber/murderer Ed Gein. His was a truly sad and horrible person.

[@markh6545]

@@mrjohndoee Gein was mentally deranged...However he was a model patient at the instiution he lived at....Doctors and nurses there said he never caused any trouble and was polite and well mannered the entire time he was there...Now tell me, how terrifiying is that?

[@fynnthefox9078]

@@markh6545 But how much of it was true and how much if it was a mask? The world may never know.

[@clarencewalker3925]

And Leatherface and his brother the Hitchiker.

[@chrisg1472]

'Rear Window' you gotta watch. Another Hitchcock classic! Arguably his best in my humble opinion

[@eltorrente1021]

Agreed! That was definitely my favorite.

[@RootinrPootine]

She would love it no doubt

[@vickjr98]

I wonder where you rank Vertigo

[@MrIcelander]

If it's any consolation, I've now watched 3 female reactors feature this film, and if there's one thing they all had in common, it is precisely that "He's cute!" first impression of Norman. Yup, Hitchcock sure knew what he was doing... 😎

[@JarritoFresa]

YOU HAD THE BEST REACTION! I think your reaction IS the reaction people in 1960 had when they saw this movie in theaters for the first time.

[@aaronweeks3585]

This is honestly the best reaction this movie I could’ve ever asked for because you had no idea what you were getting into and I loved the genuine suspense.

[@caveman3021]

Great reaction! This is such a classic! Notice how in the beginning Marion Cranes' bra was white(innocence), but after stealing the money. it was black(corruption). Hitchcock was a genius with little details like this . Psycho II is also worth a watch. many people were skeptical when it came out in 1982, but it my opinion it is one of the best horror sequels ever. : )

[@The214624]

“ He seemed so charming at the beginning “. That’s one of the reasons why Hitchcock was a master of suspense.

[@johndavis7094]

Absolute Masterpiece! The greatest "psycho" thriller ever made. Tony Perkins was beyond perfect for "Norman". The cast was simply phenomenal.

[@DeidreL9]

Anthony was one of the greatest❤️

[@andreaschmall5560]

@@DeidreL9 Loved him in "Pretty Poison" with gorgeous Tuesday Weld.

[@gabe6550]

Yes, but this role was more of a curse than a blessing for him. He never would get away from this role and was almost always offered similar roles in his career. He even would go on to portray Norman Bates three times again. Which is quite sad because he had more to offer than just playing a mentally disturbed creep. As you can see in, for example, Orson Welles' adaptation of Franz Kafka's "The Trial".

[@Hey_Jamie]

Marian is Jamie Lee Curtis’s mother. And the other secretary in the office working with Marian was Alfred Hitchcock’s daughter. This was also the very first film to ever show a flushing toilet on camera. Brady Bunch was the first tv show to do it lol

[@HuntingViolets]

Brady Bunch? Not All in the Family?

[@billolsen4360]

@@HuntingViolets Ya mean in Archie's "reading room"?

[@HuntingViolets]

@@billolsen4360 Yeah.

[@Luimneachturnal]

"Psycho II" is massively underrated. Released and set 22 years after the original, a rehabilitated Norman is making an honest-to-god effort to reintegrate into society, but is being hounded by his own psychosis as well as people on all sides who don't care about him getting better. Then mysterious murders occur. Anthony Perkins is back as Norman, as well as Vera Miles as Lila, and Perkins carries the role really well. As for Hitchcock, I see people recommending "Vertigo" or "The Birds" but I'm going to throw my hat in for "Rear Window" and "Dial M for Murder"

[@Hunter-yj6zb]

Agreed, Psycho 2 was very well done.

[@Jim-Mc]

It is underrated, and also Rear Window and Dial M for murder are the real top tier Hitchcock for me too.

[@Ueberschaer]

What a masterpiece. Hitchcock was a genius. So terrifying. The cinematography is out of this world. And Anthony Perkins is fantastic.

[@georgemartin1436]

Can't seem to find it, but Anthony Perkins did a commercial (for AT&T I think) about being sure to call your mother using their long distance service. He did his mother's voice from off stage and told her things like "I'll tell them that, mother"...it was hilarious.

[@jean-jacquescortes9500]

Cassie made a good choise by watching Psycho. She won’t be decept 🤣😂😜

[@shelleylyme6402]

Bob Dylan : "Motorpsycho Nitemare" 1964 "I was sleepin' like a rat when I heard something jerkin' / There stood Rita lookin' just like Tony Perkins / She said "Would you like to take a shower, I'll show you up to the door?" / I said "Oh no, no, I've been through this movie before!"

[@dunringill1747]

A Really Great Reaction. It's rare to see someone who hasn't heard spoilers watch this. So glad to hear you plan to watch more Hitchcock suspense thrillers.

[@tranya327]

- “Why do they have to meet secretly, if neither of them are married?” (She is never-married, and Sam is divorced). This is puzzling to many contemporary viewers, including me, at first. In 1960, the culture was radically different. One way in which it was different: there was a powerful stigma against pre-marital sex, pre-marital affairs. Marion was afraid that her reputation would be smashed, if her _pre-marital affair_ with Sam were to become known. - Psycho created a whole genre of ‘slasher films’ that followed it. None of the others forced a change the way this film did. - You may really enjoy getting the DVD / Blu-ray and viewing the special features on it - interviews with Janet Leigh, with screenwriter Joseph Stephano, and with Al Hitchcock’s administrative assistant. - Psycho made a giant amount of money, at the time. It was Hitchcock’s most profitable film of his career. He had to take all kinds of very unusual steps to get the film made: He used his own money (as the studios refused to pay for it); He used his _television crew_ to shoot the film, partly to keep production costs way down. According to the DVD, he spread rumors around Hollywood that he was looking for the right actress to play, “the Mother,” - in order to keep real the notion among Hollywood professionals that Norman Bates’s mother was a real character, who would be really acting in the film, and who would need to be cast. (This makes sense, unfortunately: If no person actually played Norman’s mother, that would be a ‘back-door’ way for the world to prematurely learn the film’s final secret - that Norman’s mother is dead.)

[@WarKrieg]

Lol no other film forced a change like this? Please. PSYCHO was hugely influential but so were many other films. Cinema has been around for more than a hundred years and the artform is replete with seminal, immensely influential films. PSYCHO certainly changed cinema forever, others like the GODFATHER or STAR WARS changed cinema AND pop culture forever. To say nothing of the likes of CITIZEN KANE who essentially changed the language of cinema, an influence so fundamental that most people who watch the film today wonder why it's a big deal - so normal now is this language that they don't realize someone had to invent it.

[@Xehanort10]

In the 50's and 60's couples in films weren't even allowed to be shown sleeping in the same bed.

[@goldenager59]

Not just a genius, then, but a diabolically devious one into the bargain. 🤨 😬

[@TheRealSevYT]

@@WarKrieg I don't know why you're being so defensive about their comment because they are 100% right. What I think you're misunderstanding is how they said: _Psycho created a whole genre of ‘slasher films’ that followed it. None of the others forced a change the way this film did._ They meant that *_at that time_* there were no other films that shattered film conventions the way Psycho did.

[@tranya327]

@@WarKrieg - I was thinking specifically of two giant changes that 'PSYCHO' caused (that other films did not) -- 1) Psycho (and Hitchcock) _changed the way movies were shown to the public_ - Only with this film was there a (successful) campaign to theater owners, managers, to forbid would-be customers from entering, once the film had started. This was not the way business was done prior to Psycho, and after 1960, this change was permanent. 2) I can't think of any other film that inspired a brand new _genre_ of films (the horror / slasher genre with graphic violence.) Star Wars and Superman (1978) come close, in causing many more films of those types to be produced, but in both of those cases, a genre was not created from nothing: both Superhero films and Science Fiction/Fantasy films already existed. Do you disagree?

[@adt33]

One of those interesting coincidences... in the last scene with Norman and the fly you say, "I'm scared, I'm very scared," which is almost verbatim the phrase used in The Fly (1986).

[@tfpp1]

9:15 - You're too pure for this world, Cassie. Don't ever change. 27:10 - And THAT'S why Hitchcock is called the "master of suspense". Honestly, you could put up a poll of just Hitchcock movies. He's a very important film maker in history. Any of his movies would be great to watch: Vertigo, The Birds, North By Northwest, Rear Window, Rebecca . . . to name just a few.

[@jakemcnulty7510]

Now that you've had a taste of Hitchcock, might I suggest "Vertigo" for a future viewing?

[@anonalias9570]

Vertigo followed by Mel Brooks homage to Hitchcock "High Anxiety" would be a good double feature.

[@mitchellmccook4122]

Just letting you Norman Bates was based on a real serial killer named Ed Gein There a movie named Ed Gein or two of them And Leatherface, Silence of the Lambs And other movies are based on him. And yes, he was obsessed with his dead mother he kept in his bed, and made belts and lampshades and other things out of people's skin. He was a psycho ! Love your reactions !

[@philrob1978]

This was a very rare privilege - to witness someone experience this genuinely with almost no prior knowledge. Congrats Cassie, the best reaction video yet on KZbin hands down. I've seen Psycho countless times and even I was getting increased heart rate seeing it through your eyes! I really think if you enjoyed this, you should watch Psycho II - even though it's set 20 years later, it's actually a solid, worthy sequel and I think you'd enjoy it. Perhaps leave it there after that though.

[@TheDemonicPenguin]

I quite like Psycho II as well. Might not be a popular opinion.

[@todderickson2435]

Count me in as enjoying Psycho II as well.

[@phantombrakeman4983]

Your reaction was great! Just like when people saw it for the first time in the theaters back in 1960.

[@24WESJULY]

"You mean that old woman I saw sitting in the window wasn't Bates mother?" Cassie, "Well there is a woman out there, obviously, she's killing people. " Me yelling at the TV, "He's a taxidermist... he's a taxidermist, HE'S A TAXIDERMIST!!!"

[@lorencamarillo4601]

REAR WINDOW NEXT! Hitchcock is a master at his craft. The camera angles, the writing, the way he gets the most out of every actor’s performance is just master class. Great reaction! I look forward to more!

[@eknapp49]

"Rear Window" is great, "North by Northwest" is great. My favorite of his movies is "To Catch a Thief," a fun thriller romance.

[@starry2006]

Vertigo is a more obvious follow up. Also considered one of the greatest films ever.

[@MsAppassionata]

@@starry2006 I love both films.

[@tsogobauggi8721]

"They are probably watching me... Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching. They will see, and they will know, and they will say: "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..." :)

[@zedwpd]

And the movie started with a fly on the window

[@dangchanneldeg6948]

I love these movie reactions. Rewatching movies and watching movies for the first time. I love it.

[@cristiangarcia1260]

"Why is my heart pounding? And nothing's even happened!" Because it is a good movie =)

[@MisterBongwater]

That's Hitchcock, baby!

[@rogercline5377]

@@MisterBongwater That music doesn't hurt anything either...except your nerves!

[@kittypuppup717]

☺️ That’s the genius of Hitchcock.

[@SPVFilmsLtd]

Watch more Hitchcock :) PSYCHO isn't even his most tense film, though its definitely his most violent and shocking.

[@markmac2206]

"Good evening, welcome to suspenseful writing".

[@liteflightify]

Vertigo, North By Northwest, Notorious, Rear Window, Rebecca, Strangers On A Train, Shadow of A Doubt, The 39 Steps, The Birds, Frenzy are also Hitchcock movies worth checking out. He’s responsible for popularizing the template of so many modern horror, thriller, adventure movies. I suggest Vertigo or North By Northwest as your next Hitchcock reaction.

[@avanishdutta2658]

North by northwest and rear window are great movies by alfred hitchcock. He is a visual filmmaker. He relies on dialogue very little and that's what makes him a master in this art of filmmaking.

[@hansmahr8627]

Yeah his movies are timeless. They're in black and white, the special effects are dated and the acting is in a different style than nowadays but these films still have the same effect they had when they were released. You're on the edge of your seat even if you've already seen these movies a dozen times. Hitchcock is just that good. He's also one of the few filmmakers who's equally loved by the general public and by avantgarde directors/arthouse fans. You can just enjoy the plot and the suspense but you can also admire Hitchcock's mastery of visual storytelling, his use of themes, the cinematography, the editing, etc. It's really difficult to satisfy both of these audiences at the same time but Hitchcock did it effortlessly.

[@liteflightify]

@@hansmahr8627 Many of his best, most acclaimed movies are in technical not black and white though.

[@deacongowan117]

The Birds sucked, I don’t get why everyone loved it. Birds aren’t scary, sorry.

[@BarryMillar-m4q]

My mom told me that people were afraid to take a shower after seeing this movie. My mom would normally not watch these types of movies, but somehow managed to get through this one. I was all of 3 years old when this came out, but watched it some years later. (Anthony Hopkins was a very good actor.) I have often been asked about how much I remember as a kid. The Wizard of Oz was one of the first. That is because of the flying Monkey's. Otherwise, I remember the day President Kennedy was assassinated. Watch as you get older, how much you can recall as a very young child. Some memories will fade, while others seem so vivid. Thank you for your time with me and so many others. It's greatly appreciated! Take care, Barry.

[@nickoftime5759]

Fun fact: The fictional killers in Psycho, The Silence Of The Lambs, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre were all inspired by the same real life killer Ed Gein. As Freud would say, he had issues.

[@andrewhussey4538]

Yeah, I was going to say, this essentially DID happen in a way, main difference is I didn't see any human skin lampshades and the like in Norman's house...

[@DeadAbeVigoda]

The real Ed Gein was about 10x as sick as Norman Bates. Look up what he did at your own risk.

[@nickoftime5759]

@@DeadAbeVigoda i don’t know if you’re speaking to just whoever or me specifically, but I know all about Gein. The one people should be warned about researching is Albert Fish. What a sick f*ck. 🤮

[@Aeneiden]

Freud had issues