PSYCHO (1960) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION!

Psycho is our first Alfred Hitchcock movie which I know will surprise many, we are cinematically challenged and sorry to all those we offend with our lacking viewership of certain filmographies!
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[@Cadinho93]

The audacity of killing off the main character half way through and then manipulating us to begin to root for who turned out to be her killer, was an incredible move for any filmmaker. Alfred Hitchcock had no equal! Also, the shower scene is so well known that you expect it. It's Martin Balsam's staircase stabbing that catches people off guard!

[@crepesoftime]

That screeching music especially makes it effective, much more intense than the music during the shower scene.

[@oliviarogers2808]

To add a bit of context to the Marion and Sam relationship, it was "secretive" that they were sexually active and screwing in a motel on her lunch break cause that was taboo at the time. Marion wanted to marry him and the relationship was public, but she was telling him that she didn't want to sneak around anymore.

[@SuburbanSavage]

Fun fact: Norman Bates, Leatherface, and Buffalo Bill (the killer from "The Silence of the Lambs") are ALL based on the same person, Ed Gein. Ed was only convicted of 2 murders, however he was more prolific in exhuming local corpses and fashioning keepsakes with their skin and bones. Ed also boarded up the rooms that his mother had used in their home, after she died, making the rest of the house a squalid nightmare. Believe it or not, but Ed was viewed by the people in his town as a nice, but odd man, and a terrific babysitter. Yeah, a babysitter!

[@DougRayPhillips]

Not to mention "Motel Hell," "Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile," and "I Dismember Mama."

[@valogden]

Really good Shock Doc on him on Discovery +

[@SuburbanSavage]

@@valogden I know!

[@windyhead7960]

Also had a scary controlling mother. Just look at a photo of her; Ed's mom was terrifying.

[@everyonelovesmajima]

Fun fact: First film to show a toilet flushing. Toilets were still considered obscene but the writer really wanted the shot of the note getting flushed. Hitchcock wasn't even going to bother with it but he told the writer he could fight for that scene if he wanted to. Oddly enough the MPAA never even mentioned the toilet because, God forbid, a woman gets undressed in this movie. They insisted they saw nudity that wasn't there because Janet Leigh was never naked on-camera. Stabbing her to death in the shower is totally fine just as long as the kids don't see a human body.

[@samhain1894]

I think they used a body double for much of that scene, and for the stabber too.

[@longfootbuddy]

i bet youre glad those dark ages are gone.. now you can show kids all the naked people you want, and everyones ok with that

[@lb8471]

​@@samhain1894, a few different body doubles were used. Alfred Hitchcock didn't want the audience to figure out the killer. BRILLIANT!!

[@mwooldridge9155]

Can't go wrong with a Hitchcock movie. Love it.

[@zedwpd]

yep, these guys should do them all. Everyone has their favorite Hitchcock movie and it would be fun to watch them go through them all. Even the lesser known ones like Rope.

[@LuvTadnDixie]

I wasn't around when this movie came out. But my Dad took his girlfriend at the time. He said the whole theater was screaming when that shower scene happened and his girlfriend was clinging to him (which he used to love to tell me). Nobody expected that first murder to happen to Janet Leigh (who was a star at the time) because she got killed off so early in the film. First, you think the movie is about her and the money being stolen, and it wasn't at all. I think this was the first slasher movie that ever was . . . and people would leave the theater saying they were never going to go inside a shower with the curtain closed again.

[@Cau_No]

Hitchcock himself explained the "McGuffin", a plot device that gets the story rolling, while it does not play a role in the outcome. In this case the stolen money was the McGuffin. The shower scene and Bates Motel got refereced a lot on other movies and TV shows until the late 80s, you kew about it before you had seen the movie. Now it has become possible again for a new generation to not be spoiled with the twist in this movie. There are two sequels to this movie, which a worth a watch, they have some of the same actors attached to them. And a TV show "Bates Motel" from about ten years ago, which tells what happened between Norman and his mother.

[@KrystalAnn0688]

This, Criminal Minds, & other scary are things are literally the only reason I have a clear shower curtain & can’t bring myself to change it to something prettier (it’s been 11yrs). Mind, Im a 35yr old female who lives alone so

[@toodlescae]

My mom was 16 when she saw this in 1960. She still has trouble taking a shower without the curtain open. That shower scene scared the crap out of her generation...especially girls and women.

[@misterprickly]

That upshot of Norman bates required a pit to be dug, into the staging area, so the mounted camera could be at ground level. It was Alfred's wife's idea to edit the stabbing to synch up with the soundtrack. Alfred had to finance the film himself because the studio felt that it was too much of a risk.

[@zedwpd]

The girl taking the tranquilizers is Hitchcock's real life daughter. $40k back then is worth $403,800 today. 18 year old daughter was getting quite the house. And Marion stole much more than people think. Marion wanted to switch cars because back then the tags were tied to the vehicle and not the owner. Once the cop showed up there was no reason to go on with the transaction. Sandwiches and milk wasn't really for company. He said he was fixing himself dinner and she could have some. Everyone younger is weirded out by the "you eat like a bird". It means you eat little or daintily. It was quite a common saying and said as a compliment. Opposite of you eat like a pig. The first cinematic toilet flush in history was in this movie. They used the word "friend" in the 50-60s like we use the word "Bro". The studio made Hitchcock add the psychiatrist monologue because they didnt think they would understand why Norman killed. He didnt want to and said audiences are smarter than that. Most people dont get it until the monologue, so I think the studio was right on this one. Anthony Perkins wife died on the plane that struck the Twin Towers on 9/11. They have two boys, Elvis and Oz. Arbogast is actually a real name with Germanic origins. The name means "bright guest" or "glorious guest," and it's derived from the Old High German words "ar" and "gast."

[@jettqk1]

Yep, real name! One of my college roommates had the last name of Arbogast.

[@crepesoftime]

Patrica Hitchcock actually just died only two years ago, she was like 93. She had been in several of his films and also on the TV series.

[@drlee2]

Yeah, that $40K would have set Marion and Sam up for a long time.

[@thomaschristopher8593]

oh ok, i never quite understood what the car switch was supposed to accomplish.

[@Jessica_Roth]

Tony was dead by 9/11 (d. 1992, age 60), so it wasn't as if he was widowed. Berry Berenson (his wife) was the granddaughter of the fashion designer, Elisa Schiapparelli. Both she and her sister Marisa were models, and Marisa became a film star as well. (Death in Venice, Cabaret, Barry Lyndon). Their cousin, Senda Berenson, was one of the first women elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. In comic books, Tony Stark's longtime secretary (after Tony rebuffs Pepper because he thinks being Iron Man is too dangerous for her and she marries Happy Hogan instead) is Barbara "Bambi" Arbogast (who is nothing like a Bambi). Bambi has yet to appear on-screen in the films, but Pepper does thank her when Tony visits her office in "Iron Man 2" and Tony reacts to the name, so she's presumably a new hire, with Tony only just having made Pepper CEO in his place. No word if comics writer David Michelinie (who created the character) was inspired by this film, however. (David does love pop-culture references, though; he named Tony's yacht after an old Monty Python joke and his [then-] girlfriend's business partner after some random lines in a "Star Trek" episode, so it's possible.)

[@theprousteffect9717]

Fun fact: the actress who plays Marion Crane is your homegirl Jamie Lee Curtis's mother.

[@SirPaladin]

This movie actually features the first on-screen toilet flush in cinematic history.

[@aleisterdenven]

I always found that Police Officer very intriguing and sinister.He is probably one of the most serious movie figures I have seen to this very day.He reminded me of The T-1000!

[@longfootbuddy]

he was a t60

[@powder-blue]

He was a figment of Marion’s imagination. She imagined him because she was worried that everyone knew what she did…

[@Wigfield84]

Hitch was afraid of cops in real life, that’s why he makes the cop so menacing. When he was little his dad had him arrested by a real cop but prearranged as a way to teach him a lesson. Scarred him for life.

[@jamesalexander5623]

The other Lady that worked in the Office with Marion was played by Hitchcock's Daughter Pat! She played a bigger part in his film, "Strangers on a Train" another Brilliant Movie!

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

I hope you guys noticed Mama's skull ever so briefly superimposed over Norman just before the car is pulled out in the end. The two are literally now one.

[@isabelsilva62023]

@IndyCrewInNYC The 2 were one all through Norman's life, he was never allowed to develop a personality of his own.

[@JSBIRD69]

In case you boys didn't know, actor Tony Curtis married actress Janet Leigh. She played Marion Crane in this film, and they produced another actor, Jamie Leigh Curtis.

[@brianalambert1192]

The actor playing Norman Bates was brilliant. Every woman has met a man like this; one who seems friendly but then says a few things that make your hair stand up. And you realize you can't stop acting friendly because that might set them off.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

He has a name. Anthony Perkins.

[@s.c_r.3_4.m]

@@Cosmo-Kramer not to be that person but *had a name

[@johnfleming6236]

Anthony Perkins was robbed of Best Actor in this movie!

[@liamwarner5749]

He's so good at it too. Starts off nice and normal then has these little odd ticks that make you worry a bit and then devolves into full on creepy where you just want to back away smililng but are afraid of what you'll set off.

[@FemmeFiend138]

Thank you guys for covering this. Its my favorite film of all time. There are like 3 sequels to this that arent bad Honestly Psycho 2 might be just as good as this first

[@robertsmith3883]

I love when Norman opens the window of Marion's room .."Because its stuffy in here" so Marion Crane hear the argument between Norman and his mother..because she didn't know it was Norman who was arguing with himself.

[@kellifranklin9872]

Alfred Hitchcock was absolutely brilliant and he really outdid himself with this movie. He killed off Janet Leigh, who was a huge star at the time, within the first 45 minutes of the movie. No one was expecting that. If you don’t know this movie is based on the life of serial killer Ed Gein. My favorite Hitchcock film of all time. I enjoyed y’alls reactions and commentary.

[@samhain1894]

Not really based on Gein’s life, but some elements were inspired by him.

[@Blackferret66]

I almost have to be impressed that you don't know the movie, considering how iconic the shower scene and ending reveal are.

[@Cau_No]

The black & white movie era fell somewhat out of favour in the last decades - not by viewers, but networks who didn't want to broadcast such 'old' material anymore. Luckily for many reactors, they now can experience the full surprise of that movie again.

[@liamwarner5749]

@@Cau_No Viewers as well I think, even 10-20 years ago I went to university and a younger girl in my class said she wouldn't watch any black and white films because they were too old.

[@meganlutz7150]

Great reaction. I hope you watch more Hitchcock movies. Another great one to try is Vertigo. It’s intriguing and will keep you guessing til the very end.

[@BeberDag130482]

Guessing till the very end of "Vertigo"? What do you mean? We know everything about 45 minutes before the main character realizes what it was all about. He's the one figuring out the plan 10 minutes before the end.

[@meganlutz7150]

@@BeberDag130482 yes true, I meant guessing about how the story will resolve

[@melenatorr]

One of the sad little touches is that no one will ever know Marian decided to go back and try to fix things: she'll always be the girl who stole all that money.

[@albertjimeno5315]

Because she did. She did steal the money. Little miss perfect was a thief. And thieves should face the consequences of their actions.

[@melenatorr]

@@albertjimeno5315 In no place or time does the script define Marian as little miss perfect, and neither did I. She acknowledges she stole the money, and her stated objective to Norman is that she is going to go back and try to fix what she did: in other words, face the consequences. No one except us will ever know she she made that decision. Either way, by going back or by dying as she did, she faced consequences.

[@thegirlinquestion]

@@albertjimeno5315calm down, you aren’t the punisher 😂

[@KB13-hc6kt]

Maybe she would of drove home and sold car and banked the money Monday….all the talk about her is only in her head.Irl she only met the cop and car salesman and Norman . ( not woman, Nor Man) Never mind , it’s a just a bit of fun aye.Ps m crane and he likes stuffing birds…so many layers ❤

[@tsogobauggi8721]

29:57 "They're 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'll see... They'll see, and they'll know, and they'll say: Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..." :)

[@MavenCree]

I love the brilliance of the switch in this movie. You're with Marion. She gets killed, you're still with her. Norman puts the body in the trunk, you're still with her. The car starts to sink, you're still with her. The car stops sinking...... Oh no! It resumes sinking. Now you're on Norman's side. Brilliant.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

But then another switch and you're seeing things through Lila's eyes.

[@user-kj1pq6zh3x]

​@@glennwisniewski9536 how so?

[@UncleMilo]

So - a fun fact! One thing that a lot of people don't think about even though it is right in your face - the main character is killed half way through the movie. You've been following her story and then suddenly she is killed... and this is an element that really throws you off psychologically even if you don't register it. You suddenly have no one to follow and it creates a confusion and uncertainty which helps augment the horror. The first movie to do this since Psycho was Alien. The first person to wake up is John Hurt and we follow him tricked into thinking he was the main character - and then they kill him mid way through the movie. Of course Alien goes one step further... with no main character, we look to the authority figure... the captain of the Nostromo... and who gets killed next? The Captain... after that it doubles your fear and confusion. It's a really clever tactic that I honestly can't think of any other films where this happens.

[@KimLarae366]

You need to watch more Hitchcock. His movies are so good. The Birds is a favorite of those that liked Psycho.

[@ludenunes6606]

I love the way Janet Leigh's character fumbles so much when trying to get away with the stolen money. She's not a hardened criminal, so she acts like an ordinary person most likely would when trying to pull off something of that kind. Also it seems that you guys have one badass grandma!

[@RocketRoketto]

In the sequel, the boy that plays the 12 year old Norman in the flashbacks is the real life son of Anthony Perkins who plays adult Norman here.

[@elizabethstrong6057]

Same one that's in legally blonde?

[@gokaury]

​@@elizabethstrong6057yep, Oz Perkins. He also has a musician brother, Elvis Perkins.

[@dlweiss]

One of my favorite moments in this film is at 19:07 - because suddenly, the movie makes you ROOT for the car to sink all the way. You've gone from being creeped out by Norman to ROOTING for him to get away with the cover-up. And the change happens so seamlessly that most viewers don't even realize it's happened!

[@tranya327]

One of the MANY creative things about ‘Psycho’ is that the normal frame is inverted: Not only is the cop presented as inhuman and menacing, but you’re repeatedly invited to take the side of people who, from a conventional viewpoint, “have done something wrong.” - Marion, who has stolen a large amount of money (she needs it, her victim doesn’t, and the victim of the theft - Mr. Cassidy - is a creep and a tax-cheat.) - Norman, who is trapped by bad circumstances - the caregiver for a creepy mother. (First he’s lonely and isolated, then a sexually frustrated Peeping Tom, then protecting his mom - his only family member - by removing all evidence from the crime scene.) - Arbogast, who enters Norman’s home without any authorization to do so. - Lila, who also enters Norman’s home without legal permission.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Why would anyone *_begin_* rooting for him at that moment? Anyone who was sympathetic towards him and hoping he could cover up what his psycho mother had done in killing Marion, by watching the car sink completely in the swamp, would've already been sympathetic and rooting for him as soon as he gasped in horror at seeing the body in bathtub, and cleared every trace of her from having been at the motel. Or even earlier than that--as early as the first time we hear the mother berating Norman.

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

I made the mistake of accidentally watching the remake first. Later, I watched the OG. Despite being identical plot-wise, it was still intense. You know it's a good movie when it still has its effect after all this years.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Greatness has no Expiration date

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@@Goofyguy4ever Your wrong but I am glad you enjoyed the remake

[@tonymalagon9644]

​@@Goofyguy4everyou need to drop the crack pipe.

[@DrVVVinK]

Have you seen the TV series, Bates Motel? It's a slow burn, but I enjoyed the added layer it gave the story.

[@tonymalagon9644]

@Goofyguy4ever my bad. I was about go to war.

[@nicolasbaron4506]

That shower scene is easily the best part of the film. I wasn't alive in 1960, but I have to believe the reason why that scene worked so well was because so many people have experienced an uneasy feeling of someone standing outside of the curtains while showering in an empty house.

[@clarencewalker3925]

I was alive in 1960 and you're right. A lot of people locked their doors before showering for a long time.

[@kiandraplummer2095]

yes, you never see the cuts and it's left to your imagination, one of the best edited scenes ever done

[@toiletduk]

@@clarencewalker3925 I still do it, or my girlfriend will come in and send the browns to the superbowl at the same time.

[@RichardX1]

@@toiletduk "send the browns to the superbowl..." that must be one of the best scatological euphemisms I've ever heard.

[@charles1203]

Not me.

[@HansGruberfan]

The car Janet drives in this movie , is the same one she drives in Halloween H2O. Which stars her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis.

[@kevaunmitchell1316]

This is one of my favorite slasher films of all time rest in peace to Anthony Perkins who played norman bates in all 4 films and Janet Leigh who is Jamie Lee curtis's mom who played marian who got killed in the most famous shower scene this movie also inspired all of the slasher films that came later like black Christmas (1974), Halloween (1978), friday the 13th (1980) and Scream (1996)

[@tallyp.7643]

And as a nod to Psycho and Janet Leigh's role, when the filmmakers did "Halloween H20", Janet Leigh had a cameo as a secretary and in her last scene, she says bye to Jamie Lee's character and actually drives off in the same model car she bought and was buried in in "Psycho".

[@kevaunmitchell1316]

@@tallyp.7643 yes she was driving the same car in psycho I'm surprised people didn't catch it

[@tallyp.7643]

@@kevaunmitchell1316 probably would've noticed a similarity, but considering black and white film, the brilliant color of the car wouldn't have shown through to make it obvious. I'm not a car person, and I didn't realize til I got my own copy of Psycho & looked for more details. Made it funnier to watch that H20 scene after the filmmakers admitted what they'd done.

[@laurakali6522]

Dial M for Murder is a great one.

[@MOS650]

Yes indeed!

[@kellifranklin9872]

Love that movie!

[@johnfredericks4376]

Great pic!

[@maureentuohy8672]

YES!!!!! So Good.

[@bigsarge8795]

Thank you for reacting to this absolute masterpiece. They dont make movies like this anymore.

[@jazzyd312]

Although "Psycho" is one of Alfred Hitchcock's most well-known movies, my favorites are "Rebecca" (his only Oscar winner), "Rear Window", "Rope", "The Birds" and "North by Northwest".

[@tallyp.7643]

"The Trouble With Harry" became one of my favorites--the characters are so strange and funny, and the situation just gets weirder and weirder as the flick goes on (and I like the bouncy, funny score, I admit). "Rope" made me look into the Leopold and Loeb case (VERY loosely based, though). "Topaz" was a decent cold war spy thriller. And of course "Rear Window", which has been referenced stylistically in more sitcoms and dramas than I can count over the decades. I haven't seen all of them, but "Psycho" would definitely be my #5 then.

[@jazzyd312]

@tallyp.7643 "Rebecca" is my #1 because I did a book report on it in high school and got an "A"! My English teacher complimented me on picking up on some foreshadowing, and she's the one who told me about the movie. I have 2 copies of the book (one with the author's notes); the prequel (Rebecca's Tale) and the sequel (Mrs. de Winter).

[@MOS650]

You guys have to react to the old 1956 classic-The Bad Seed. The story of a 8 yro girl who’s a serial killer, the performances are intense.

[@gothicmatter9123]

Love that movie .

[@melenatorr]

@@gothicmatter9123 Read the book, too: it gave me nightmares.

[@LeonSage-qg3ik]

They've got to watch The Good Son

[@randeepatillo1982]

Good lord, how I love that movie!

[@sixtiesfreak4858]

My mom told me that my grandparents saw that in '56 and no kids were allowed to see it just in case it gave them ideas.

[@JamesGilburt-lb7sg]

Yo guys! I'm subbed to the OctoKrool channel and am therefore a great person. It's awesome you've started watching Alfred Hitchcock movies, he is one of the GOAT's and this is one of his very best films! Other classic Hitchcock movies that I hiiiiiighly recommend are Rear Window (1954) & The Birds (1963) please check those out for the channel asap. I like your reactions, you're charismatic and entertaining. Keep up the brilliant work you do, lads :)

[@tallyp.7643]

It's in some of the old advertising, but there was a stipulation in the trailer by Hitchcock himself that no one would be admitted into theater 5 minutes after the movie started. And theaters actually enforced it--they didn't want the audience disturbed by late comers, but also as soon as the credits are over, it jumps right into the plot with this couple in the motel room. There was also a story where the line to watch the movie was around the block and it had started pouring rain at the premiere theater. They were fretting about how that would impact the opening attendance numbers. Hitchcock just told them to go hand out umbrellas.

[@briannahelmso5139]

I LOVE how you guys hit the nail on the head analyzing Norman's character in your discussion at the end! What makes it even sadder is that quick line in the ending narration: "In the end, he intended to tell them I was the one who killed those girls." The perspective shifts lending to you feeling sympathy for everyone involved is so well done. Nice reaction! 👏🏻

[@longfootbuddy]

the only reason norman is pretending to be his mother at the end, is because he intended on them believing it was his mother killing the girls

[@VonPatzy]

Another fun fact: The actress who is the protagonist until she suddenly isn’t is Jamie Lee Curtis’s mom. Dunno if you guys watched the Halloween movies but Jamie is 2nd gen scream queen. I know you saw her in Trading Places.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

Dad is Tony Curtis, another huge star.

[@christi776]

"Birds don't use forks" LMFAO omfg that was so HILARIOUS and completely caught me off guard 🤣😅🤣

[@RocketRoketto]

Marion (Janet Leigh) is the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis. Janet had Norman Bates, Jamie had Michael Myers 😂 what a legacy. 😂 instead if generational wealth it's generational serial killers😅

[@tomfowler381]

I was ten when I saw this for the first time in 1960. I didn’t take a shower again until I was in my 40’s because of this movie.

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

Good that you guys are finally starting Hitchcock. His filmography is insane, you are in for a treat!

[@BEETVproductions]

“She’s as harmless as one of those stuffed birds” literally told us from the beginning

[@ifeelpretty5790]

Love seeing people react to this classic without knowing about the iconic pop culture moments beforehand! Another great Hitchcock thriller is Rear Window, definitely recommend it!

[@Anwelei]

OMG IM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE I saw this finally as an adult during covid. I already knew a couple of twists but a lot of the little details were so disturbing that I had to take a break after the infamous shower scene!! My dad, who is in his 70s now, still refuses to watch it lol. He’s terrified of it.

[@oliviarogers2808]

This is an acclaimed Hitchcock film by the horror and film community. However, in terms of the psychology community, this movie has been criticized over the years for misrepresenting DID or pushing the idea that mentally ill people are violent, but that was never the point. There's a difference between having DID (multiple personalities as a defense mechanism for childhood trauma) and having such an unhealthy obsessive parent-child relationship that you can't exist without them so you create them in your head. That CAN happen and it's very rare. It's not a mental illness that just happens, it was a snowball effect of many previous dysfunctions in this guy's life. So no, I don't think this film is misrepresenting or harming anybody. As for the it "pushes the idea that the mentally ill are violent" mentality, that's on the viewer. Unfortunately, many violent individuals/murderers ARE mentally ill. Norman Bates was loosely (very loosely) based on a real person afterall. This isn't a film meant to profile someone with a particular mental disorder to be diagnosed. It's a *fictional* scenario that sprawned from a *fictional* person's many previous issues that were never addressed or treated and started a never ending chain that broke his sanity. It's a horror film meant to entertain, not meant to educate.

[@Raven5150]

How they filmed the rain sceen was revolutionary for the time mounted a sprinkler system over the car and turned in on high

[@willierose4720]

No longer Hitchcock virgins! Congratulations! One of the best directors in history. You can never go wrong with old Hitch. Please consider watching other classic Hitchcock, notably Vertigo, Rear Window, Strangers on a Train, North By Northwest, The Birds, and Rope. There are many other quality films in his filmography but those along with Psycho are my favorites. Love your reaction as always!

[@antrimlariot2386]

When Anthony Perkins wasn't nominated for an oscar, Hitchcock told he him he "was robbed.".

[@user-bl5yi4uw6j]

I remember showing this film to my young nephew years ago. He dismissed it at first because it was in b&w, but quickly became mesmerized by it. When it was over, he was like "What a great movie!" Of course I had to laugh at this. Many, if not all, of Hitchcock's films were experiments in filmmaking in one way or another. In "Psycho," the killing of Marion, the protagonist, disorients the viewer by eliminating someone the film spent some time investing itself in, disrupting the classical model of narration. The film sustains its momentum by transitioning the viewers' interest to Norman before settling on Lila and Sam. The thematic elements present in Psycho are classic Hitchcock cinema: psychotic behavior, voyeurism and motherhood. These themes are also explored in Hitchcock's Rear Window, Notorious, Vertigo and Shadow of a Doubt. Indeed, "Shadow of a Doubt" may be regarded as an early "Psycho" precursor. In "Psycho" these themes are explored in greater depth. Hitchcock's studio, Paramount, refused to fund "Psycho" because it had no faith in the source material. So, the film was an experiment in its production. "Psycho" is based on a 1959 novel by Robert Bloch of the same name. Today, both the novel and the film are considered masterpieces of the horror genre. Paramount also would not agree to distribute the film without major concessions from Hitchcock. These included Hitchcock personally financing the project himself while foregoing his usual director’s fee. For his part, Hitchcock retained 60% ownership of the film. Hitchcock mortgaged his own house to finance the film and shot it using his tv crew. Hitchcock had a popular weekly tv anthology series at the time. Clearly, he had a lot of confidence in his tv crew. This low-budget film quickly made millions and made Hitchcock a lot of money. The music for "Psycho" was by Bernard Herrmann, regarded as one of the greatest composers for film. Because the film was low-budget, Herrmann scored it for strings only as opposed to full orchestra. So, the effect in tone-color is also rather b&w. I think if you look at the score, say, of the shower scene, the notes resemble a slash! The dialogue in the film is also fantastic. I love how when Marion is eating, Norman drops a hint that his mother is like his stuffed birds. "She's as harmless as one of those stuffed birds." Marion's last name is "Crane," like a bird. This film is chock-full of all sorts of allusions and symbolism. Circa 1960, just about every car had bench seats. The gear shift was on the steering wheel column so that wouldn't have hindered you. Most cars were manual transmission, too, and without power steering or aircon. Also, by this time, seats were primarily vinyl and fairly slippery. So, it was especially easy to slide across them. The ignition, lights, and wiper knobs were on the dash. It was no problem to just slide across and exit the car on the other side if you wanted to. It could also be safer, if you were parking on the street. You could slide across and get out curbside instead of in the street. Or even because it was quicker to get where you wanted to go rather than walk around the car. Maybe the ground was muddy, too. Lots of reasons to do this. Ah, the younger generation. They don't know so much. They should go to old car shows and check out these beautiful old cars. By the way, if there's ever an EMP, I believe these old cars would still work, the new ones for sure wouldn't. Oh, by the way, that $40,000 would today be over $400,000. So not chump-change.

[@PequenaRainha]

O ator Martin Balsam, que interpretou o Milton Arbogast em Psicose, estava no filme 12 homens e uma sentença (12 Angry Men) como jurado nª 1

[@evakatrinaa]

Yes, he was so good in 12 Angry Men! He was a popular character actor in movies and on tv all the time. I watched Psycho on the French channel in the 70s and they had a wild pronunciation of Arbogast that my brain repeats whenever his name comes up.

[@TheLightSideReactions]

When the movie came out, Janet Leigh -- the actress playing Marian -- was the well-known star and got top billing. Anthony Perkins was an unknown actor. So when the big star died so early in the film, it was a shock to audiences. By 1960 standards, she was expected to survive, or at least make it to the last scene.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@OctoKrool You watched your first film from what may film fanatics like me consider the greatest director of all time. Personally I would say do the Birds, North by Northwest (my favorite) Rope or Marnie, there are no bad Hitchcock films. It warmed my heart to see young man like you understand finally Greatness is timeless and for the best of any genre be it book, film, or video game Greatness is forever timeless. Best to you both brothers, have a great weekend. Also Psycho 2 is terrific but never watch anything after. Again Best wishes

[@cashflowhustles]

Don't forget Vertigo

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@@cashflowhustles Great film

[@cashflowhustles]

@michaelcoffey1991 Oh yeah and Rear Window I forgot about that. 😅😂 My bad.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@@cashflowhustles All good as said there is no bad Hitchcock films all have stories, plots, writing, and memories, he remains the goat for may of us film fanatics.

[@alanzlotkowski2695]

Norman Bates is the ORIGINAL weirdo momma's boy!

[@dawnwelch6579]

“Even better! She can’t chase you!” I lost it and laughed so hard!

[@user-kj1pq6zh3x]

These guys are hilarious

[@JOHNNYBIX38]

Jamie Lee Curtis is Janet Leigh’s daughter, and Dr Sam Loomis in Halloween was named after Marion’s boyfriend in Psycho, also named Sam Loomis. Nice connection there!

[@xenialafleur]

Doctors handed out tranquilizers to women like candy back then. They were often called "Mommy's little helper".

[@longfootbuddy]

rolling stones

[@drlee2]

Psycho is the prototype for the modern horror-slasher films with the unseen/masked killer, creepy atmosphere, jarring musical score, and even a few jump scares. Also, it even enabled the "final girl" rule with Marion and Lila. Marion was the promiscuous sister who stole money and also had a private affair with Sam , so she gets killed while Lila is the more innocent virtuous sister that survives in the end. Yeah, Friday the 13th definitely seemed to borrow from Psycho with the twisted, obsessive mother-son dynamic and "mother" methodically killing off characters that she feel has gotten too close to (in the case of Psycho) or wronged (in the case of Friday the 13th) her son. I don't even think that Hitchcock would have predicted the type of movies that Psycho would eventually influence! lol

[@jerryhayes9497]

The whole car sinking in the swamp thing was deliberate. Hitchcock had a hydraulic platform placed just under the surface so he could sink the car halfway, pause for a bit, then sink it fully. But why bother?? Why go to all that trouble? Hitchcock loved to play with the audiences sense of morality. He did it regularly in his films. When the car doesn't sink immediately, the audience becomes worried that Norman is going to get caught. Hitchcock has tricked us into siding with the bad guy. Hitchcock really was a genius, way ahead of his time

[@bretthrockmorton7727]

The brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock to set horror in an all-American setting like a motel. Motels were, in those days, considered a safe, economical alternative to hotels and were used by thousands and thousands of Americans on road trips and vacations (and the irony of the policeman chastising Marion for sleeping in her car on the side of the road when there are motels around where she'd be safer). Also, the shot in the shower of the camera spiraling out while focused on Marion's iris. The didn't have autofocus in those days, so the shot had to done while spiraling the camera out and constantly refocusing the lens to that it didn't go out of focus. Hitchcock knew what he wanted and found ways, with his crew, to do it. This movie was filmed using his television show crew on a budget of $800,000. There were also numerous things in the movie to unnerve the 1960s audience. The music score was a bit jarring, done solely by stringed instruments. The credits were unusual with being split and going off in different directions and coming back in again. The opening shot in the hotel room of two people who have just (obviously) had sex, or at least an intensely passionate make out session, then finding out they're not married. The lead, and best known, actress being killed off a third of the way through the movie. The $40,000 dollars being not the key to the movie but a misleading red herring, changing it from being more of a 'caper' movie and becoming a horror movie. Showing the toilet in the motel room and hearing it flush was put in deliberately to further unnerve the audience, because up until then toilets were never seen in movies at all. After Marion's death, the audience sympathy switched from her to Norman, a poor, bedeviled boy who was only trying to do the best he could, under his mother's eyes and her wrath. The final reveal of who the murderer really was would have left the audience confused, so they added in the whole ending monologue where the Simon Oakland character explains about how Mother has now taken over completely.

[@Phillyd0gg]

my favorite film of all time!

[@brandonflorida1092]

Hitchcock was a genius. Other directors sometimes call him "The Master." He has many great movies including: "North by Northwest" "Rear Window" "Vertigo" "Strangers on a Train" "Marnie" "Suspicion" "The Lady Vanishes"

[@evakatrinaa]

OctoKrool: Wearing these hats Also OctoKrool: Scholarly and astute observation that this film is not horror but a tragedy about untreated, severe mental illness

[@alanzlotkowski2695]

The story behind this movie is this: Alfred Hitchcock was obsessed with true crime and murderers; he read a book about Ed Gein, a serial killer who was a taxidermist, and made lampshades from the skin of his victims. He was discussing the book with his wife, and told her he was thinking of making a movie based on it. "Horror films are trash!" she informed him. "Yes" he answered, "But what if someone really good made one?"

[@Cau_No]

Genius people always like a challenge - lots of inspirational works were made because someone said "You can't do that!"

[@88wildcat]

Kind of like why Stanley Kramer did It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. He was having lunch with someone in Hollywood and brought up the idea of doing a zany comedy and the guy he was having lunch with told him he wouldn't know how to make a comedy.

[@alanzlotkowski2695]

@@88wildcat I've seen It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World....I think that dude was right!

[@longfootbuddy]

this commenter above says psycho was written by robert blotch

[@daniellanctot6548]

*_Bravo on catching how Friday the 13th is a reverse and an homage to Psycho. If you rewatch it too, you might see that that is why the girl walking to camp Crystal lake at the start of the movie, and who seems to be set up as the main protagonist, DIES within minutes of the start of the movie; as they were one upping Psycho which shocked audiences by killing its female protagonist earlier than any other movie before. Also, if you listen to the score, you’ll hear how close it is to Psycho’s with similar sounds and musical cues._*

[@elizabethstrong6057]

OMG YES 🍿. I'm continually amazed how many reactors don't know the plot twist, it's great. The money is what is referred to as "the mcguffin.". It's an object that seems to be an important part of a movie but really isn't. Other Hitchcock movies employed this technique.

[@longfootbuddy]

i think quite a few reactors get the clues its him, but they dont know if its intentional clues or just bad film making until the end

[@jonbolton3376]

Great reaction! I think you'd find Psycho 2 interesting as well. I love both the first 2 films, though personally i prefer Psycho 3.

[@Lucashoshino]

Happy Friday the 13th

[@anttyzale5455]

Nurses were assigned to the movie theaters because so many people passed out watching Psycho.

[@longfootbuddy]

they did gimmicks like that back then in theaters

[@shamancarmichael5305]

I always felt Hitchcock was great at having characters with obsessions. Norman with his mom, Janet Leigh with her boyfriend. Their obsessions drive them off the rails of normal behavior, and when combined made for great drama! That shower scene was shocking back in that time, even though it's tame by today's standards. Hope you watch more Hitchcock, The Birds is awesome!

[@uma.n2680]

You guys should watch vertigo and Rebecca, both by hitchcock.

[@emilygreene3460]

Another great analysis of this film, guys! If you enjoyed “Psycho”, I highly recommend “Les Yeux sans Visage” (Eyes Without a Face).

[@alaricabercrombie2692]

In those motel scenes with Anthony & Janet, you can tell that Hitchcock was throwing out hints about his next film project, "The Birds".

[@brucedillinger9448]

You guys nailed everything about this movie. Kudos to you! Glad it caught you off guard and that you gave it the appreciation it deserves. Happy Halloween! 🦇

[@RocketRoketto]

One thing about Hitchcock that I love are the camera angles. That angle when he was talking about cursing his mom and the angle with the birds in the background was very telling.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

Hitchcock was the Master of Suspense. "You eat like a bird" means 'you eat light and dainty'. That shower scene was so enigmatic, entire chapters have been written about it; 60 - 72 shots in one day(those who were there couldn't agree afterward), and Janet Leigh was so unnerved by the finished product that she avoided showers for the rest of her life, unless absolutely necessary, and even then all the windows and doors had to be locked with the bathroom door and shower door wide open! He used Hershey's chocolate syrup for the blood. Except for some location shots, the whole thing was filmed at Revue Studios where they also filmed his TV show (Alfred Hitchcock Presents), as Alfred produced it independently and also financed it himself.

[@MavenCree]

The actress playing Marion, Janet Leigh, is Jaime Lee Curtis's mother. (From Halloween.)

[@richardkinley8872]

God this movie score is so damn good!! Bernard Herrmann is top tier!

[@gokaury]

I wouldn't expect anything less from John Williams's mentor and teacher.

[@skaarahoon7635]

My parents went to the theater when this was first released. They said at that time it was so terrifying, it was received like hereditary or terrifier would be today. At that time movies had to have husband-and-wife twin beds. This movie shattered the norm. 🤓😎

[@robertsmith3883]

The cop staring her in a closeup... because Alfred Hitchcock as a child stole some candy in a store and Hitchcock's momma got a police officer to scare him straight in a police lockup..then for the rest of Alfred Hitchcock's life police officers terrified him forever.

[@longfootbuddy]

yes, its a shock to some kids when they realize their parents will turn them over to strangers with authorities youre expected to put up with.. its not natural of course to the kid, but soon enough theyll learn the world isnt a natural place at all

[@randeepatillo1982]

My favorite horror movie of all time. Congrats for finally seeing it for the first time. As problematic as he was, Hitchc0ck truly was one of the most brilliant filmmakers, and this movie was one of, if not, his absolute best, in my opinion. The way the camera, for the most part, is almost always pointing up at the characters faces rather than pointed directly at them. The way the lighting was arranged to play with shadows in each scene and enhance the overall film noir aspect of the movie. The high-pitched violin music, particularly during the most iconic scene in the film. There is literally nothing wrong with this movie. Every aspect of it is perfect.

[@tranya327]

I share your admiration for this film: it is incredibly well-made! But perfect? Part of it, is: what counts as an imperfection, and what doesn't? I can think of two examples - but are these examples 'imperfections' or are they just, "Hitch wanted to handle it this way, and you might think he should've handled it differently."? - In the extended trailer for this film, Hitch vividly describes a body falling down the stairs in the Bates home, with phrases like 'bones twisting and broken neck' (paraphrasing). In the film, we don't see that. We see Arbogast flailing, superimposed on a rear-screen shot of a camera moving down the stairs. OK. Hitch wanted this shot as a 'disoriented' feeling as Arbogast fell. But to me, it feels a bit weird. If you or I fell down some stairs, would we remain upright all the way down? Perhaps the moment is 'fudged' a bit, to avoid potential risk to a stuntman, or to sell the audience on the idea that after the fall, Arbogast is not badly injured and could have survived, but Mother quickly moves in for the kill. - When Marion steps into the shower, she steps in, unwraps the bar of soap, THEN turns on the water. Really? Do you know anyone who enters a shower that way? Isn't it normal to turn on the water first, adjust the temperature, and THEN enter the shower with the water running? Did Hitch want the audience to think that Marion was 'a little mad' at that moment? Did he want the audience to get a bit titillated by seeing the small shock on Marion's face when the water first touches her body? Both of these were 'design choices' that were Hitchcock's to make. I, who am not a famous director, say that a design choice is probably bad if it momentarily takes you 'out of the film' and these choices either do that, or come close to doing it. (Nitpicks, really).

[@Joe-hh8gd]

As viewers of the Bates Motel tv series know, taxidermy was the hobby first. Came in handy later. Try PSYCHO 2, the worthwhile sequel with some returning actors. And an even better performance by Perkins.

[@chiasanzes9770]

Norman had to recognize Sam when they arrived at the hotel because Norman overheard and possible even he saw Sam looking for a private investigator. Next you need to react to the Psycho 2 which is I think even more interesting. Anthony Perkings who is a brilliant actor returns his role as Norman Bates. After the years in prisonment Norman is released from mental hospital and he tries to adjust to normal life.

[@iamdadescott]

HIghly recommend Psycho II. Very well done and better than anyone expected.

[@aquatadevore9335]

The lady who was stabbed to death in the shower is Janet Leigh, she's the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis ❤, ps 2 movie suggestions for October, The Howling and The Fog (with Jamie Lee Curtis), pretty please with sugar on top?

[@rizzail]

One of the best done by Hitchcock!! I like what you guys do. Can you check in out "The players club?" With Ice cube and Bernie Mac.

[@JohntheLNERP2]

The best horror films are always the ones which are either based or inspired by true events such as this one

[@lilivon32]

If you pause the frame at the last shot of Norman, you see the mother's skeleton when he smiles at the camera. It's such a well made movie.

[@erikbyrge2024]

16:47 Iconic Scene!

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

the new classic movie Clerks was done in this way, the studio wouldnt fund this movie in general, so they shot it black and white!also very first film that showed a toilet flush ever!

[@longfootbuddy]

when was the first fart and splash in a movie? that should be celebrated even more

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

first fart was in camp fire scene from Blazing Saddles!not sure about the splash!@@longfootbuddy

[@toiletduk]

There's 3 major movies (2 based on books) based on Ed Gein: this, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs. Ed Gein had a mother complex, dressed as her, and wore people's skin.

[@jbrock8129]

Watching you watch this was great! The fact that you literally had no clue about the twist in this movie made it so much better.

[@ericbinford2674]

Great reaction! It's nice to see that you guys are giving older titles a chance. P.S. I can't get over the fact that Chris looks so much like a young Jon Voight!

[@redviper6805]

Other Hitchcock thrillers you must react to: Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, Strangers On a Train, Spellbound, and North by Northwest. Also, WAIT UNTIL DARK and Charade. Both With Audrey Hepburn. Even though Hitchcock didn’t direct them he might as well have. The former has one of the top 10 scariest moments in film history

[@tallyp.7643]

Oh yeah. "Charade" is one of my fave Cary Grant movies, and one I stop everything to watch if it comes on the classic movie channels.

[@Stenbrotsgatan]

Psycho really gave birth to the modern slasher. When released it was revolutionary for being intense, scary and brutal. It’s also the first film ever to be filmed in a bathroom with a flushing toilet. Watch Psycho II, excellent sequel, made 22 years later.

[@west_coast_77]

Awesome reaction! If you enjoyed definitely watch Psycho II.... 22 years later

[@jeffbassin630]

Glad that you enjoyed this classic Hitchcock film! It's the best!!