PSYCHO IS ABSOLUTELY THRILLING!! Psycho Movie Reaction! ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S HORROR MASTERPIECE

[@TimotheeReacts]

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[@David-ve5iq]

Straw Dogs the original.

[@josephblumenberg6574]

You should do Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest”

[@Retrovorious]

I recommend Clue (1985), it’s a great movie for halloween and it’s a comedy. I don’t know if it’s old enough to be considered a classic but many people still do consider it as one.

[@fkw1239]

React to Stephen King's *Room 1408* ..

[@rnw2739]

'Psycho II' is essential viewing now!!

[@AbrahamBenno]

The decision to kill off the main character halfway into the movie was actually a really revolutionary move at the time.

[@orangewarm1]

Apparently she wasn't the main character. In the book, Norman is the protagonist.

[@UncleMilo]

@@orangewarm1 Yes, but in the movie she is the first character given to us and we follow her so we the audience believe her to be the main character. Killing her midway through the movie is a masterstroke as the audience now don't have a main character to follow. The only other movie to use this technique so expertly was Alien. We are given a main character played by one of the only big name actors back when it was filmed... and then they kill him with the chest-burster leaving the audience lost as who they're supposed to follow. Obviously, the first choice is an authority figure... the captain... and so they kill him next.

[@davidz2562]

@@orangewarm1 Norman's the protagonist in the film as well, but most people who watch films don't read novels.

[@willmerritt227]

@@UncleMilo Yes, but the placement of Janet Leigh's name in the opening credits["and Janet Leigh as Marion Crane"] suggest she isn't the main character. The "and _____" spot is normally reserved for a star of significance playing a role or it's a character of significance yet is not the lead. Anthony Perkins name is first, because he is the one that is Psycho.

[@christopherleodaniels7203]

This movie is an experimental narrative with a series of protagonists like a relay race. Marion is the protagonist, until she’s dead. Then the camera literally leaves her dead eye, wanders across the room (…looking for the next story…) to the window and Norman, by default, becomes the main character, cleaning up after mother. Then Lila’s the main character, looking for answers from Sam, then Arboghast, the observer, steps in and becomes the main character, searching Bakersfield until he’s killed by mother. Then Sam, briefly (looking for Arboghast) has his turn. Then Lila and Sam together - Norman (hiding Mother) - Lila and Sam - then finally Norman/Mother. It’s a very sophisticated and unusual type of storytelling. When the film was released, Janet Leigh was a huge movie star, married to Tony Curtis, and the rest were mostly newcomers, which added to audience disorientation when she (…did a nude scene, and…) got killed. Bonus: Even the score is experimental. It’s only string instruments, nothing else.

[@davidz2562]

An excellent example of a false protagonist. It looks like Marion is the protagonist & her stealing the cash is the plot - until she's surprisingly killed.

[@vilmublues752]

The music during her car escape represented her paranoia, not necessarily any actual danger.

[@orangewarm1]

Possibly

[@brandonflorida1092]

Well, stealing money from your employer and going on the run is pretty dramatic to most people.

[@valentinruiz3828]

Fun fact: Janet Leigh (the actress who played Marion) is the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis (an actress made popular by the horror franchise "halloween")

[@orangewarm1]

That was fun

[@lacondrathompson1747]

@@orangewarm1 Same

[@samhain1894]

And both Halloween and Psycho have characters named Sam Loomis.

[@MsAppassionata]

And her father was famous actor Tony Curtis (of “Some Like It Hot”, and “Spartacus” fame).

[@keitholsen8787]

“Oh, he’s not the murderer…” Everyone watching the reaction 😂 😂 😂

[@shwicaz]

"This is getting JUICY!" I died laughing.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Composer Bernard Herrmann wanted to write a black and white score for a black and white movie, so he used only strings--no other instruments at all. Hitchcock wanted to see what he could do with a modest budget, so he filmed this entire movie using the facilities from his weekly television show. That's his daughter Pat playing the other secretary in the office scene. Many believe the psychiatrist scene at the end is too long and wordy, but the KZbin reactors I've seen who watched this movie usually hang on his every word. Plus, the scene allows the audience to decompress after what's happened and set them up for that final scene with Norman.

[@buffstraw2969]

I never understood the widespread dislike for the psychiatrist scene. I think it works just fine, it's a good break for viewers to "decompress," as you pointed out. Plus I really like Simon Oakland's performance.

[@carlopanno6307]

@@buffstraw2969They shot the psychiatrist scene in one day and at the end of the day Hitchcock said to Simon Oakland "Thank you. You saved my movie."

[@buffstraw2969]

@@carlopanno6307 I didn't know Hitchcock said that. But it makes sense. If Hitch had felt otherwise, Oakland's scene would have ended up on the cutting room floor. Thanks for that interesting info!

[@valentinruiz3828]

in 2013 there was a series called Bates Motel, which was a prequel (not canon) to Psycho, starring Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga. even though it is not Canon it is an excellent series

[@hippiechic6772]

@Valentin Rulz It's great that you mentioned Bates Motel . I watched every episode of the Bates Motel series . I didn't get to see one of my brothers very much around then so when the series Bates Motel started we would make that our t.v. night . I think Freddie Highmore was brilliant as Norman and Vera Farmiga was shockingly above Par.... I am surprised that Vera is not in more series . I have seen her in a few other things but I think with her talent she would be more popular .

[@oneironaut420]

It’s one of the best shows in recent memory.

[@elizabitty213]

Oh yes! Would love if he watched that!

[@lanagievski1540]

I couldn’t get into it. Too much rape

[@egoranonymous3223]

Vera Farminga losing her shit and climbing a chain link fence in a downpour and high heels screaming is my favorite scene ever filmed. I lmao and sympathize at the same time! 😂😂😂

[@billiebuffalo]

It has become somewhat of a tradition for me to watch this movie when I decorate my Christmas tree. Nothing fills me with the holiday spirit more than watching Janet Leigh getting stabbed in a shower.

[@Wawagirl17]

Haha, NICE.

[@ligeiaztomb2755]

So I used to write copy for very pink girly stuff, and for some reason having THIS on in the background helped me concentrate and work better. Lol I think it offset the sugary pile of pink and glitter that I had to stare at and write about.....so I COMPLETELY understand thw Christmas tree thing.

[@slc2466]

Hmmm, interesting idea. I'm thinking in the shower scene, the kind-of-creepy-sounding "Ring Christmas Bells" might work as a holiday substitute for Herrmann's legendary score.

[@rtususian]

When you're putting up Easter decorations, do you play Schindler's List?

[@DiscoverMontréal]

I love that everyone, even 60 years later and regardless of age, watches this film and is always completely blown away. A masterpiece that will live forever! Also Timothee you might find this interesting. Hitchcock was known for putting little easter eggs in his films that only he understood and there's two small Quebec references in the film: the hotel room at the beginning is room 514 (Montreal area code) and the licence plate of the car she buys is NFB 418 (National Film Board of Canada and area code for Quebec City). Hitchcock shot I Confess (1953) in Quebec City and also met with producers of the NFB in Montreal. So cool!

[@haveanicedave1551]

I'm sure one day it will be too offensive and banned.

[@alfredroberthogan5426]

I was wondering about that license plate! Thanks for this info. I know lots of 1980 US area codes (when I was a telephone operator) but I appreciate the Montreal Area Code info!

[@matveynoname7083]

I was really shocked when they showed the mom😱

[@deeasztalos2520]

Our parents didn't allow us to watch this movie when it was on TV. When I was about 10 in 1967 (yes I'm old!) I went to spend the weekend with my Grandma. We were watching something else on TV in the evening and this movie just came on. So we watched it. When they showed the dead mother it scared me so bad that I couldn't sleep. To this day I still hide my eyes when that part comes on!

[@redviper6805]

Other Hitchcock masterpiece thrillers you must react to: Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, Strangers On a Train, and North by Northwest. Also, WAIT UNTIL DARK. With Audrey Hepburn. Even though Hitchcock didn’t direct this one he might as well have. On HBO MAX these days. Through a series of events in the prologue, a doll ends up in a blind woman's apartment. Unknown to her it's stuffed with heroin and three crooks want it. What starts as a hustle gradually evolves into a nail-biting battle of wits. CHARADE as well, also with Audrey Hepburn

[@nofishinmydiet]

Wait Until Dark is sooooo freaking good! (And young Alan Arkin is creepy as heck in that one!)

[@ozdeveraux2082]

Oof! Wait until Dark is a masterpiece

[@orangewarm1]

All of them. I haven't seen one bad Hitchcock film.

[@Yngvarfo]

Charade is good, but in the end it's more comedy than thriller. But then, even Hitchcock's own North by Northwest seems to take everything just a little too far to take seriously. Of course, Hitchcock's The Trouble With Harry is outright comedy.

[@gggooding]

Warning: you won't be able to unhear this if you read on. Hitchcock sat with his eyes shut as his sound effect fella stabbed different melons to find the "right" sound of Marion being stabbed. Settled on a casaba melon.

[@IfYouSeekCaveman]

Also known as Honeydew

[@haveanicedave1551]

apples make good sounds

[@MsAppassionata]

@@haveanicedave1551 How do you know that? Do you enjoy stabbing apples? 😂😂😂

[@kellie8468]

“ I want to see the mother “ oh you’ll see her!

[@JohnWesleyDowney]

Timothee: "I don't feel like commentating. Because I feel like I'm interrupting something." Yes!

[@roguealien]

"Rope" is a classic film done in one scene. during the filming they would zoom in on a tight shot, pause filming, change rolls, rest actors, and then pull out to continue filming. A masterpiece of a movie.

[@haveanicedave1551]

It was a good movie but not because of the one continuous shot. The lead guy was also in Gun Crazy.

[@MsAppassionata]

@@haveanicedave1551 His name was John Dall and he appeared in another of my favorite old films “The Corn Is Green” with the great Bette Davis.

[@haveanicedave1551]

@@MsAppassionata I haven't seen that. If it ever comes on TCM I'll take a look. I seen him in Perry Manson a few times.

[@ParkerAllen2]

One of those clever little details: Norman stuffs birds and her name is Marion CRANE.

[@bernhl]

Tim: "something's gonna happen to the money!" Me: "something already happened to the money!" 😂😂

[@thomasbaker2067]

Psycho is my favorite psychological horror film.

[@hoobananaz]

Idk how much research you do after watching these films, so here’s one of many fun facts about Psycho! When Janet Leigh is “dead” with her eye open that entire shot, it’s a live shot! She was told not to blink the entire time. It’s not frozen like it would be today. In other words, you would lose to a staring contest with her. Also, it’s the first film that showed a toilet, one of the first I believe to show an affair and a woman in the shower! It was really groundbreaking in a number of ways. The shower scene is iconic for a reason. People were shocked a main character, an attractive woman naked, was murdered so horribly and they SHOWED it. My grandparents were horrified but entertained. Sorry for the ramble, I love Hitchcock and your channel!

[@donbrown1284]

Hitchcock was a genius. Your reaction when the car stopped descending into the swamp is exactly what he intended. In that moment you switched allegiance from Marion to Norman, wanting him to get away with it. Transference of allegiance. Also the camera move to looking down on the staircase disguises the fact that the mother is a corpse without arousing your suspicion. As Norman walks up the stairs just before that, the swaying of his hips suggests that he is transitioning to her. Brilliant film.

[@davidgagnon3781]

That scene when Marion is stopped at a red light and the boss is crossing the street and looks right at her, inspired the scene in PULP FICTION when Butch is stopped at a red light and Marcellus Wallace is crossing the street and looks right at Butch.

[@slc2466]

Wow, never got the connection before- great info!

[@philipholder5600]

You just rambled over one of the most ICONIC SCENES in movie history!

[@TimotheeReacts]

😬😬

[@annaallen6335]

@@TimotheeReacts watch The Exorcist

[@slc2466]

His stunned reaction at the end made up for it, though.

[@truefirepinkguy4826]

This movie is The reason why Horror Slasher movies exists

[@davidz2562]

But they didn't become popular until Halloween was released in 1978.

[@truefirepinkguy4826]

@@davidz2562 yeah I know, but it’s still one of The Most Iconic Horror Movies Of All Time, but I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite horror movie though, that’ll have to go to The Shining

[@haveanicedave1551]

@@davidz2562 I'm not even sure slashers were popular in 1978.

[@davidz2562]

@@haveanicedave1551 Halloween was the first popular slasher. They became much more popular during the 80s.

[@jimtatro6550]

Check out Psycho 2 from 1982. It’s one of the best sequels ever. Since you are getting more familiar with Hitchcock, check out High Anxiety from 1977 starring and directed by Mel Brooks.

[@samanthanickson6478]

i am really liking the fact that younger youtubers are going back to watch classics like psycho. there’s an entire generation that would soon as slit their wrists than watch a black & white movie because “they’re so old”. im very glad that isn’t the case anymore. i grew up watching b&w movies, even though color was everywhere. there’s nothing wrong with them. never was.

[@zatoichi1]

Hitchcock thought so too, choosing to do this movie in black and white even though most of his previous films had been in beautiful Technicolor.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

Cool facts first the blood was chocolate syrup because of it being black and white chocolate was the best blood second this film is the first modern slasher film in a way and third this film was the first film to start using the rule of not being allowed into the theatre at a specific time so the film would not be spoiled and so the audience would stay immersed in the atmosphere.

[@gokaury]

Bosco chocolate syrup too, not Hershey's as some people have been led to believe.

[@rtususian]

I would love to play Janet Leigh's part in a remake if they promise to use chocolate syrup as the blood.

[@goodowner5000]

"Peeping Tom" is a lesser known but still ground breaking psychological horror film from GB in the same year, 1960. It's from director Michael Powell, whose career really took a hit due to the controversy/scandal of his film. It was fun vicariously watching (for the 1st time, AGAIN, lol) this iconic masterpiece! You can't go wrong with most of Hitchcock's work. 🎃

[@traceyreid4585]

Can't beat old school movies for dialogue and suspense and this one is the epitome! You looked like you enjoyed it despite the intense music freaking you out! 😬

[@DSR299]

I was so entertained by your shocked reaction! Very entertaining because I already knew the whole film story.

[@matthewganong1730]

John Gavin, who plays the boyfriend Sam, was actually contracted to take over the role of James Bond in the early 70’s. The producers weren’t concerned that he wasn’t British. At the last minute, they convinced Sean Connery to return for a huge salary, but Gavin was still paid his contract for the film.

[@frozengamer3030]

The soundtrack alone had me on the edge the whole time.

[@davidz2562]

I rarely watch films that are black-and-white or that are this old - but I've watched this film several times.

[@needles1987]

Janet Leigh was so affected by the shower scene that she no longer took showers unless she absolutely had to. She would lock all the doors and windows and leave the bathroom and shower door open.

[@johnnehrich9601]

I had a discussion with someone else on another reaction to this movie. He pointed out that Janet Leigh would have not experienced the scene when filming it - it would have been a whole lot of separate clips stitched together, lots of short bits of filming with Hitchcock saying "roll em" and then "cut." No music at that point, no sounds of the body/melon being stabbed. The story sometimes is given that she only freaked out after seeing it on the big screen. I think this was a bit of Hollywood "legend" deliberately made up to heighten the movie lore. (If so, it made good copy as we are still repeating it today.)

[@HuntingViolets]

I believe Hitchcock also insisted on a body double because leading ladies shouldn’t be nude. I’d have to Google, though.

[@jeffsmith6295]

Hitchcock had a lifelong fear of cops, which is why the one in the film is such a menacing presence.

[@dynamicdave2647]

Whats amazing was your first intuition was right as to who the killer is

[@dsanchezbrett]

It is so great you watch / react to this classics! I watched for the 1rst time 2 years ago and I was so shocked as you were when I watched the mother.

[@christopherwall2121]

What happens to Marion is so important to the story, that Hitchcock sent instructions to theater owners not to let anyone enter the theater after the 30-minute mark, and then had ads printed warning audiences of this, featuring Hitchcock pointing at his watch and a headline like "Don't dare arrive late for Alfred Hitchcock's latest thriller" or words to that effect.

[@AbrahamBenno]

Bernard Herman’s score for this film is exceptional!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Timothee! 🔪 I absolutely love PSYCHO! PSYCHO II (1983) is pretty good, too... and the tv series BATES MOTEL (2013 thru 2017) is an interesting spin on the early days of 'Norman' and 'Norma Bates'.

[@hippiechic6772]

This is a great reaction to Psycho.... it really is a classic horror. There are four other Psycho films made after this one . I don't want to spoil anything but I just thought to mention there are more in case you want to watch later on . I really enjoyed your reactions and comments I am glad that you enjoyed Psycho .

[@orangewarm1]

What would be a bad reaction?

[@davidz2562]

@@orangewarm1 A bad reaction would be disliking it & not giving any reasons for that.

[@lanagievski1540]

One thing to point out, they weren’t cheating together at the start. In that time it was seen as shameful to be together without being married

[@johnnehrich9601]

Not only would it have seemed shameful, that type of sexual intimacy, even just hinted at, had been prohibited by the Hays Code. It had strict rules as to what could be shown in movies. The amount of blood and the details of the shower scene by today's standards are woefully restrained (although Hitchcock did a masterful job of making it seen like we were seeing more than we really were), but Hitchcock was pushing the envelope at the time. Film buffs feel this movie's shower scene was a game-changer in terms of depictions of violence.

[@3DJapan]

Every time you say "wait!" or "oh ok" I think you've figured it out somehow. Hehe

[@randysmith7045]

"Whatever happened to Baby JANE" IS THE NEXT ONE TO WATCH

[@lazyatthedisco]

15:00 "Anyways, he's not gonna talk to himself, right?" Yeah, about that...

[@backforblood3421]

That was Pat, Alfred Hitchcock's daughter who died recently, playing the other office girl.

[@liteflightify]

As far as “classic films” that are my favs and might be fun to see you react to: Sunset Boulevard (1950), Persona (1966), Chinatown (1974), The Godfather (1972), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), The Searchers (1956), Raging Bull (1980), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Then there’s of course more Hitchcock films. And I know it’s from 2001, so it’s not that old, but there’s also Mulholland Dr. It’s a very trippy movie that was the most acclaimed movie of the 2000s. Only a few folks on KZbin have reacted to it.

[@katecassidy9357]

Wow, I never realized this takes place in December. It’s a Christmas movie.

[@diondts]

On Netflix is a series called "The Bates Motel". Its Norman an his mothers back story.

[@TheKiddo2468]

I watched rear window in my 8th grade drama class years ago and it’s stuck with me every sense

[@deeasztalos2520]

There was a lot of hype around this movie when it came out. People weren't allowed to come in late to the theater and were asked not to reveal the end to others. It must have been a major shock that the main character got killed off so soon.

[@NightOwl_30]

Now you know why Drew died in the first Scream when everyone thought she was the main character.

[@deeasztalos2520]

This movie still creeps me out every time I watch it despite knowing what's going on.

[@gregorymata9154]

Now my personal comment Timothee . This sacred cow of cinema was so brilliantly conceived that every time you watch the movie you find new details to recreate on it. When I saw it the first time back in 1974- I was 9 years old- I had no idea of what was going to happen because I think my parents were obedient , conciently or without knowing it, with mr. Hitchcock's statement: "you have no right to tell the secrets of Psycho once you finish watching the movie, I order you not to do so!". With this and all the publicity strategy he used for Psycho - including the buying of all the copies of Robert Bloch's novel Psycho from all the bookshops over the country so that people won't even imagine what was all about, you can imagine why this 7th art gem is untouchable and must have been free from remakes, colourings , series and post saga sequels. My parents, r.i.p. both certainly were not spoilers!!! That first time still for me is undeletable because that world of shadows and the idea of someone coming into the bathroom IS STILL THERE up to the point of checking out the door getting locked every time before bathing. But now that gem is more than a sharp knife. It's what in this world can make you change your mind UP TO THE POINT of getting you mad.And your mind. It can whirl so fast that it can bring you in a trap that with luck you can maybe escape in time. Or maybe not. Bernard Hermann's music, inspired by a strings quartet of russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich is really a seventh wonder of soundtracks . A one register composition for a black and white film. The blood: Hershey's chocolate syrup. The shower scene : 7 days of filming, 78 takes, 52 cuts resulting in the most terrifying 45 seconds cinema has ever had to change it forever. The stunt : Marli Renfro, a playboy model. So much more details you can continue investigating. And for the time being here talking with you my favorite murder scene: Detective Arbogast's one; NOW you know what is going to happen. The 'WHEN' is getting you at the border of the seat!!! A BIG THANK YOU!!!!!

[@saito4432]

Idk if you ever saw Annihilation (2018) but it'd be super cool if you reacted to it as well. It's sci-fi horror with super creepy imagery.

[@RandyReviews1990]

Everyone reacting to this movie never sees the twist coming this film is a classic!

[@NoelleMar]

“Anyway, he’s not going to talk to himself.” Sir…

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

You never brought up that Jamie lee Curtis mother Janet Leigh was in this movie. 5:39 you can clearly see the expression on her face that the cop knows she's lying or he knows something is off. It's a cops job to read body language. That's great attention to detail

[@richardrobbin2225]

Was just about to say something about Jamie Lee. And yeah, she was acting really sketchy.

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

@@richardrobbin2225 exactly

[@EntertainmentFan11]

Even I was like, "He definitely suspects something."

[@phousefilms]

The Private Investigator Arbogast was also Juror 1 from "12 Angry Men"!

[@larrygreen8828]

I'm just glad the car was found in the end and that poor old man got his 40k back

[@feferosette]

Enjoyed this very much! I first saw this film years ago. The ending scared me really bad before I went to bed. 🤣🤣

[@missJazzitup99]

40,000 dollars, that's 400 hundred dollar bills she was carrying.

[@matthewganong1730]

First movie to ever show a toilet flushing on screen.

[@TimotheeReacts]

Whatt 😂

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

masterpiece - one of the first reveals of this type ever.

[@ScaryManiac]

Now you can go back to the first Scream and listen again what Billy Loomis had to say when he revealed he was the killer. Mentions Norman a few times.

[@michaelwinkle4480]

Can't let PSYCHO slip by without comments. Psycho was based on the case of Wisconsin farmer Ed Gein, who was even freakier than Norman (instead of wearing his mother's clothes to "become" her, he wore his mother's SKIN). Music by my favorite composer Bernard Herrmann, the John Williams of earlier decades, who scored everything from CITIZEN KANE to THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL to THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD. This was a "stark" movie and to represent this he used an orchestra of only stringed instruments -- many wires stretched taut, so to speak, like your nerves. Hitchcock used black and white because he was certain the movie would be censored in color. It was common practice pre-1960 for people to enter theaters at totally random times, sit through the end of a movie, then watch the whole thing again [this gave rise to the phrase, "This is where we came in."] PSYCHO ended that; Hitchcock demanded that no one be allowed in once the film started. Janet Leigh, yes, was Jamie Lee Curtis' mother -- and Marion's boyfriend Sam Loomis has the same name as the psychologist nemesis of Michael Myers of HALLOWEEN. Leigh appears in HALLOWEEN H2O, driving the same car she did in PSYCHO, and there are even snatches of the music score. And, of course, PSYCHO was the first time a toilet was seen on screen. Even after all that, I have to say I like REAR WINDOW more than PSYCHO.

[@76marex]

i never took a shower after this film😂

[@julienielsen4462]

The story continues with Psycho 2.

[@emphormaun5434]

Fun fact: Sam Loomis is the name of the psychologist in the Halloween franchise lol

[@jonbolton3376]

A fantastic reaction. You already said you plan to watch my favourite Hitchcock, Rear Window, other Hitchcock films i love and recommend are Frenzy, Dial M For Murder, North By Northwest and Rope. Also you might like Psycho 2and Psycho 3 from the 1980's which i also love. Psycho 2 follows Norman on immediately after he is released, Lila is also in that with both the original actors, Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles.

[@gerbege811]

love me some hitchcock he truly is a master of his craft and this masterpiece of a movie as well as my favorite movie ever (Rear Window!!) only show how truly talented he was

[@ShervaanBaros]

Hey Tim, you should watch Psycho II! It's a great sequel!

[@chauser400]

this is the first movie to ever show a toilet flushing. This is the era of tv when couples slept in different beds.

[@slc2466]

Now that you've seen this, my top scary movie recommendation is the 1945 British anthology film "Dead of Night," which offers a few chilling sequences, specifically the all-time creepiest ventriloquist dummy story in movies, with an unforgettably eerie performance by Michael Redgrave.

[@mistere1984]

Fun Fact: Janet Leigh never showered again after doing this movie.

[@rtususian]

Then I hope she used a lot of deodorant.

[@Allison--]

I was just as shocked as you were when I saw this for the first time and the shower scene started. I was like, '...No way. The shower scene? But its so early.' I was wondering where the movie was going to go after that. When it got to the sister finding the mothers body screaming and Norman coming in as his Mom to kill her chilled me to the bone! It was genuinely scary. Yeah this is a great movie and Vertigo is good too. Its a movie you can't forget.

[@HuntingViolets]

When did you think the shower scene would happen?

[@baconfriends28]

Cool movie really satisfying

[@coolhive2941]

Love this film. I was lucky enough to meet Janet Leigh at her book signing. I had her sign my Psycho laserdisc. Remember those? Lol. She was a delightful woman. I also met her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis.

[@slc2466]

Great to hear Leigh was nice in person. I read her autobiography and the "Psycho" book she co-wrote, which are both excellent. Been a long-time fan, and I'm currently working on a tribute video to her. She was a natural talent on screen, with "Psycho" obviously representing the peak of her career.

[@AguedaG]

I confess and Strangers on a train are another two masterpieces of Hitchcock.

[@AguedaG]

Sorry, my autocorrector is very crazy.

[@Rob_Fordd]

Sephiroth's theme was partially inspired by the music in this!

[@MelissaBluelyric]

I love this movie!! That twist ending! 👌 great video!

[@aquatadevore9335]

I have all of the Psycho movies including the 90s remake which I adore, it's an exact remake of the original classic including the filming locations!

[@billolsen4360]

Marion Crane started to work at Mr Lowery's real estate office 10 years ago, just about the same time Norman had killed his mother & her lover. Don't know what that signifies, but a coincidence.

[@DP-hy4vh]

The police officer at the end of the hall who opens the door of the room holding the arrested Norman Bates was played by Ted Knight. Ten years later he would become the iconic character Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore show. Twenty years later he'd play the iconic Judge Smails in the movie CaddyShack.

[@slc2466]

Yep, he even has a funny reaction, like he can't wait for his shift to be over that day.

[@gavinelster3168]

That was fun watching you watch for the first time a film I’ve studied for over Forty years. I am unable to see the film as you just did. I know it too well. I see skillful frugal filmmaking. I see the milestones. First picture to require a moviegoer to see it from the beginning. ( before this you’d just buy a ticket and watch the movie at any ol point. If you missed the beginning then just hang out for the next showing.) killing the top billed lead actress 40 minutes into the film was unheard of. Hell this was the very first working toilet to be seen in a movie. When she flushes it the audience (at the time) actually laughed. And Hitchcock knew they would laugh. Disarm the audience with a bit of laughter and then Shock the holy hell out of em!

[@slc2466]

Yep, I love these reaction videos, specifically for this movie, as you get an idea how audiences in 1960 might have reacted to a film more shocking then anything they'd seen before.

[@davidgagnon3781]

You never saw PSYCHO? Oh this is going to be GOOD!!!

[@spiritscar]

Fun reaction video. Most people already know the plot twist of this film, even if they’ve never seen it. Rare to come across someone who doesn’t already know the secrets of the film. Another horror classic recommendation for you. A horror film not enough people have reacted to. “Return of the Living Dead” (1985) Oh and if you’ve never seen the OG zombie film that inspired everything else, definitely recommend the classic, “Night of the Living Dead” (1968)

[@sprayarm]

Best reaction yet! And I’ve seen 2 dozen this week.

[@agenttheater5]

I saw the main scenes of this movie in a lunchtime film club once in high school. I felt shaky after that ending for the rest of the afternoon, nervous even as I opened my own front door.

[@ytiniowa828]

I think that most people don't understand just how much money $40,000 was in 1960. When using an inflation calculator it comes out to $370,689.19 in 2021.

[@jeffbassin630]

This film is a true classic!

[@CaraVB]

Audiences left the theatre during the movie when it first released. They were too scared.

[@DeanStrickson]

Great reaction! Other great Hitchcock films are: Vertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder, Shadow of a Doubt, and Rope.

[@johnnehrich9601]

It is interesting that although one can see common Hitchcock touches in all his movies, they vary a lot in terms of content, type of story, so on.

[@drewbryan6739]

I have watched several of these reaction videos and so far no one has noticed that the actor playing the prison guard at 29:50 is none other than Ted Knight, who later played Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore show.

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

in the 1950s they built the new highway system and many motels that used to be on main roads had to go out of business. the US is filled with ancient creepy motels.

[@fierynugget4868]

You should definitely check out the Bates Motel series, its a prequel when Norman Bates was younger. Its really good

[@cassandramcbride7007]

Norman had DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) probably because of the abuse of his mother (abuse not always mean sexual or physical) intensive protection. So when his mother start offer affection and attention to another guy, that trigged a alter ("another identity") to kill them (alters serve to protect the "main personality" which in this case was so violet) another alter seem to be the protective one (which explains why Norman digged and took care of his mother) another alter took the "form" of his mother to deal with his lack of attention and protection. Marion trigged the mother alter (probably the real mother repressed his sexuality, for norman not to search other girls affection, to be more and more dependent of her) because norman found Marion sexual attractive. What happen was alter of mother and the violent alter fuse and created Mother Killer alter. Later on Mother alter took completely norman (this is something done in therapy, trying to fuse the fragmented alters into main one. In Norman case, the mother was the stronger alter to deal with everything. Since Norman had this codependency and he couldnt deal with what was happening, Mother took the control). In the end, norman itself never killed nobody.

[@DAMIENDMILLS]

The couple were not cheating. It was frowned upon in the 50's to be with someone romantically when you're not married

[@muhilanmuhilan8504]

Awesome reaction tim and psycho is great ❤ .