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Eric’s Hitchcock Halloween — Psycho
With this being the season of scares, I decided to focus on the work of my favorite director, Alfred Hitchcock. I will provide some of my readings on three films of the Master of Suspense that I feel are the best works for Halloween.
Psycho is my favorite film that Alfred Hitchcock directed. It was the first film of his I ever saw, and it’s his most prominent feature. It’s one of a few masterpieces he had during his career alongside Rebecca, Rear Window, Vertigo, and North by Northwest. I have always thought that Psycho is the film Hitchcock’s whole career was building to. Everything he did in the past, all the tricks he learned, and all the sly elements to get past the censors made it to this film in particular.
One thing that separates this film from others in Hitchcock’s filmography is that it’s about the average person. Most of the time, Hitchcock’s characters can be sort or upper class, high society types who get caught up in these thrilling events. With Psycho, every character is someone you would meet in day-to-day life. We are…
