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Tense film about a series of murders at a lonely motel. The deaths are attributed to the mother of the young owner.

Product Identifiers

ProducerAlfred Hitchcock

EAN5050582786354

eBay Product ID (ePID)102217403

Product Key Features

ActorVaughn Taylor, Virginia Gregg, Helen Wallace, Ted Knight, Vera Miles, Lurene Tuttle, Martin Balsam, John Anderson, Janet Leigh, George Eldredge, Frank Albertson, Alfred Hitchcock, John Gavin, Sam Flint, Simon Oakland, John Mcintire, Anthony Perkins, Mort Mills

Film/TV TitlePsycho

DirectorAlfred Hitchcock

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageCantonese\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Greek\Italian\Japanese\Korean\Mandarin\Norwegian\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish

Run Time108 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2010

FormatBlu-ray

FranchisePsycho

FeaturesLimited edition\'Remastering PSYCHO' HD featurette\Making-of\'In The Master's Shadow û Hitchcock's Legacy' featurette\Hitchcock û Truffaut interviews\Newsreel Footage û The Release Of PSYCHO\'The Shower Scene û With And Without Music' featurette\The shower sequence storyboard\The PSYCHO archives\Posters and ads\Lobby cards\Behind the scenes photographs\Publicity shots\Theatrical trailer\Re-release trailers\Feature commentary with Stephen Rebello, author of the book ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE MAKING OF PSYCHO, Widescreen, With Subtitles

GenreHorror/Occult, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerBernard Herrmann

Production DesignerRobert Clatworthy, Joseph Hurley

Additional InformationCredited with inventing the genre of the modern horror film, PSYCHO has had its share of sequels and imitators, none of which diminishes the achievement of this shocking and complex horror thriller. Alfred Hitchcock's choreography of elements in PSYCHO is considered so perfect it inspired a shot-by-shot remake by Gus Van Sant in 1998. However, Hitchcock's black-and-white original, featuring Anthony Perkins's haunting characterization of lonely motel keeper Norman Bates, has never been equaled. Bates presides over an out-of-the-way motel under the domineering specter of his mother. The young, well-intentioned Bates is introduced to the audience when Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a blonde on the run with stolen money, checks in for the night. But Momma doesn't like loose women, so the stage is set for this classic tale of horror--and one of the most famous scenes in film history. PSYCHO was initially received by audiences with shock and amazement, and it still terrifies today. Though it is now considered prototypical Hitchcock, its setting, pace, and emphasis on terror were major departures for the director at the time, coming after the more classically grand NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

ScreenwriterJoseph Stefano

Special EffectsClarence Champagne

Costume DesignerHelen Colvig

Dubbing LanguagesGerman\French\Spanish\Italian\Japanese

AuthorRobert Bloch

Sound sourceDolby Digital

EditorGeorge Tomasini

Movie/TV TitlePsycho

Director of PhotographyJohn L. Russell

Consumer AdviceContains strong violence