Ten Movies “Everybody” Saw — Except Me: Psycho (#2)

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Looking at some of the comments I’m beginning to think I should take this series of discussions to a confessional. I’m looking at ten legendary classics that it seems everyone in the world has seen, yet I avoided somehow. Here’s today’s classic. #2: Psycho This movie inspired a great song (“Psycho,” famously covered by Elvis Costello for the Almost Blue sessions). This is considered one of THE great horror movies of all time. And I’ve never seen it. But I can tell you that the “blood” in the shower scene was chocolate syrup. Given that the film was in black and white, Hitchcock needed something that would show up well. Oh, it showed up well, all right. As to why I’ve never seen this, I guess you can blame The Birds. I was way too young to see that (and I saw the “edited for television” version), and it scared the bird droppings out of me. Now, North By Northwest is a little more my taste (we watched that in American Cinema class), not to mention Cary Grant was better looking than Tony Perkins. Hitchcock was a master of suspense, which is probably what kept me away from this film. Psycho Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Released in 1960 Here’s the great song “Psycho” (which I’ve featured before in countdowns):