The key experience of this film is in the build-up of suspense and what happens, rather than why it happens, which, needless to say, Hitchcock excels at.
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The Birds revolves around a series of unexplained and unexpected violent attacks by birds on the locals of Bodega Bay, California, juxtaposed against a couple’s complicated relationship.
This is Hitchcock’s second adaptation of du Maurier’s work, which remains a significant influence in his filmmaking. This 1963 film is based on Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 short story of the same name and partly on the real-life mass bird attacks of 1961 in Capitola, CA. With tactful camerawork, memorable scenes, and stellar performance of the cast, this psychological horror thriller serves as a benchmark for modern horror films and can be defined as one of the earliest and most impressive examples of slasher films.Ĭast: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica CartwrightĪnother piece of brilliance by the master of suspense, The Birds prove that Hitchcock can turn the simplest things into the most horrifying experience.
Psycho is considered one of the greatest films of all time and paved the way for a lot of other “firsts” that were alien to theater-goers before, including the acceptability of violence, deviance, and dark atmosphere in American films. Quite literally, because this film is indeed a historical work of cinematic art that scholars, critics, and academics swear by. The story begins with Marion Crane ( Janet Leigh), who goes on the run after stealing money from her employer and ends up in the infamous Bates Motel, where she meets the motel owner, Norman Bates. Based on the eponymous 1959 novel by Robert Bloch, Hitchcock directs and produces this 1960 film, with a screenplay by Joseph Stefano, in what is unarguably one of his most famous films and one of his best. With Psycho, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Alfred Hitchcock created a new way to look at horror. Leaving On: July 1 | Directed by: Alfred HitchcockĬast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam
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