Psycho was Hitchcock’s biggest gamble of his career… and the behind the scenes stories are even crazier than the shower scene. We tell the story of how Hitchcock bet his own money on this movie after the studio wanted nothing to do with it. We get into how he pranked Janet Leigh on set and why this movie stuck with her for the rest of her life. We break down the filmmaking tricks that made Hitchcock the master of suspense. And we give our honest reaction to a 1960 classic that one of us loves and the other… not so much.
Chapters:
00:00 Old movies are funny man
13:14 Hitchcock gambled BIG on this movie
18:13 What doesn't hold up anymore?
20:37 Hitchcock almost ruined his most iconic scene
23:51 Norman was so close to just being a player
27:29 Hitchcock doing things no one has ever seen before
29:35 The worst part of this movie
35:23 Men are evil
38:19 Hitchcock surprisingly is just a dude
40:55 The most insane story from this movie
45:00 The deeper symbolism in Psycho
53:32 Gray Hour
1:04:56 Our official ranking & final thoughts