Psycho , Alfred Hitchcock’s final black-and-white film and his most hailed overall, turns 50 today. God love the spooky thing! It’s stark, slick, and full of chilling nuances that came to define highbrow horror cinema, but the abject popularity of Psycho always had more to do with its explosive release in 1960 than its place in the Hitchcock canon. Filmgoers were famously shocked by the the early death of the marquee star, not to mention the revelation of Norman Bates’s true character at the movie’s climax, but while those qualities are fun, but they don’t make for Hitchcock’s greatest film. In fact, when you break down most of Psycho ‘s best assets, you realize that other Hitch movies did them better, smarter, and cooler. Join us as we hack at Psycho and defend the Master of Suspense’s other works for all eternity.
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Happy 50th, Psycho. You’re Not the Best Hitchcock Movie. Love, Movieline
