I liked Rope.
I guess I'll say Rear Window since it hasn't been mentioned yet.
There are many great colour Hitchcock films, but I think the black and white American films are his best looking.
I think The Birds still hold up as a horror film without getting ridiculous.Yeah, and it contains early elements of gore effects (at the same time with Herschell Gordon Lewis's Blood Feast). Who know how many great horror movies if only Hitchcocok pushed on the gore...
I’ve only seen a handful of his films and there are a few I know I’ve seen but can’t really remember. But the only ones I have gone back to in recent years are Psycho and Rear Window. Both cracking films.
Heltenjon mentioned Bates Motel. That’s a great show and well worth a watch whether or not you’re a fan of Psycho. Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga are fantastic throughout. Do it!
Vertigo has recently appeared on Netflix, so I might have a look.
Taken that way, Bloch's book also wasn't exactly faithful to the Ed Gein story.
There is always room for further collapse.
Same here. For me, what made me quit after one episode was that I was already put off by having it set in modern times despite being a prequel, but what really angered me was that (warning for a sensitive topic regarding sexual assault)I’ve only seen a handful of his films and there are a few I know I’ve seen but can’t really remember. But the only ones I have gone back to in recent years are Psycho and Rear Window. Both cracking films.
Heltenjon mentioned Bates Motel. That’s a great show and well worth a watch whether or not you’re a fan of Psycho. Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga are fantastic throughout. Do it!
Vertigo has recently appeared on Netflix, so I might have a look.
I tried watching Bates Motel, but already from episode 1 I gave up.
Watched all of Bates Motel, loved it. The last season is the best. I recommend to everybody to watch more than the very first episode before judging it, maybe?Asking to watch more than one episode of a series is one thing if you just thought the start was a bit boring or the plot a bit confusing,
I'm also lucky enough to have never watched the original movie (or any of the sequels/remake) so could simply enjoy the show without any baggage.
Can't remember the assault scene, but I don't care for those either.
I’m also not a big fan of gratuitous rape scenes. The one in episode one though is what leads to BatesAnd they couldn't have used literally any other plot device to make it happen?makingtaking part in his first(?) kill, which is basically the inciting incident for the whole series. It has to be extreme enough to warrant everything that happens next.
Thank you for the link. I promise to read it today.Thanks, and I hope you'll find the time to read the Seannan McGuire post I linked to before as well, they are both well worth reading. https://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/470626.html
Is that the one with the new wife gradually resembling the previous, dead wife, all the more?Yep, precisely.
Another "double" story.
I feel bad about mentioning the Bates Motel TV series in the first place, now. I agree that the rape scene could/should have been done in another way. We all have our off-triggers; mine is cruelty towards children. Ever since becoming a parent, that changed how I'd watch something that earlier only entertained me, f.ex. some kidnapping plot in a crime show. And I've not even experienced anything of the sort.I'm glad you understand. And it's very common for parents to say that they can't watch depictions of children being hurt after having children of their own, but it still frustrating to me that most directors at least try to acknowledge this and even a filmmaker as awful as Uwe Boll had the decency to make the death scene of a kid character in Dungeon Siege take place entirely off-screen as to not upset any parents watching, whereas if you're triggered by graphic depictions of sexual violence against women, they're so common nowadays you have to keep constant vigilance to avoid stumbling onto it by accident. If only filmmakers would extend the same courtesy to women's fears as they do to parents..