Although Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” was the biggest hit of his career with an adjusted gross of $400 million, it didn’t set records. (“Rear Window” made $472 million adjusted, but that includes ...
In the Psycho trailer, the esteemed director walks the audience through the sets, including the Bates Motel and its adjacent creepy house. There’s no footage of its stars, Janet Leigh or Anthony ...
Ethan Mordden wrote the definitive book about the films of the 1960s, at least according to me: Medium Cool. In it, he wrote one of those lines you spend a career aspiring towards. I’ve quoted it and ...
On June 16, 1960, Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho made its debut in New York City — and wow, did it cause a stir. Audiences were hooked from the start, and it didn’t take long for the film to become a ...
16:29, Wed, Aug 27, 2025 Updated: 16:30, Wed, Aug 27, 2025 This classic movie from 1960 has been labelled the "greatest film of all time" by Variety. Psycho is a horror film produced and directed by ...
This post is part of Paste’s Century of Terror project, a countdown of the 100 best horror films of the last 100 years, culminating on Halloween. You can see the ...
When Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” opened on June 16, 1960, the subject matter was shocking. By today’s standards, the most shocking thing about the film was its distribution — a slow rollout that ...
We all have hot takes that are considered blasphemous in the court of public opinion. Everyone dislikes and feels ambivalent toward at least one movie that's widely regarded as a classic, and that has ...
Psycho was a milestone in sound design and it celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Kevin Hilton looks back on this most iconic of films. Psycho, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, ...
Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...