Hitchcock's Most Famous & Profitable...Groundbreaker Prefigured the 1960's

Rating: 10/10 (2 November 2017)

This Film, Alfred Hitchcock's Highest Grossing and most Famous, has been Deconstructed to Death. It is virtually Impossible for Newbies to View it Without Familiarity and it is a Film that Screams for Unfamiliarity.
Gus Van Zandt did the Art of Film No Favors and should be Ashamed of His Shot for Shot Color Remake.
But even without that "Blasphemy", the Movie is so Ingrained in Pop Culture that its Twists and Denouements are as Comfortable as a Warm Bed after a Shower when Viewed Today. Not So in 1960.
Conventions, Expectations, and the Experience of Movie-going were Flipped with this Low-Budget, Low-Brow Movie from a High-Budget, High Brow Filmmaker. To List the Things that were Groundbreaking would Spoil the Effect for the Folks in America that are Unaware or have Not Seen it. All 3 of Them.
Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh Star. Bernard Hermann's Score also Stars and it is Unanimous among Critics, Fans, and Hitchcock Himself that it is an Integral Part of this Masterpiece from the "Master of Suspense".
It sent Sparks Flying to B-Movie makers and once the Code Broke Down all Hell Broke Lose with Mario Bava's "A Bay of Blood" (1971) Inventing the "Slasher" Sub-Genre.
Hitchcock Himself was Inspired to make the Movie because William Castle's "The House on Haunted Hill" (1959) made so much Money and He wanted to see what He could do in the Horror Genre with a Low-Budget. Nuff Said.