55 Years Later And "Psycho's" Horror Continues

Rating: 7/10 (1 June 2015)

Below are 2 quotes from actor Anthony Perkins who had played the pivotal role of Norman Bates in Hitchcock's "Psycho". I think these quotes are sure to be of some interest to anyone who is at all familiar with this film and its legacy to the genre of horror.
(1) "Hitchcock thought of Psycho (1960) as a comedy. When it first came out, it was greeted with screams of laughter. People laughed all the way through, so much so that he declared it was the first time he had ever been out-thought by an audience. He knew it was going to be funny, but he didn't realize it was going to be that funny."
(2) "Not many people know this, but I was in New York rehearsing for a play when the shower scene was filmed in Hollywood. It is rather strange to go through life being identified with this sequence knowing that it was my double. Actually, the first time I saw Psycho and that shower scene was at the studio."
.... Well, there you have it.