Psycho 1960 Filming Locations - Then and Now 4K 

Alfred Hitchcock was born 13 years before Arizona became a state! While "Psycho" was released in 1960, most of the filming was done in 1959. This was a great video---you really did some investigating!

Well made, no loud music, no speed talking, good video, able to concentrate and follow his story.

The "Psycho" house gives me the chills just looking at it.

MICHAEL AND JESSICA..... This video deserves an award. The information, scene lineup's and time that was taken is amazing. I lived in Arizona for 15 year's and didn't know I was walking those same streets where the movie was filmed. You both are awesome and would like to see your channel continue to grow in viewership and contributions.

As an avid Psycho and Hitchcock fan, I salute this awesome video and your hard work in putting it together! What a gem!

I watched that movie at a drive in theater in the early 60’s. I loved it!

The shower scene still gives me chills.. great video guys 👍

This movie a true classic and I never get tired of watching it. Awesome job and research on this video.

I just finished watching the documentary The making of Psycho. Thanks so much for this presentation. You are always so spot on. I love the nostalgia. I'm actually happy the old hotel or building is still in Phoenix for the opening shot. I need to see that someday. 1959 and 1960 were so much more of a simpler time in America. Always relish it.

Interesting Fact: Bernard Hermann was the composer who wrote the score for Psycho and what set him apart from his contemporaries in 1960, is that he demonstrated through the famous “Psycho Suite” that one didn’t need a complete orchestra (woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, etc) to create a score which was the common belief and practice. He relied on strings ONLY and it was very effective thus becoming one of the most famous film scores in history of cinema. Also Hitchcock’s wife often assisted her famous husband with some of the film editing. When they reviewed the shower scene with the close-up of Janet Leigh’s eye, she discovered that Leigh’s eye was following the camera slightly which would have ruined the illusion of her character being dead, so they had to re-shoot the scene being sure her eye remained perfectly still.

Very cool!... One of my favorite movies!... Thanks for posting! Don't forget... "We all go a little mad sometimes... Haven't you?" - Norman Bates.

A lot of people don’t know this, but the place where the man stops in the middle of the cross walk and stares at the woman in the car was influence for Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction’s Marcellus Wallace stopping in the middle of the cross walk and staring at Butch when he was trying to get away after going back to get his father’s watch that his girlfriend mistakenly left in his apartment

Brilliantly done. You guys keep getting better and better.

I'm curious if the owners of the current dealership even knew they were a shooting location for "Psycho"? Your use of Hermann's brilliant score reminds us of just how essential his music is to Hitchcock's films. Your future visit to SF should be interesting for "Vertigo." Sooo many locations for that movie are still around. Great stuff!

Thank you again for another fantastic video xx

So awesome to see where a cinema masterpiece was shot. To me, it's holy ground.

HELLO. WOW THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW US THE FAMOUS LOCATIONS. PSYCHO IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES. GREAT VIDEO. DONE VERY WELL.

You are absolutely the best with these little wonderful video trips. You do your homework. Yes that Psycho house still gives me the creeps..when I was seven in 1964 I stayed up late with my mom who feel asleep about 11pm. I stayed up and started to watch a movie on my mom's portable TV. As I began to watch this harmless story about a nice lady a cop following her I was the king of late night kids staying up late award! Then came the shower scene. Wow nudity! My mom still deep in sleep. Then came the figure. Then the knife. The music. The horror. I hid under covers. Then the staircase scene. After weeks of nightmares my parents search the TV guide an were aghast! "Billy watch Psycho". It took me fifty years to watch it again with my 13 year old son who loved it!! Just thought I'd share it because you share so much with us. Thanks. Love you guys.

Hell yeah, this will drown my pain for 18 and half minutes. Needed this!

Love this video about a classic film and one of my favorites. Love the period fashions, hairstyles, cars, architecture. And the eerie music adds a lot of mystery and suspense to the film.

That was fun, thanks. Psycho is my favorite Hitchcock film and it was great to see the filming locations then and now.

I have seen Psycho about 100 times, and after seeing your presentation, I will now notice the architectural details and telephone poles that were mere background before. (Why the "air quotes" at 8:38? She WAS tired!) It is also fun to notice small, deliberately chosen details. like the way Marion wears her wristwatch. Thanks!

I'm a HUGE Hitchcock fan and a California girl. I love seeing all these local spots and knowing Hitch was filming there. So cool. 💗💗

Holy crap @11:12 I was actually stuck at this intersection on my most recent road trip. I took the Gorman Road exit to avoid an overturned big rig on I-5N and didn't want to be stuck in the miles long traffic. I had no clue Hitchcock filmed a scene here for Psycho. What made me remember was the gas station and the grassy hilly side as I was looking up at the other vehicles stuck in traffic. What a trip!

Psycho is and always will be my favorite horror film of all time. What makes me love it, is the ending when Norman stares at the camera and slowly turns that face into a smile. Its so twisted , and didn't involve any blood or guts, just truly cinematic art. The best !

Ha, I've been on that tram tour back in the early 80s. The house was incredibly eerie. We were just out of high school and we were hitting all the hot spots,Universal studios,Hollywood sign, wax museum, Disneyland, Knottsberry Farm, everything. We even made it to Burbank and were in the audience for a game show "can't remember the name". We also went and made it to the tonight show. Greatest vacation ever. Thanks so much for your hard work making this video. Brings back great memories.😉

Another fantastic video, i can only imagine the amount of research that goes into finding these long forgotten filming locations, however they might be forgotten to most people but not to people like me, you and your subs who love all the old horror movies, I'm 56 now, and i never get bored with watching them over again. all those iconic scenes are still as fresh to me as they were when i first saw those movies. Keep doing what you're doing, you're making an old horror fan very happy👍👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

I love the attention to detail. Just found your channel like a month ago and its great!

By far the absolute most remarkable, detailed, and well-explained film-location video ever produced. You excel at what you do!

This was FANTASTIC... the best video of it's kind I've yet seen. I particularly liked your use of B&W (oh, how I miss it), along with Bernard Herrmann's incredible, haunting score. Kudos! Btw, I had ALWAYS thought that those dry, empty hills in "Psycho" looked a lot like Gorman (which I learned from you that they were), that I would always pass by on my way to Frazier Park, a beautiful, pine tree-filled mountain area just north of there where John Schneider of "Dukes of Hazzard" now lives. I've never seen hills that like look like these, as barren as the moon.

They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly.'

Love your videos! Started this morning with SALEMS LOT and now RU-vid proposes me your PSYCHO video. Great work! Greetings from Belgium

Thank you for all the effort you guys put in to make this fantastic video. As a decades-long "Psycho" geek, this was awesome to see!

I love the black and white quality of the video. It's a nice touch and shows dedication.

I love how you're so meticulous in lining up shots from then and now! Its so satisfying!!! : ) Hershey's chocolate syrup was used as blood in the shower as it had the right consistency and showed up better on the black and white film. I've heard Hitchcock could have shot it in colour if he wanted too, but he felt it would be too gory. Someone else with a good eye for detail built an exact replica of the house and motel in Aldergrove, British Columbia in order to shoot Bates Motel. Sadly I just checked Google and it looks like they took it down. (Was hoping they'd leave it up for tourists) Great video as always...and love the black and white! Happy Halloween!

You never cease to amaze. Thank you for all your hard work and delivering great content!

Amazing attention to detail in your videos..brilliant..i get glued to the screen like watching a horror film.

Your enthusiasm is infectious. We love living vicariously through your excitement!

During Horror Nights, they used to let you walk up the stairs to the mansion and interact with a Norman character. A dream come true for any discerning horror fan!

Totally BLOWN AWAY. Every time I saw this on TV as a kid the first sequence was missing. The movie started just as she drives away and sees he boss cross the street. EXCELLENT!

Great movie that's still creepy today, more than sixty years later! John Carpenter's Halloween series owes such a huge debt to this. Also, it was nice meeting you guys at the meetup at Halloween Depot last night. I was the guy with the Plan 9 T-shirt.

Oh boy! Thank you ❤️ I just watched this film a few days ago 🔪 One of my all-time favorites.

Omg love!!! Please please please do a Vertigo locations tour. That one is my fave of all of Hitchcock’s movies. So much so that I named my daughter Madeleine. I took her to the mission San Juan Bautista where a good chunk if action occurred when she was one.

Love the black and white filming. Very clever. It also brings out the high quality of your camerawork and cinematography.

This is AMAZING ! Thank you so much. This is very very very interesting. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Love From Sweden 🇸🇪

I've never watched Psycho. I've seen the shower scene of course and a few minutes here and there, but never the entire movie. Your video has sparked my interest, I'll have to watch it now! Thanks for the great video!

I luv all your videos! Very informative! Your videos should be in the "Extras" in the DVD movie or blu-ray. Keep up the good work!! 👍👍

I've read that the dates the events of "Psycho" are taking place were changed to ones in December, precisely because Christmas decorations were up when the intersection scene was filmed.

Norman Bates came out running after us in the tour. I was so scared thought he was going to catch up with the bus tour. Thank You so much for this video I had fun watching it. You did a great job. Was so wonderful to see how little has changed. Thanks so much. ❤💌👋

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Very Cool. Psycho is one of my favorite movies. It's a classic. Great directing, great acting, amazing camera work and beautifully haunting music.

Fantastic video as always! Psycho being such an iconic film, it's interesting to see the locations then and now. ✌️❤️🤘

So happy to meet you guys at the Horrorville pop up. Thanks for taking the time and meeting my family. Happy Halloween!!!

Once again great work you two but one thing I thought was strange there was no traffic in Phoenix.

Great location guys classic film and nice touch with the black and white 👌 thanks for sharing 👍look forward to the next location

My grandfather met Anthony Perkins when he was on a road trip to play music. He told me one day while driving me to school that he met Anthony Perkins. He was so nice to my grandfather.

Brilliant video again guys. Your videos are addictive watching!

Great film, and attention to detail. Keep up the great work you both do.

I can relate to the movie better now since my first marriage . Good stuff dude and dudette . God Bless

Great job guys! I remember seeing another Psycho locations video many years ago, and I remember how heartbroken I was to find out the house was just a facade!!

Absolutely love this. Great research as always. I think the crossing scene, where she sees her boss. looks like back projection. The street on film, and the actors in a studio.

So cool..I love Anthony Perkins & the Physcho movies are one of my faves ...thanks for showing the locations ..love your channel..love you both..stay safe...stay awesome 🥰☮️✌️

I love this! Especially that it's in black and white like the best Hitchcock movie!

VERY VERY ENJOYABLE! BRAVO! You guys did a GREAT job. I've always been a fan of searching out filming locations and you made this video very interesting and entertaining with showing the current locations and backing them up with the film clips. Being a movie buff, I've seen PSYCHO a zillion times over my 65 years so I wouldn't have doubted your location accuracy regardless. However, the clips and your authentic enthusiasm made this well worth the viewing. Now you got me in the mood to watch it again. Perhaps I will this evening and make it a zillion and one times. You sound like a film buff yourself. Here's a tip; If you ever visit New York City and are a fan of the movie ON THE WATERFRONT, you can cross the Hudson River from Manhattan to Hoboken, New Jersey and find much of the exterior locations for that film still intact and all within the same neighborhood. That said, thank you very much for this and I'll check out some of your other videos. All the best.

One of your best videos yet. Keep them coming you guys are awesome. 😎

I really enjoyed this, thank you. You always put a lot of effort and research into your videos. Fun seeing Jessica make an appearance in her chic attire. Looking forward to your ‘Vertigo’ (one of my fave movies) tour.

What fun! For my birthday in 1960 my Mom took me and a friend to downtown Chicago for lunch and a movie. We saw Psycho and Thirteen Ghosts in 3D. I've been traumatized ever since! Years later I asked Mom why she took us to see Psycho, she just shrugged and said, "It was Hitchcock, who knew?"

Never fail to impress with your movies. Thank you from Australia.

I love you 🥰 I can see place from my dreams. Thanks from Poland 🇵🇱

At 4:08, you have the right building, the right floor, but clearly the wrong window. From left to right, it had to be either the 5th or 13th window. Here's why I say that: 1) At 3:43, you can briefly see in the bottom left corner that the shot doesn't start at the left edge of the building so there must be at least two windows off screen to the left. The first window being shown on that floor at 3:43 (two to the left of the zoomed in window) must either be the 3rd or 11th window. 2) That wall protrusion on the left side of the screen at 3:43 is narrow, as is the next protrusion directly to the left of the window the camera zooms in on. This means that if the actual window they zoomed in on was on the left side of the building, it can only be the 5th window. And if the actual window they zoomed in on was on the right side of the building, it can only be the 13th. 3) The overhang directly above the windows on that floor is straight except above windows 7 and 8, where it protrudes out along with the facing of the building. In the movie, the overhang is smooth to the right and left of the zoomed in window, ruling out the 9th window, which has the protruding overhang to the left above the 8th window. 4) Lastly, it can't be the 9th window as you claim because the protrusion (where the 7th and 8th windows are located) is wide. Not narrow like in the movie. Therefore, it can only be the 5th or 13th window. But which one of those two, we may never know for sure. Not sure if I explained this well because I'm not familiar with architectural terms. Great video though. Enjoyed it a lot.

These videos just keep getting better! Video in B&W is the mark of a RU-vid creator. Ying and Yang of dark Hollywood.

These are some awesome film locations. Very good work lining up the scenes. I love this movie. I still watch a couple of times a year. Thank you so much for sharing. Happy Halloween!

I love these. A trip down memory lane and how all remains long after the people that saw the movie are gone.

Great job! Enjoyed seeing what you found

Brilliant ! one of my favourite Hitchcock movies ,spot on as always.well done!

Jessica looks like a classic Hollywood star in black and white! Dope video guys!

This is amazing! I was born in Phoenix and never knew parts of Psycho were filmed there! Thanks for the education!

Such a good film and I feel the remake with Vince is still a nice tribute to the original. I had no idea Perkins died of AIDS. The Bates Motel series was also pretty cool. I just love these tributes to the films.

Love the production on this one! Great work guys, it reminded me that a boys best friend IS his mother!

Oh this is good. Keep them coming. Love all of y'all's videos. Looking forward to the next one🎃.

Wow you have such an eye for detail. I've watched Psycho dozens of times and I've never noticed anything you pointed out. Esp the Christmas decorations! 💕

I'm sure someone's told you before but you always remind me of Jim Carrey. Thanks for this video. One of my fav horror/thriller movies. So scary at the end, in the cellar. Still brings me to tears of fright!

Thank you for this amazing video! Your knowledge of very detailed moments in the film is impressive!!

Hello Michael and Jessica. Love the video. Happy Halloween

What I cant believe is how few cars there are in that intersection and in that area of phoenix in general. Hardly any cars passed you when filming. Crazy!

LOVE you guys - you bring so much DEADication to your work, and no matter what you do, your cool relationship shines through. This is one of the most interesting 'location tour' vids of the locations I have seen (you know I am sure, there have been several on YT). A couple of things: I don't think the shots in Pheonix were helicopter or aerial shots - most likely from high bldg (or a crane on top of a bldg?). No plane chopper would have been allowed that low in a city and the camera pan in the shots indicate a fixed camera position. Hitchcock famously did NOT like shooting on location. Chances are the shots in Pheonix and one Bakersfield road were second unit shots. Even Marion's intersection POV from the car is a process (rear screen) shot. The cop's walk to her car is on location, but when he gets to the car, it's a studio rear-screen process shot again. There's a LOT of debate about the Psycho House on the Universal backlot. IS this still the original house from the movie? Sort of... Is this the location Hitch used to shoot those scenes? Nope... Is it convenient for the tour? Definitely. The shooting location for the original movie was close to what is now known as 'Jaws' lake. Give the info in THIS video, I doubt there's anything left of the original house from 1960. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-suYKHimQwt4.html&ab_channel=Cinemassacre Unrelated to the original film, I live in the Vancouver area where they shot the BATES MOTEL series for years. While it was still in production, I drove out to the boonies where they reconstructed the house and the motel. Not the original, but so cool to see nonetheless. The series was an excellent complex character study.

This is my all time favorite Hitchcock movie. Love seeing the filming locations! Well done

I used to live in Phoenix and walked by that building everyday and never knew that I was walking past film history. Pretty Cool.

WOW, you did an incredible job on this. I too am so curious on how things change through time. The day seemed to be so somber in the movie. It's one of those things that even mysterious things can happen in the day time. Kinda of like the opening of tales from the darkside. I was lucky to see the psycho house, when I took the tour, and the little neighbor hood of to kill a mocking bird,, man just gave me this chills.. I would study the cars in the psycho movie. The old ford's country Squiers and such.. Looking back I think the music really made the movie. I could just hear the slapping of the flags that car dealerships would put on the car lots back in the day. You took alot of time and dedication, on piecing this together. Now you got me thinking of the bush, did it just grow there did somebody Plat it there... Thank you so much!!!

I always look forward to new stuff from you. This is one of your best!

The inspiration for the Psycho house came from the Edward Hopper painting The House By the Railroad 1925

You are a GEM! A real GEM! I love your videos, channel and your other half! 🤣😎😎👍👍👍 I'm happy seeing your channel grow and grow and your narration is totally cool, relaxed and makes you sit down and watch. THEN, you force me, or you force all of us here, to go through your channel and watch all your other videos and BINGE 🤣🤣🤣🤣...p.s Great job, and do you ever get the comment, you resemble Jim Carrey? a young Jim Carrey? 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

Awesome video once again. One little critique…. Wish you’d have done it in colour 😭 as to actually see the places and what they genuinely look like. I understand the B&W homage, though.

Michael and Jessica❣️ your work is fabulous, and you’ve really outdone yourselves with the PSYCHO locations! Thank you. L

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Looks great in B&W. Great job with the history. With such great attention, 200K subs this year you two.

U.S. 99....I-5 replaced it. Also, the interchange has moved northward about 500 feet when the highway was reconstructed. Good job though!

I’m so glad I found your channel! You make the most awesome videos!! Love your channel! Keep them coming!!

Now we're talkin!

Great continuity with fade in and fade out of all the scenes fantastic work!