*PSYCHO 1960* was AMAZING *REACTION* 

I’m so glad more people are giving these old black and white films a chance. For some reason, there’s this weird prejudice against them. They don’t know what they’re missing.

Janet Leigh is Jamie Lee Curtis’s mother so another reason her getting Halloween 17 years later was perfect, they even used stills of close up of JLC screaming in terror so it could look like JL screaming faces

Psycho received 4 Academy Award nominations: Best Director (Alfred Hitchcock), Best Supporting Actress (Janet Leigh), Best Cinematography - Black & White, & Best Art Direction - Black & White. Anthony Perkins not getting a Best Actor nom for his iconic performance is absolutely insane! Def deserved a nom for Best Picture too.

Drew Barrymore’s comments to Jamie Lee Curtis about how Janet Leigh’s performance in Psycho inspired hers in Scream: "It's actually your mom, Janet Leigh, that when I got to do Scream was my big influence. To say, I think, what would be great about kicking off - we didn't know it would ever be a franchise. It was called Scary Movie at the time, and I just thought that opening scene would harken back to When a Stranger Calls. I was like, 'Janet Leigh in Psycho.' When she leaves the film so early and you lose the star of the film, all bets are off. That means anyone is fair game in the movie, unlike Halloween, where you have been the ultimate reason why people should survive, because you don't want to see them go. You want to see them go on and on, which is what you've done with this franchise."

The shower scene is the most popular and iconic kill in Psycho... but that bit on the stairs with the Private Investigator? That might be one of the scariest kills in movie history.

A masterpiece! From the strongly delineated characters to a spectacular film score by Bernard Hermann - the movie remains a classic! Seeing it in 1960 (I'm an oldtimer!) the audience "screamed" out loud at several key moments! The dramatic arc was breathtaking!

Movies began as basically a filmed version of theatrical productions. When you go into a theater to see a live performance, you are generally handed a playbill, to read about who is in the cast. Hence you get this info at the start, which carried over to movies. The earliest movies sometimes listed the actors as "Cast of Characters" or even sometimes as "The Players."

great reaction Matty. the twists and turns the movie takes must have blown people's minds in 1960. good to know it can still be appreciated even though everybody knows the shower scene but like you said nobody expects it to happen 30 minutes into the movie. keep up the good work.

There was also a TV series a few years ago called Bates Motel that takes place when Norman is still a teenager, so you get the whole back story that explains why he turned out this way. The mother was played by Vera Farmiga, who plays Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring movies. The series was actually pretty good and Norman's mother definitely contributed to turning Norman into a Psycho. She was a whack job herself.

Matty, your commentary on "Psycho" was outstanding! This an iconic Hitchcock movie and did set the standard quite high. No movie has even come close to the shock, suspense and terror of "Psycho." You totally nailed every creative element of this movie.

Haha i like how you guessed every theory (including Frankenstein) but the real one. I'm glad so many young people don't seem to know the plot twist. You're right, it was unknown for the main actress to be killed so early on, movie goers were shocked. This was also the first movie to feature a flushing toilet. Hitchcock included the money being flushed just so he could justify showing the toilet 😂

Dude, I know you love Halloween and Scream: both continue the "Sam Loomis" name from Psycho. With Dr Loomis, of course, but also Sam Carpenter in Scream V and VI: she's Billy's daughter, so she is in effect "Sam Loomis".

Me and my grandma love this movie!! She introduced me to it years ago and now its our annual October thing!! ❤

“We all go a little mad sometimes.” - Norman Bates and Billy Loomis

Dial M for Murder, The Three Faces of Eve, The Lost Weekend, Days of Wine and Roses, Casablanca, The Sting, and Some Like it Hot are all great older movies.

I don't know anyone that doesn't like this movie. I really enjoy watching young people discover this movie for the first time. Hitchcock was a genius. A true master of suspense. There are many great Hitchcock movies. Try watching, Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, Rope, North by Northwest, Lifeboat, The Birds. They are all great movies.

Anthony Perkins was so good as Norman Bates that he got typecast as a neurotic or disturbed character for the remainder of his career. Prior to “Psycho,” he was considered a heartthrob.

Very cool! I feel honored to have seen you break the black & white barrier, the Hitchcock barrier, and the 1960s barrier all at once! The 60s is actually when movies started to change from the older style to the more modern realistic style. This movie actually was part of it! First time you ever saw a toilet onscreen, and also bras, if I remember correctly. Six years later the Hayes Code (censorship code which had been in place since the 30s) was done away with and you could curse, show more explicit violence, show nudity........it all sounded good at the time, I guess! lol. Anyways, happy you had a good time with it, damn good little movie! Hitchcock has a million movies, some duds, lots of good ones, and a bunch of great ones. "Rear Window", "Strangers On A Train", "Rope", "Shadow Of A Doubt"......those are all great Hitchcock, easy to get into, textbook demonstrations of him as "Master of Suspense"......"Rear Window" and "Rope" are in color....and I mean GORGEOUS Technicolor.

18:34 Your Frankenstein/ Taxidermy theory of Ms. Bates would actually be an interesting movie 😂🧟‍♀️🎬🍿

Great reaction video! The name "Sam Loomis" was recycled for the doctor in the Halloween franchise. In the Halloween 20 years later installment, Janet Leigh appears opposite real life daughter Jamie Lee Curtis, and in the background of one scene, you can spot the same car from Psycho.

Alfred Hitchcock was a genius. Modern directors often call him "The Master." He has many, many brilliant movies. A few of my personal favorites are: "North by Northwest" "Vertigo" "Rear Window" "Strangers on a Train" "Marnie" "Suspicion" "Lifeboat" "The Lady Vanishes" It's a pity that this is the oldest movie you've ever seen. There are many timeless classics that are older. One older movie a lot of reactors are doing now and seem to like is "Twelve Angry Men" (1957). Another great old movie, a comedy, that reactors are starting to do is "Some Like it Hot" (1959).

A handsome young man with a moth tattoo... And wonderful reactions to a classic horror movie. Awesome. 🖤🎃

Bernard Herrmann's all-strings score is one of the most important ingredients, along with Hitch's brilliant direction.

Fun fact: Hitchcock was going to use Eva Marie Saint as Marion Crane. Since she had starred in his previous film North by Northwest. But decided against it after redoing her image. Vera Miles had a seven year contract with Hitchcock. She had done the first episode of his television series. And starred in The Wrong Man for him. Was going to play Madeline/Judy in Vertigo. She lost the role when she told him that she was pregnant. In which Hitchcock famously said to her “Vera, don’t you know it’s in bad taste to have more than two.” Janet Leigh felt she was on screen for forty minutes she would put herself in the supporting category for the Oscars. She felt that Miles was the actual female lead of the film. Miles herself looked at Lila Crane as a walk on in the second act. Miles ended her contract with Hitchcock on the set of psycho. Lila Crane was the original “final girl.” Miles is also the only surviving actress of the film. She retired in 1995 from acting, she lives in California and is 94 years young

Janet Leigh (Marion Crane) is Jamie Lee Curtis’s mother. Jamie Lee and father, Tony Curtis were both on set when Psycho was filmed as well!

“We all go a little mad sometimes. - Anthony Perkins, Psycho.” - Skeet Ulrich, Scream

Another great reaction from this reactor. I remember showing this film to my young nephew years ago. He dismissed it at first because it was in b&w, but quickly became mesmerized by it. When it was over, he was like "What a great movie!" Of course I had to laugh at this. Many, if not all, of Hitchcock's films were experiments in filmmaking in one way or another. In "Psycho," the killing of Marion, the protagonist, disorients the viewer by eliminating someone the film spent some time investing itself in, disrupting the classical model of narration. The film sustains its momentum by transitioning the viewers' interest to Norman before settling on Lila and Sam. The thematic elements present in Psycho are classic Hitchcock cinema: psychotic behavior, voyeurism and motherhood. These themes are also explored in Hitchcock's Rear Window, Notorious, Vertigo and Shadow of a Doubt. Indeed, "Shadow of a Doubt" may be regarded as an early "Psycho" precursor. In "Psycho" these themes are explored in greater depth. Hitchcock's studio, Paramount, refused to fund "Psycho" because it had no faith in the source material. So, the film was an experiment in its production. "Psycho" is based on a 1959 novel by Robert Bloch of the same name. Today, both the novel and the film are considered masterpieces of the horror genre. Paramount also would not agree to distribute the film without major concessions from Hitchcock. These included Hitchcock personally financing the project himself while foregoing his usual director’s fee. For his part, Hitchcock retained 60% ownership of the film. Hitchcock mortgaged his own house to finance the film and shot it using his tv crew. Hitchcock had a popular weekly tv anthology series at the time. Clearly, he had a lot of confidence in his tv crew. This low-budget film quickly made millions and made Hitchcock a lot of money. The music for "Psycho" was by Bernard Herrmann, regarded as one of the greatest composers for film.

There was an incredibly strict official censorship going on at the time (until 1968, when it was replaced by the current letter code rating system). Hitchcock was always trying to push the envelope but in this movie, he went hard, I think, partially to shock the audience with these other matters but in doing so, distract the audience. Movie was the first to show a toilet being flushed. Marian and Sam together in a hotel room, obviously after just having, when the code required even married couples to be shown sleeping in separate beds. (The reason Norman so quickly told Sam the cost was $10 - so much for that time - was that a man and woman checking into one room without luggage generally meant an unmarried couple was there for sex, which at the time was illegal or strongly prohibited. Hotels and lodging houses caught this way could be closed down on moral grounds such as running a house of ill repute.) The shower scene, so tame by today's movies with blood and body parts flying every where, truly shocked the audience back then. Normally gunshot victims with fatal shots were only indicated by the small round holes - no blood. Apparently Hitchcock had to devise a way to simulate blood flowing since I guess this hadn't been needed like this before. (He used Hershey's chocolate syrup.) The censorship office turned down the shower scene as too bloody (chocolately?) and told Hitchcock to reedit it. He did nothing but brought the movie back unchanged a few days later and they were satisfied and let it pass. The biggest problem for the censors was including the word "transvestite" as they thought it meant something kinky and too sexual. Hitchcock had to show them the derivation of the word to get it to pass.

The shower scene as well as tye twist ending were on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.

I just learned last night that a combination of writing directing and Perkins masterful performance takes Bates from a crazy slasher to a sweet and confused figure. Great movie.

Now you need to watch the 1956 black & white movie called THE BAD SEED, starring little Patty McCormack. It tells people at the beginning of the movie not to give away the ending. Patty gives a great child performance. NOTE: They did a remake years later so make sure you watch the black & white 1956 original.

It's funny you mentioned Halloween. The lady killed in the shower is the real mother of the lead actress in the original Halloween movie Jamie Lee Curtis.😂👍

talking about Halloween, Donald Pleasance’s character Loomis, was named after the character in this I believe !

Such a classic! Glad you watched this!

Norm carrying mother's corpse downstairs. "Well she looked normal there" 🤣

The brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock to set horror in an all-American setting like a motel. Motels were, in those days, considered a safe, economical alternative to hotels and were used by thousands and thousands of Americans on road trips and vacations (and the irony of the policeman chastising Marion for sleeping in her car on the side of the road when there are motels around where she'd be safer). Also, the shot in the shower of the camera spiraling out while focused on Marion's iris. The didn't have autofocus in those days, so the shot had to done while spiraling the camera out and constantly refocusing the lens to that it didn't go out of focus. Hitchcock knew what he wanted and found ways, with his crew, to do it. This movie was filmed using his television show crew on a budget of $800,000. There were also numerous things in the movie to unnerve the 1960s audience. The music score was a bit jarring, done solely by stringed instruments. The credits were unusual with being split and going off in different directions and coming back in again. The opening shot in the hotel room of two people who have just (obviously) had sex, or at least an intensely passionate make out session, then finding out they're not married. The lead, and best known, actress being killed off a third of the way through the movie. The $40,000 dollars being not the key to the movie but a misleading red herring, changing it from being more of a 'caper' movie and becoming a horror movie. Showing the toilet in the motel room and hearing it flush was put in deliberately to further unnerve the audience, because up until then toilets were never seen in movies at all. After Marion's death, the audience sympathy switched from her to Norman, a poor, bedeviled boy who was only trying to do the best he could, under his mother's eyes and her wrath. The final reveal of who the murderer really was would have left the audience confused, so they added in the whole ending monologue where the Simon Oakland character explains about how Mother has now taken over completely.

There were no movie ratings in those days.Even young kids could see this as I did as a 10 year old in 1960. Former MLB pitcher,Jim Nash,used to sit behind people in theaters and crush popcorn tubs during the scariest parts.

Psycho from 1960 is such a classic horror film.

I'm glad that you liked the movie. I saw it when I was 10 years old (1967) at my Grandma's house. (We weren't allowed to watch it at home.) I was staying with my her one weekend and the movie came on after something else we were watching. The part when the sister finds Mrs. Bates scare me so bad that she turned the TV off. Didn't get to see the end when everything was explained but my 10 year old self wouldn't have understood it. I still hide my eyes during that part to this day. People might think I'm silly but I still remember how terrified I was back then! The movie creeps me out much more as an adult with the psychological stuff going on.

I give you points for remember billy quoting norman bates famous in Scream

Glad that you didn't know about the ending. I'm 55 and saw this for the first time in the 1980s. Everyone who saw it in the 80s knew about the surprise ending already, so it spoiled it a little bit for us. Still, excellent movie!

Norman is just one letter removed from Normal. LMN. The windshield wipers in the rain foreshadow the knife in the shower

Glad you did this one but my very favorite Hitch movie is Rear Window! It's more of a mystery/thriller than horror. It stars James Stewart & Grace Kelly (Princess Grace later), plus it's in color. 👍👍👍

You might want to read up on Ed Geins.A serial killer from the 30s/40s in Plainsville.Wisconsin, he was the inspiration for Psycho Silence of the Lambs, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Congratulations, you have just taken your first step into a larger world. The world of the Master of Suspense! Try his 1959 classic North by Northwest, guaranteed good time.

It is great that new generations can still appreciate and enjoy these old movies, it just requires a little understanding of how times and technology has changed and to enjoy them for what they were. The storytelling and character development is often superior to contemporary movies but people have shorter attention spans now with so much entertainment to choose from so not everyone has the patience. I have recently watched some 1940's Hitchcock movies where the dialogue is long and acting melodramatic but they are still thoroughly enjoyable in their own right. My favourite though is probably Vertigo made in 1958, I hope you can react to more Hitchcock and older classic movies because I liked your reaction here.

I wasn’t expecting you to jump during this 😭

cannot believe you’ve never seen a black & white film. They are some of the best ever made !!

I used to not lick black and white movies as a kid until I worked at a video store in West Hollywood. One of our customers was a movie producer and he heard me say I didn't like black and white movies one day. He asked me to put one on the monitor and proceeded to explain to me some of the unique aspects of black and white. How shadow can almost become a character and how without color, you're forced to focus on other things that are important, and how if it's done well, you will hardly notice that it's in black and white. He even explained how they used to have color experts that knew what "colors" would look like in black and white so that they look good in the movie even if they looked weird in real life. He gave a list of 5 movies I should watch. I did and they were all amazing. One of my favorites is "Sunset Blvd" followed by "Casablanca". I encourage you to check them out.

You deserve to react to more old, classics like this.

I studied this film for Year 12 media, there is truly no other like Alfred Hitchcock. We learnt that Marion getting killed in Act I is known in filmmaking terms as a 'mcguffin'; something you as the audience member think is the main focus of the story and is then eradicated, inevitably leading twist you never saw coming, in this case, Norman as the psycho. In addition to that, there are plenty of classic shots and direction choices used in this film that Hitchcock used in many other films of his like the dolly zoom down the stairs (Vertigo), the birds eye view (North by Northwest), the montage (The Birds) in the shower scene as well as the surprise appearance he always makes (just outside the office, he's wearing a hat staring out at the road just before Marion walks in) but there are also a few fun facts linked to this film in particular - this was the first film to ever show a toilet flush and Hitchcock had originally asked for no music in the shower scene until his wife (who assisted him with most of his filming) convinced him to add that iconic score.

So glad you and others are reacting to this great movie from the past. It’s was fun watching you watch this movie to see if you’ll figure out that Norman and not his mother is the killer. IMHO the scene with the psychiatrist is one of the greatest in movie history. I also like the close up of Norman’s Adams apple at the check in/out counter. Great direction from one of the best directors ever - Alfred Hitchcock.

Psycho marked a "before and after" moment in horror films (or maybe I should say "suspense", since there's not actually that much blood and gore involved). First off, there were lines around the block in every city, big or small, where it was shown. The hype was tremendous. It also marked the first time that in publicizing a film, they added "Don't give away the shocking ending!". In other words, "No spoilers allowed". And it worked! People kept the secret and more people went to see it.

the money in this movie is one of the best red herrings ive ever seen.

Psycho is so good. There are plenty of AMAZING 'older' movies to watch. The Universal Monster movies are good place to start from the 1930's - Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Wolfman are great fun. Great movies from the 1940's - Gaslight 1944, Arsenic and Old Lace 1944, It's A Wonderful Life 1946, Topper 1937. Topper Returns 1941. Enjoy.

Vertigo is a very good follow-up to this, made two years earlier and also a Hitchcock thriller which is intriguing.

Hope you watch more old movies. So many good ones ! If you’re looking for another by Alfred Hitchcock I would recommend Vertigo (1958). It’s intriguing and unforgettable.

Hitchcock broke a few Hollywood taboos in this movie. First, showing an unmarried couple embracing together on a double bed, obviously after some afternoon delight. Second, showing a toilet flushing on screen. Third, killing off the Hollywood star and box office draw so early in a film that the audiences thought would be about her. Also, did you notice all the stuffed birds and framed bird artwork in the motel office and Marion's room? Was Hitchcock foreshadowing his upcoming 1963 film, The Birds? Just remember, "...a boy's best friend is his mother." and "...a son is a poor substitute for a lover."

I think that was my 1st black-andwhite too. But i was 7 or 8 years old there)

Always interesting from the viewpoint of your older audience members to hear a reactor surprised at good some old movies can be, while others bemoan how good they used to be and today's movies are terrible. (I think each movie has to stand on its own.) One thing is in the days before CGI (1990's), all special effects were a lot harder and very expensive, so they were used sparingly. Lots of horror movies had to rely on suspense as they doled out the monsters in tiny bits and drabs. Today it seems like the script writer hits a block, so he calls for a big explosion, which perhaps is the cheapest per minute. You ought to try watching one or two really old movies to make you realize there isn't a real boundary of movies too old. For suspense, Hitchcock goes way back. (One of my favorite of his is The Lady Vanishes from the 1930's) But other great movies from much earlier are MGM's Wizard of Oz and It's a Wonderful Life.

The other Girl working in the Office was Hitchcock's Daughter Pat! She had a bigger part in his film "Strangers on a Train".

Love this movie dude. Hope you enjoyed the movie. They paved the way modern horror and thriller

Glad you appreciated this classic film . Quite a few classic don't hold up as well

This broke everyone’s brains back in ‘60 when the leading lady got killed in the first act. No one did that before.

loved your reaction. This film was more or less made by the tv crew Hitchcock used on his tv series. Hitchcock did not want people coming into the movie after it started in case they were wondering what the hell happened to Janet Leigh. The shower sequence is indeed a classic, but i am more a of fan of the death of the private eye sequence. i learned these from a film commentary Psychiatrist scene was necessary to get film past censors, partularly it seems to explain Perkins dressed in mother's clothes. The actor did it in one take. originally planned as two parter for directors tv show. part 1 ending with murder of Leigh, part two investigation by Balsam, Miles and Gavin. NOTE. This is one of my favourite movies, but I never liked the psychiatrist scene. I think i would rather have seen the conversation between him and Norman.

Your reaction to this classic is great. xx

Mate, if you enjoyed this, can I recommend another stone cold b&w classic?! Les Diaboliques (1955) Hitchcock wanted the rights to direct it but it went to a French filmmaker Henri-Georges Clouzot. It's arguably twistier and scarier than Psycho! Oh an it's right here on RU-vid with English subtitles! 🤗

Another Alfred Hitchcock movie you would like is rope. It’s older than psycho but it’s in color.

At first, Marion's underwear is white, then later the same day, after she becomes a thief, her underwear is black. A little symbolism that usually gets overlooked.

Excellent movie. Absolutely, a bona fide classic.

If you want another great b/w movie from even earlier (1948) and if you love suspense, I'd suggest "Sorry, Wrong Number". The last five or six minutes of that movie you'll be biting your nails!

Love it. More Hitchcock -- Vertigo, Rear Window, The Man Who Knrw Too Much, The Birds, Strangers on a Train and Shadow of a Doubt. And more. THEN watch Mel Brooks' High Anxiety Hitchcock spoof.

Hey - just discovered your videos and really enjoyed your fun, open and intelligent responses to one of my favorite films from my favorite director - you should definitely watch Vertigo (my all time fave movie), Shadow of a Doubt and The Birds - great place to start Just curious - are you a film student? Have you done any acting / writing Anyway thanks and Happy Halloween season!

The other woman in the office is Alfred Hitchcock‘s daughter Pat

The musical score is in black and white, too, sort of. The score is all stringed instruments, violins, violas, cellos, and double basses, so they all sound alike, in different ranges. There's no coloring the score with brass or woodwinds or percussion, just strings only for a thin screechy sound that fits the movie like a glove. Hitchcock was so clever.

To avoid black and white films would be a big mistake, not only because of some of the all time classics like The Apartment, 12 Angry Men, Some Like it Hot, classic horror film The Innocents, but also because some more recent films have deliberately opted for black and white, for example Schindler's List, Nebraska or The Elephant Man. When it comes to older films with a strong reputation, it's a shame that many tropes are already familiar to modern audiences, for example the shower scene, or the opening fanfare and HAL the computer in 2001 A Space Odyssey. I saw both of those on initial release, not having that prior knowledge, so the impact was just so much greater

You should watch an even older movie for Halloween. The original Dracula (1931); Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - or for some fun watch Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) - and then you get to have all of the Universal monsters!

I hope it’s not the last Hitchcock movie you see! Your entry into Hitchcock couldn’t have gone better than with this movie, it’s certainly one of his best. Hitchcock created so many excellent movies from the 40s 50s and 60s into the 70s and beyond. Start researching Hitchcock, you’ll go down the mother of all rabbit holes. The master of suspense is what they say, and truer words were written. Many many many of his movies are great masterpieces. Please see some other ones.

Hi Matty, I'm glad you liked "Psycho" A great & Iconic film. You have to watch Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" 1963 It's in color. Another one he did is great called "Rear Window" 1954 In Color with James Stewart & beautiful Grace Kelly. you will love them both. One that he did in in 1956 was called "The Man Who Knew Too Much" James Stewart & Doris Day. it was fantastic!

Every slasher is influenced by Psycho. Calling Norman Bates "Norm" is cute. I love Anthony Perkins

Very good reaction. BTW, did you know that there's a "Psycho 2" and "Psycho 3"? You should react to them, since they're underrated movies.

One of the great horror classics that still holds up. I'm so glad you watched this movie. I was wondering if maybe when October is over would you please consider watching Good Omens? It's got A cult following and I think you would really enjoy it. I hope you will consider it. Thanks!

Matty title* Psycho will delete when you notice hehe I always mess up spelling it and psychology. My brain wants to flip all the beginning letters I swear.

Now watch Hitchcock (2012 ) with Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock

Now you need to watch 'Psycho II' which is even better in ny opinion and shocked everyone at how good it was.

In it's day, this was the most shocking thing released and by Hitchcock, no less. Also, Hitchcock decided to recruit his film crew from his weekly television anthology show, to film this and not the higher scale crews he was used to for grander films. This is why it seems to have a tv movie or show quality to it. I guess this was probably considered low budget for Hitchcock, and it raked in the bucks when it became a smash hit. Hitchcock made movie theaters not sell tickets to latecomers once the movie started, each showing. The viewer had to watch it from the beginning. It was ahead of it's time presenting subject matter too racy for audiences. Be sure to watch Psycho 2 (1983), one of the rare great sequels ever made. It too became a hit and was like the second or third grossing film of that year. And yes, "Halloween" did pay homage to Psycho by using the name "Sam Loomis" for the name of Michael Myers doctor..."Dr. Sam Loomis". Another Halloween connection is that Jamie Lee Curtis is the daughter of Janet Leigh (Marion Crane).

If you ever watch any series you should watch Bates motel. Its a modern take on this movie and its really good show. Great actors in that series.

Nice reaction Matty! This movie is a masterpiece. I do hope you keep watching old movies. Cheers.

Nice reaction. Another good black and white movie to watch is 12 Angry Men. Some more Hitchcock movies to watch are The Birds, Vertigo, Strangers on a Train, Frenzy and Rope.

I don't think in the 63 years since this movie was made, anybody has referred to Norman Bates as Norm!!!

What happened to the opening credits and music?

Awesome! Loved that you liked it. One of my favorite movies of all-time. You should do more classic movies. Don’t be afraid of black and white movies. HA

Classic, you should check out the sequel it’s just as good imo

Let me add to the chorus of praise you are getting for sitting through your first black and white movie!!!! As you just learned, it's not an uncool thing. hehe. A lot of the younger generation watch "Psycho" and think it's okay, but what in heck was so scary about it? Only two people were murdered after all. A little explanation: First off, this movie was a first. NOTHING like it had been done before. If you look up the original poster for the movie, you will see it gives NO hint as to what the film is about. Janet Leigh is predominantly featured on the poster. And the other thing was the film's gimmick. The gimmick was that you HAD to see the movie from the beginning. If you were five minutes late, well, too bad. You waited two hours till it started again. And so the unsuspecting audience pays it's money, sits down, the movie begins, and for 45 minutes THOUGHT they were watching the story of a woman who stole money. So you can't even imagine the shock the audience got when they see the most violent sequence of it's day complete with blood running down the tub, the supposed star of the movie is now dead, and the movie wasn't even half over yet. So THAT is what gripped the audience. My older sister saw the movie as a first run film and was able to tell me that the audience was SO jumpy that when Vera Miles is walking up to the house, every time they showed the house get closer the audience would either scream or yell at her not to go in there. And my sister DID confirm that after the movie came out, people were afraid of taking showers after seeing the movie. This still remains the only movie I wish I could get into a time machine and watch on opening day. THAT would have been quite an experience. Now I will recommend another black and white movie I think you might really like. Watch the ORIGINAL 1962 black and white version of "Cape Fear" with Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. You should be wide awake when that movie ends. Great job Matty.

We need grandma on video 😊😊

Now watch 12 Angry Men (the original from 1957). You'll be shocked at how good it is!

The Bates Motel tv show goes into his past, around 17yo, before he killed his mom, and then how he came to be this.. It has a lot of subplots with different characters that come through his life, and i feel like they made the show go on for way too long The costuming and set is weird, too.. where it shouldve been the 40s or 50s, they decided to remix the time period and it feels like its set in 2010s with a 60s or 70s vibe..

Viy (1967) ❤❤❤

Great reaction, be bold go further back, there are many many great films for you to expore. Hitchcock is a great director to start with. He essentially invented the slasher movie with this one, but its not even his best film. Take a look at North By Northwest, Vertigo or my favourite Rear Window. You will get to see the great James Stewart, Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.

Great reaction. I like how much you enjoyed it. Subscribed. But I am very very triggered that you kept calling him Norm and not Norman (no one says Norm) but ill let it slide, lol. Please watch Psycho 2.