Legends of Halloween checks in to the Bates Motel for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1960 horror film. Based on the 1959 novel by Robert Bloch, from a script by Joseph Stefano, this film was a bit of a departure for Hitchcock, who had become one of Hollywood’s biggest directors. Just the year prior, Hitchcock released North by Northwest, “the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures,” a multi-million-dollar budgeted, massive color production. This film, by contrast, was made for less than one million and shot in black-and-white by the crew of the television anthology series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Martin Balsam, the film divided critics at the time of release, but audiences were enthralled. The pic grossed over $50 million, and is now considered one of Hitchcock’s best films and arguably one of the greatest horror films ever made. But will our hosts shower the film with praise, or will we be declared insane as we debate the mother of all slasher films… Psycho!

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