Two things crossed my mind when I heard in the 90's that Gus Van Sant would be making a shot-for-shot remake of Hitchcock's Psycho. My first thought was 'Are you insane?!' My second thought was 'Shot for shot, huh? That could be quite interesting if it's handled right. A bit like some kind of cinematic …
I don't remember seeing Psycho on the rental video shelves in the early to mid-80s and had to wait until the late '80s when the film was released on sell thru before I could see it. Its inclusion in the compilation Terror In The Aisles certainly whetted my appetite. I also remember buying a book …
Continue reading Day 5- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Psycho (1960)
The project of Psycho 2 was a poison chalice. On one hand, it provided a director with the opportunity to prove themselves by making a sequel to a bona fide horror classic by a master auteur. It also made available the possibility of continuing a story of one of cinema's greatest and most complex characters, …
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