Psycho (1960) WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? – JoBlo.com

Last month, an episode of our WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? video series looked into the making of director Gus Van Sants 1998 version of Psycho to try to figure out why it fell so short of Alfred Hitchcocks 1960 version of the story. Now, with a new episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?, were taking a behind the scenes look at the making of Hitchcocks Psycho (watch itHERE) to find out how the Master of Suspense crafted one of the greatest movies of all time. Check it out in the embed above!

Scripted by Joseph Stefano and based on a novel by Robert Bloch (which was inspired by news reports on the crimes of Ed Gein),Psychohas the following synopsis:

Marion Crane, on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis, is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates, a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.

The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Martin Balsam.

This is what theWTF Happened to This Horror Movieseries is all about:

Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster, but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To This Horror Movie?

ThePsycho 1960episode ofWTF Happened to This Horror Moviewas Written by Cody Hamman, Edited by Joseph Wilson, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

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