Top Horror Movies (and the rest): Alfred Hitchcock

Considered the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock is a classic director of the horror genre who directed about 60 films between 1922 and 1976. He also had his own show he directed called Alfred Hichcock Presents that ran from 1955 to 1961 for about 17 episodes, which I definitely plan to get on DVD soon. I absolutely love his best movie which of course is 1960's Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles.

The Plot: A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.

Anthony Perkins plays a real creepy murder names Norman Bates that is under the complete domination of his mother even though she is no longer living. This Idea was also taken from the storey of a real serial killer named Ed Gein, here is a link to his bio EdGeinBio. "We all go a little mad sometimes"

Here is a modern trailer someone made that is pretty cool.

Another movie that I love by him is The Birds, which is also a childhood favourite of mine. I remember this movie scaring me but exciting me at the same time when I was real young. Now that I'm older its all just silly good fun to watch again with the famous phone booth scent, people running the streets and the poor children getting knocked over and bitten by the evil swarm of birds. Yay! The Birds was made in 1963 and stars Rod Taylor, Tippi Hendren, Suzanne Pleshette.

The Plot: A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness