Showing posts with label Alfred Hitchcock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alfred Hitchcock. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

What Makes A Movie Scary?-- Part 3: Freddie and That Giant Skull


**  Means I've seen it.

**  A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET  (1984)--  The movie that gave us blade-fingered Freddie Kreuger.  Don't go to sleep or he'll get you.  Freddie's kind of a funny guy at times.

**  THE OMEN  (1976)--  Hey, Damien is the demon child.

**  POLTERGEIST  (1982)--  That spooky old tree scared me, but not as bad as that huge skull coming out of the closet.  I almost had to leave the theater when that happened.  Man, that was scary.

**  PSYCHO  (1960)--  Alfred Hitchcock's mama's boy goes awry.  You can check in, but I don't know about checking out.

**  ROSEMARY'S BABY  (1968)--  It's a slow-builder, but creepier the whole time.

Scared Yet?  --DaCootBoo

Monday, October 30, 2017

The More "Psycho" You Get- Part 1: Horror Movies By-the-Numbers-- Part 1


From the October 29, 2017, Chicago Tribune "'Psycho' pay gap, movie blood, zombies and more"  LA Times.

Here are some numbers to eat.

$806,947--  Estimated budget of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960)

$40,000--  What Anthony Perkins was paid for hsi role in psycho.

$35,000--  What Janet Leigh was paid for "Psycho."

$40,000--  The amount Leigh's character Marion Crane stole in "Psycho."

$32 million--  Estimated domestic gross of "Psycho,"  Hitchcock's most profitable film.

What's That Sound?  --CootScared