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12 hrs ago | The Oregonian

Hitchcock's Hopper: 'Psycho' and more

Over at his spiffy "Alfred Hitchcock Geek" blog, Portland writer Joel Gunz is making a case, eye-opening to me at least, that Hitch's work was heavily influenced by the director's acquaintance with the paintings of Edward Hopper.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Shadow of a Doubt, Film Noir, Crime Movies, Rear Window, Drama Movies, Mystery Movies, Alfred Hitchcock, Vocal

16 hrs ago | This is Hull

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The shrieking violins of Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock's chilling masterpiece - proved horror is all the more effective when it is unseen.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Janet Leigh

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Buffalo News

Thomson takes a brilliant look at defining moment in modern film

They were my personal teen Rites of Spring. It took me years to understand the significance of both.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, Vertigo, Vocal, Alfred Hitchcock, Theater, Arts, TV, Electronics, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Download - Conversations

Robert Forster was a founding member of the Go-Betweens, one of Australia's finest bands.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Pop/Rock, Robert Forster, Australia, World News,

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Electronic House

This Weeka s Blu-rays Keep on Trekkina

This summer's blockbuster Star Trek remake from J.J. Abrams head this week's crop of Blu-ray releases.

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Related Topix: Star Trek, J.J. Abrams, Horror Movies, Thriller, Gus Van Sant, Comedy Movies, Fight Club, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Chasing Amy

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Leaf Chronicle

Archie Bunker's spirit alive, well

I recently dredged up a piece of pop-culture history I haven't thought about in ages.

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Related Topix: All in the Family, Comedy, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Horror Movies, Thriller, Vocal, Alfred Hitchcock, Carroll O'Connor, Contact, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Opinion

Sat Nov 14, 2009

OfficialWire

Van Sant Starts Shooting Film In Oregon

Director Gus Van Sant has begun shooting his latest, as-yet-untitled film in Portland, Ore., Imagine Entertainment announced Friday.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Milk, Crime Movies, Finding Forrester, To Die For, Horror Movies, My Own Private Idaho, Thriller, Drugstore Cowboy

Fri Nov 13, 2009

DailyFill

Robert Pattinson Knows What He Wants

It's Gus Van Sant directing "Breaking Dawn." Because the third Twilight installment isn't beneath the guy who did "Milk" and "Drugstore Cowboy." Although, reminding everybody about that Psycho remake could be a powerful bargaining chip.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Milk, Crime Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Twilight, Horror Movies, Drugstore Cowboy, Gus Van Sant

Wed Nov 11, 2009

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Bait, Written by Bret Easton Ellis, is a Tale of Revenge, With Sharks

American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis has a couple of projects in the works. One is his co-writing deal with Gus Van Sant , where the pair will chronicle the lives and odd, tragic suicides of artist/filmmaker couple Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Horror Movies, Gus Van Sant

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Film School Rejects

Culture Warrior: Horror 1960

Although Halloween has come and gone, the FSR universe of readers and contributors alike have hardly satiated their horror fix, so this week's Culture Warrior presents three movies that were major game-changers for the genre.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Vocal, Alfred Hitchcock, Comedy Movies

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Mary Colurso's Blog & Column - al.com

All shook up? Elvis Perkins insists he's an even-keel kind of guy

Elvis Perkins, second from left, has changed since this photo was taken. "Short hair, glasses, beard," he says.

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Related Topix: Elvis, Rock-N-Roll, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Horror Movies, Thriller, Anthony Perkins

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Cape Gazette

'Murder on Sunset Boulevard' dinner set Nov. 7 in Rehoboth

Foot Light Productions and the Rehoboth Beach Theatre of the Arts will present a dinner and murder mystery event, "Murder on Sunset Boulevard," Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Rehoboth Beach, DE, Horror Movies, Thriller

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Examiner.com

Celebrating Fright Night: Top 25 scary movies for a Halloween movie marathon

Some single parents love a great movie marathon fright night, as if some of our nightmare scenarios have not provided enough adrenalized fear.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Halloween, Life, Holidays, Gregory Peck, Lee Remick

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Press On-Line

Intelligent horror films

PSYCHO: Janet Leigh in the famous shower scene. No really. There are some really good horror and slasher films.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Mixed Martial Arts, Kelly Dullanty, Janet Leigh, Halloween, Crime Movies, The Silence of the Lambs, George A. Romero

Sat Oct 31, 2009

About.com

Do You Have a Psycho Shower Head?

It's Halloween and one of my favorite horror movies is Hitchcock's Psycho . The shower scene with Janet Leigh is the iconic scene from the classic 1960 film.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Horror Movies, Janet Leigh

Fri Oct 30, 2009

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Movie Man: Take a wild ride with Alfred Hitchcock

Back in 1958, when they were working on "North by Northwest," Alfred Hitchcock told screenwriter Ernest Lehman that they weren't making a movie.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Mystery Movies, North by Northwest, Adventure, Rear Window, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Shadow of a Doubt, Film Noir, Saboteur, Horror Movies, Vocal, Alfred Hitchcock, Entertainment

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Associated Content

Comic Book Review: Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO #1-3

Every once in a while I like to take a look back at a comic book classic, or at least one that represents a classic.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Alfred Hitchcock, Vocal, Anne Rice

Telegraph.co.uk

Psycho shower music voted scariest movie theme tune

Composed by Bernard Hermann, the tune reaches a crescendo as Norman Bates stabs Marion to death, leaving her blood to pour down the plughole.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Janet Leigh

Wed Oct 28, 2009

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Geek Deal: Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection for $54

Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day is the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection for $53.99 , 55% off the $120 list price.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Marnie, Frenzy, Crime Movies, The Trouble with Harry, Drama Movies, The Birds, Comedy Movies, Vertigo, Mystery Movies

The Seattle Times

Big screen, big chills: Join Seattle Symphony for 'Psycho'

Accompaniment by Seattle Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; $17-$99 . What's the scariest thing about "Psycho?" The infamous shower scene? A private detective's ill-advised investigation of a motel proprietor's house? An even more ill-advised visit to that house's cellar ...

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Symphony, Arts, Waterfront (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA, Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Starring John Gavin and Martin Balsam

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