‘Psycho’: The Little But Important Details You Might Have Missed
Stuck at home? So is ScreenCrush’s Matt Singer — which is why he’s watching things streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, Criterion, Tubi, and elsewhere, and then writing about what he finds. If you want to suggest something for him to watch and write about, find him on Twitter. Previous installments of this column can be found here.
Today’s Film:
Psycho (1960)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Joseph Stefano
Stars: Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles
Box Office Total: $32 million
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96 percent
Currently Streaming On: Peacock
Why I Watched It: I’m still working my way around the Peacock streaming library. NBCUniversal owns the rights to many of Hitchcock’s American movies, so Peacock has an entire “collection” of his work. The majority are in Peacock’s pay tier, but the four most famous titles — Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, and The Birds — are all free to watch with ads. Last week, after everyone else in my house was asleep, I decided to put on Psycho for the umpteenth time ahead of its 60th anniversary. Like pretty much every other time I’ve watched it, I found new things I had never noticed before. (I’m going to assume you have seen Psycho before reading this, but regardless SPOILERS are ahead for this 60-year-old thriller.)
Gallery — Little Details You Might Have Missed in Death Becomes Her: