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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Who saw Psycho on first release? Aug 6^th, 2015 at 11:50am Hands up. And did it spook you?
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #1 - Aug 6^th, 2015 at 1:29pm me.. scared the bejeebers out of me..... the original still would I reckon... .. I have just read Alfred Hitchcock by peter ackroyd...seems Alfred didnt have any idea how the film would turn out..he basically used his own money...he was very good at picking the right music as well..
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #2 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 3:29pm Me too cods. I think I probably did the Mr Bean thing with the jumper. That Peter Ackroyd is a master biographer. I read his biography of Charles Dickens, just so full of detail.
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Raven Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2982 Around	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #3 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 3:59pm 24 years before Raven's time though he has seen it. it was enjoyable however failed to illicit the scared response.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #4 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 4:04pm You have to try and picture back in the day it was probably the most horrific thing to come to the screen.
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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5824 Gender:	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #5 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 4:25pm Psycho was a bit before my time. I think the scariest movie I saw when I was young was When a Stranger Calls. It's the only time I can ever remember actually jumping in my seat. It's probably quite lame now.
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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5824 Gender:	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #6 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 4:26pm My oldest son's girlfriend is a screamer during scary movies. For the life of me I cannot understand how people can actually be so scared that they scream during a movie.
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Reply #7 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 4:51pm

I've seen them all vampires, werewolves, Jason, Halloween and psycho, etc etc.

The only movie that scared the bejesus out of me was the Exorcist.

The Greek freaked me out too...!!!

I was only a kid at the time when I saw it and we got in on our second go, got dressed up to look older.

After reading that 6 women fainted on the opening night in Sydney we were determined to get in one way or another.

Must admit it's a movie I don't care to see again, and if I do it will be during the day.

Ending up seeing something similar at the drive one night about a woman who was pregnant with Satan's child I have never been able to find out the title of this movie, I only saw it that once, that was scary too!!!!

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Black Orchid Gold Member Offline Posts: 5824 Gender:	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #8 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 4:55pm Rosemary's Baby?
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Ajax Gold Member Offline CO2 has never controlled temperature on Earth Posts: 11064 Australia Gender:	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #9 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 5:17pm Black Orchid wrote on Aug 7^th, 2015 at 4:55pm: Rosemary's Baby? Could've been not sure..?? Don't know just checked it out on the tube cant really remember...!!!
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Reply #10 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 5:26pm

Black Orchid wrote on Aug 7^th, 2015 at 4:55pm:

Rosemary's Baby?

that was good and scary but you knew what was happening.. at least had some idea....

.with Psycho you just werent prepared for any of it...Hitchcock was a master at that surprise..

cant say as anyone has come close to him .. most films today rely on sci fi.... not the same..

the Shining... however anything with Jack Nicholson in it was always going to be scary.

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Ajax Gold Member Offline CO2 has never controlled temperature on Earth Posts: 11064 Australia Gender:	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #11 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 5:30pm One of the best.
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 61226 Here Gender:	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #12 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 5:33pm Who saw Psycho on first release? Seen the movie but it was released in 1960 anyone who seen it would be at least 75 and probably older. I didn't like it, the Bates family were nutters.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Who saw Psycho on first release? Reply #13 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 5:39pm Dnarever wrote on Aug 7^th, 2015 at 5:33pm: Who saw Psycho on first release? Seen the movie but it was released in 1960 anyone who seen it would be at least 75 and probably older. I didn't like it, the Bates family were nutters. he didnt ask if you LIKED it..
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Reply #14 - Aug 7^th, 2015 at 5:52pm

I recently watched the Evil Dead trilogy for the first time. Not at all scary but good for a laugh. Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi and (later) Robert Tapert who all worked together on Xena and Hercules made the first Evil Dead for next to nothing.

It has a cult following and I thought it might be a bit scary but it was truly hilarious. Grin

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