The "Psycho" house gives me the chills just looking at it.

Psycho is and always will be my favorite horror film of all time. What makes me love it, is the ending when Norman stares at the camera and slowly turns that face into a smile. Its so twisted , and didn't involve any blood or guts, just truly cinematic art. The best !

@robindew9072

Жыл бұрын

Spooky and scary scene. Best ever

@MultiKs22

9 ай бұрын

joelampo 1 psycho is also remembered for the famous shower scene . where the lady is showering and then he plunges her with the knife and then you hear her scream .

Well made, no loud music, no speed talking, good video, able to concentrate and follow his story.

I watched that movie at a drive in theater in the early 60’s. I loved it!

The shower scene still gives me chills.. great video guys 👍

MICHAEL AND JESSICA..... This video deserves an award. The information, scene lineup's and time that was taken is amazing. I lived in Arizona for 15 year's and didn't know I was walking those same streets where the movie was filmed. You both are awesome and would like to see your channel continue to grow in viewership and contributions.

@tombstoneblues1023

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@thomasmckinney6910

2 жыл бұрын

So true ! These two have one of the sickest KZread channels love this stuff

@flmlvr

Жыл бұрын

I so totally echo Dan "The Breaking News Man". "Psycho" has been a fascination of mine since - believe it or not - the release of "Jaws". And that is because the audience reaction to "Jaws" was compared to that of "Psycho", so naturally it got me curious (I was 15 when "Jaws" was released). I must have been a Pioneer in the "Psycho" fascination category, cause in just a few years a sequel was announced (and Part II is very good btw), and a book on the making of the film would be released around 1989 I believe. I don't know whether to yell "Spoiler" - but one of the most fascinating things I learned about the making of the movie was this: It was well known that Perkins was in New York rehearsing for a play when the shower scene was filmed. It wasn't until just before the book was published that we learned that the person who doubled for Perkins........was a woman. Now why tell you all this? Because this video is proof to me there were STILL things to learn about the making of a movie that nobody associated with the film could ever have predicted 62 years ago. To them, this was just a small budget high-quality quickly-made film that they didn't think would make movie history. I think even the makers of the movie would have been blown away by the thought, research, and execution of this video. I don't know what else to say other than "OMG Michael and Jessica. Great Job!!!"

I just finished watching the documentary The making of Psycho. Thanks so much for this presentation. You are always so spot on. I love the nostalgia. I'm actually happy the old hotel or building is still in Phoenix for the opening shot. I need to see that someday. 1959 and 1960 were so much more of a simpler time in America. Always relish it.

Very cool!... One of my favorite movies!... Thanks for posting! Don't forget... "We all go a little mad sometimes... Haven't you?" - Norman Bates.

@normanpearson8753

2 жыл бұрын

My name's Norman ,and ,yes .I must admit to eating After 8 Mints at 6.40 .

As an avid Psycho and Hitchcock fan, I salute this awesome video and your hard work in putting it together! What a gem!

Interesting Fact: Bernard Hermann was the composer who wrote the score for Psycho and what set him apart from his contemporaries in 1960, is that he demonstrated through the famous “Psycho Suite” that one didn’t need a complete orchestra (woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, etc) to create a score which was the common belief and practice. He relied on strings ONLY and it was very effective thus becoming one of the most famous film scores in history of cinema. Also Hitchcock’s wife often assisted her famous husband with some of the film editing. When they reviewed the shower scene with the close-up of Janet Leigh’s eye, she discovered that Leigh’s eye was following the camera slightly which would have ruined the illusion of her character being dead, so they had to re-shoot the scene being sure her eye remained perfectly still.

@RD3D-1

2 жыл бұрын

It was Herrmann's intention to "complement the black-and-white photography with a black-and-white score", according to his biographer Steven Smith. Reference: www.npr.org/2000/10/30/1113215/bernard-herrmanns-score-to-psycho Out of the 26 takes of the camera moving away from Janet Leigh's eye, they deemed only 1 to be usable; and in that one, they discovered after production she took a breath. In covering it they needed to cut away to the shower head. Reference: www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/interviews/psycho-shower-scene-alfred-hitchcock

@incrediblesimilarity5858

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Moony what makes you Loony ? (Grin Wink Wink) 😉

@moonytheloony6516

2 жыл бұрын

@@incrediblesimilarity5858 That would be Irish Car Bombs…

@lesleyrussell8200

2 жыл бұрын

and ¿ did you know that carpenter copied psycho for his halloween 78?

@moonytheloony6516

2 жыл бұрын

@@lesleyrussell8200 In what way did he copy Psycho?

So awesome to see where a cinema masterpiece was shot. To me, it's holy ground.

This is one Tennessean who absolutely loves the various shooting locations in and around the LA area. At 67, I become a kid in remembering the scenes such as we have experienced in this tour.

@mattmaly5085

2 жыл бұрын

Okay Jimmy thank you

@bobroma

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattmaly5085 👈Super Troll

I just wanted to say thank you both for taking the time to film all these great locations for us!

The black & white was perfect for this video! Good stuff!

I still check for prep holes when I stay at a hotel or motel and camera lol too many horror movies

I did a VIP tour at Universal Studios with my Mum in 2006, & we stopped off & walked around the Psycho part of the backlot tour, which was an amazing experience. I was also fortunate enough to have seen it as a kid without knowing any of the twists.

A lot of people don’t know this, but the place where the man stops in the middle of the cross walk and stares at the woman in the car was influence for Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction’s Marcellus Wallace stopping in the middle of the cross walk and staring at Butch when he was trying to get away after going back to get his father’s watch that his girlfriend mistakenly left in his apartment

@KristineS73

2 жыл бұрын

Very true !

@maxmusic5380

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a pretty obvious reference

@Nefaustis

2 жыл бұрын

Wow very cool!!!

@treetopjones737

Жыл бұрын

He's known for stealing things from old films ( though young fans have no idea ). Also he stole the briefcase idea from "Kiss Me Deadly."

@robinfereday6562

Жыл бұрын

I knew that

They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly.'

@nadhiefffath7733

4 ай бұрын

"THE END"

@boborrahood

Ай бұрын

Only one correction in your quote of monologue by Mother- "YOU'RE not even gonna swat that fly..."

I'm a HUGE Hitchcock fan and a California girl. I love seeing all these local spots and knowing Hitch was filming there. So cool. 💗💗

The genius is that you can experience the movie twice with 2 different feels. 1st time is the shock of the final reveal, 2nd view you know he's bat shit crazy and it has a whole new creepiness.

That was fun, thanks. Psycho is my favorite Hitchcock film and it was great to see the filming locations then and now.

No-one has ever spoken like Hitchcock before or since. Absolute legend.

This movie a true classic and I never get tired of watching it. Awesome job and research on this video.

Brilliantly done. You guys keep getting better and better.

This was FANTASTIC... the best video of it's kind I've yet seen. I particularly liked your use of B&W (oh, how I miss it), along with Bernard Herrmann's incredible, haunting score. Kudos! Btw, I had ALWAYS thought that those dry, empty hills in "Psycho" looked a lot like Gorman (which I learned from you that they were), that I would always pass by on my way to Frazier Park, a beautiful, pine tree-filled mountain area just north of there where John Schneider of "Dukes of Hazzard" now lives. I've never seen hills that like look like these, as barren as the moon.

Hell yeah, this will drown my pain for 18 and half minutes. Needed this!

Great stuff! This channel sets the standard for movie locations! I also get that buzz when seeing unchanged areas used in films, especially when so much time has passed! I was in Rome in 2013 and made a point of checking out all the areas used in William Wyler's 'Roman Holiday' starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, 60 years earlier in 1953. Unsurprisingly, everything was exactly the same. As you say, it was crazy cool!

@Alexander-tj2dn

Жыл бұрын

Rome is not LA, it never changes.

This is AMAZING ! Thank you so much. This is very very very interesting. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Love From Sweden 🇸🇪

I have seen Psycho about 100 times, and after seeing your presentation, I will now notice the architectural details and telephone poles that were mere background before. (Why the "air quotes" at 8:38? She WAS tired!) It is also fun to notice small, deliberately chosen details. like the way Marion wears her wristwatch. Thanks!

Oh boy! Thank you ❤️ I just watched this film a few days ago 🔪 One of my all-time favorites.

@mattmaly5085

2 жыл бұрын

Oh boy

@bobroma

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattmaly5085 👈Super Duper Troll

Great call to do the video in black & white. It made the comparison between the timelines come to life. Always watching, enjoying your videos. Thanks for the hard work.

I'm curious if the owners of the current dealership even knew they were a shooting location for "Psycho"? Your use of Hermann's brilliant score reminds us of just how essential his music is to Hitchcock's films. Your future visit to SF should be interesting for "Vertigo." Sooo many locations for that movie are still around. Great stuff!

@stuartdunn4365

2 жыл бұрын

I went to visit the apartment from Vertigo in SF. It has been completely remodeled and a high wall is around the property now. I heard the owners got tired of people taking photos.

@chuckfan1

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the dealership knows Plenty of videos online about locations for this movie.. In one of them, as they are showing the dealership, you can see lots of people in the background taking pictures also

@SUPERFLY-ky7yh

2 жыл бұрын

Musical scores of Hitchcock was brilliant. Nice observation.

@johnbowman1076

2 жыл бұрын

@@stuartdunn4365 Right. I saw that last time I was in SF (2019). It's right after you take the tourists' drive down the curvy Lombard street. (on the left).

I love the attention to detail. Just found your channel like a month ago and its great!

@DeadRising25

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly the same for me.

@anettie76

2 жыл бұрын

I just found it today and subscribed after watching like 4 videos. It's so much fun to watch these videos. Something we all wish we had the time to do.

@DinosaurLover78

2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@mordecaiesther3591

2 жыл бұрын

GRIMM this is a masterpiece . Jesus bless you !

You're the best Michael, one of my favorite movie of all time 🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯

I was so excited to see this....couldn't click on this fast enough. Great work once again. And Jessica is beautiful and stylish as always.

I love Psycho Norman Bates plus I love the mother and the music threw the Trilogy

I've always liked films which featured criminals who run afoul of someone (or something) worse than the criminals. Corman, Hitchcock and Tarantino used such a plotline. I saw "Psycho" when it first premiered. Thank you, Alfred Hitchcock, cast/crew, Bernard Herrmann, and Universal Studios. Thanks, grimmlifecollective.

Love the black and white filming. Very clever. It also brings out the high quality of your camerawork and cinematography.

"We all go a little mad sometimes". Such a great and iconic line. Fun fact: The original location of the Psycho house on the Universal backlot is where the Chicken Ranch (House of a 1000 Corpses) sits today. Just above the JAWS lake. Fantastic video, Michael!!!

@bobroma

2 жыл бұрын

@@blueplanet6542 True. But maybe not everyone took the tram tour.......bruh!

@bobroma

2 жыл бұрын

@BoxingGenis You are welcome. Would LOVE to visit England one day.Cheers!!

@surf101-

2 жыл бұрын

@@blueplanet6542 Pump your brakes lil Squad. He's helping out people who have never been to Universal Studios.

@efandmk3382

2 жыл бұрын

"A boy's best friend is his Mother."

@bobroma

2 жыл бұрын

@@efandmk3382 Yes. A great, if not somewhat creepy, line!

Once again great work you two but one thing I thought was strange there was no traffic in Phoenix.

The inspiration for the Psycho house came from the Edward Hopper painting The House By the Railroad 1925

@caveman3021

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting thanks! : )

@boborrahood

Ай бұрын

@@caveman3021 Please see my reply to that somewhat common misinformation about the inspirtation for the Bates house in Psycho, from Hitchcock himself, circa 1966.

Ha, I've been on that tram tour back in the early 80s. The house was incredibly eerie. We were just out of high school and we were hitting all the hot spots,Universal studios,Hollywood sign, wax museum, Disneyland, Knottsberry Farm, everything. We even made it to Burbank and were in the audience for a game show "can't remember the name". We also went and made it to the tonight show. Greatest vacation ever. Thanks so much for your hard work making this video. Brings back great memories.😉

Literally my favorite director and one of my favorite movies of all time. Hitchcock was the innovator of modern horror. He did everything first. Thank YOU for these great videos. Iconic

I remember seeing the Psycho house on top of the hill during the tour at Universal Studios in 1980

@juliepetersen7974

2 жыл бұрын

It was still on top of the hill in June 1989 when I was there. Even with my average camera, I got some great shots of it!!

@garethjudd5840

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliepetersen7974 Me too. I was10 and used one of those disposable cameras 📷

@californiahiker9616

2 жыл бұрын

… and I was surprised how small it was!

Recently found you - your Birds & Psycho vlogs are THE BEST Film Location videos I have ever seen!! Your research and attention to details are amazing! Film clips, splicing & editing are better than the "professionals". Think what I enjoy most is your passion in narration & what you do! Love the classics - looking forward to your video on Vertigo.

I luv all your videos! Very informative! Your videos should be in the "Extras" in the DVD movie or blu-ray. Keep up the good work!! 👍👍

Great video again guys. 👍 Can’t believe I’ve never watched Psycho.

Omg love!!! Please please please do a Vertigo locations tour. That one is my fave of all of Hitchcock’s movies. So much so that I named my daughter Madeleine. I took her to the mission San Juan Bautista where a good chunk if action occurred when she was one.

Awesome thank you for sharing 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Totally BLOWN AWAY. Every time I saw this on TV as a kid the first sequence was missing. The movie started just as she drives away and sees he boss cross the street. EXCELLENT!

Thank you for this homage to Hitchcock's Psycho. It is my favorite of his films.

Leave my motel alone, we have stuff buried in the swamp my son and me.. ⚰⚰💀💀💀🚗🚘

The way you transition from scene to location is so well done!

I've never watched Psycho. I've seen the shower scene of course and a few minutes here and there, but never the entire movie. Your video has sparked my interest, I'll have to watch it now! Thanks for the great video!

Brilliant ! one of my favourite Hitchcock movies ,spot on as always.well done!

So cool..I love Anthony Perkins & the Physcho movies are one of my faves ...thanks for showing the locations ..love your channel..love you both..stay safe...stay awesome 🥰☮️✌️

Love your videos! Started this morning with SALEMS LOT and now KZread proposes me your PSYCHO video. Great work! Greetings from Belgium

It always satisfied my whole appetite when you Hitchcock. You are so DEAD on.

I've read that the dates the events of "Psycho" are taking place were changed to ones in December, precisely because Christmas decorations were up when the intersection scene was filmed.

Thank you very much for uploading your filming location trips. I enjoy alot to watch them.

Well done…explaining the aura (it’s place in time and space) in Hitchcock’s art!

HELLO. WOW THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW US THE FAMOUS LOCATIONS. PSYCHO IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES. GREAT VIDEO. DONE VERY WELL.

You never cease to amaze. Thank you for all your hard work and delivering great content!

I remember those cross your heart giant bras lol foundation garment

Great movie that's still creepy today, more than sixty years later! John Carpenter's Halloween series owes such a huge debt to this. Also, it was nice meeting you guys at the meetup at Halloween Depot last night. I was the guy with the Plan 9 T-shirt.

Loved how they made out Norman Bates coming out carrying the girl from motel room, then to walk towards the tram, the Tour ladys acting was good too :) made me chuckle lol

Awesome episode! This film made me afraid of seedy motels.

During Horror Nights, they used to let you walk up the stairs to the mansion and interact with a Norman character. A dream come true for any discerning horror fan!

@thehollowseance

2 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping that the terror tram comes back this year so you can do this again

Great job! Enjoyed seeing what you found

Very Cool. Psycho is one of my favorite movies. It's a classic. Great directing, great acting, amazing camera work and beautifully haunting music.

This is my absolute all time favorite movir

Never fail to impress with your movies. Thank you from Australia.

Great film, and attention to detail. Keep up the great work you both do.

So happy to meet you guys at the Horrorville pop up. Thanks for taking the time and meeting my family. Happy Halloween!!!

I love the black and white quality of the video. It's a nice touch and shows dedication.

Amazing attention to detail in your videos..brilliant..i get glued to the screen like watching a horror film.

By far the absolute most remarkable, detailed, and well-explained film-location video ever produced. You excel at what you do!

As a kid this scared me to death, now I watch it at Halloween every year. My favorite childhood movie.

I seen this not long after it was released. Surely scared the hell out of me.!😟..you line up your locations perfectly..💯👍👍

Thank you for all the effort you guys put in to make this fantastic video. As a decades-long "Psycho" geek, this was awesome to see!

That is super cool. I've been to Gorman, California many times while going to and from LA and didn't have a clue. I would love to see you do one from the 1971 Movie Duel starring Dennis Weaver. The attention to detail is spectacular.

What I cant believe is how few cars there are in that intersection and in that area of phoenix in general. Hardly any cars passed you when filming. Crazy!

Great location guys classic film and nice touch with the black and white 👌 thanks for sharing 👍look forward to the next location

Jessica looks like a classic Hollywood star in black and white! Dope video guys!

Now we're talkin!

Highly watchable! A movie lovers dream!

Holy crap @11:12 I was actually stuck at this intersection on my most recent road trip. I took the Gorman Road exit to avoid an overturned big rig on I-5N and didn't want to be stuck in the miles long traffic. I had no clue Hitchcock filmed a scene here for Psycho. What made me remember was the gas station and the grassy hilly side as I was looking up at the other vehicles stuck in traffic. What a trip!

Fantastic video as always! Psycho being such an iconic film, it's interesting to see the locations then and now. ✌️❤️🤘

Another fantastic video, i can only imagine the amount of research that goes into finding these long forgotten filming locations, however they might be forgotten to most people but not to people like me, you and your subs who love all the old horror movies, I'm 56 now, and i never get bored with watching them over again. all those iconic scenes are still as fresh to me as they were when i first saw those movies. Keep doing what you're doing, you're making an old horror fan very happy👍👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

I love how in the tram tour, you can always see ‘Mother’ in the upper window of the Psycho House

Love this video about a classic film and one of my favorites. Love the period fashions, hairstyles, cars, architecture. And the eerie music adds a lot of mystery and suspense to the film.

Bloomin’ marvellous video. Great picture quality and production values as always. I love the original Psycho but as somebody previously commented, there’s something extra special about Psycho II.

@caveman3021

2 жыл бұрын

There was a big chance they could have screwed it up, and they didn't! I also loved Psycho 2 : )

@bobroma

2 жыл бұрын

I loved Psycho 2 as well. Good call guys!!👍

You guys are the very best at doing then and now shots and framing your work, both visually and with great info.

@mattmaly5085

2 жыл бұрын

Okay Amy you too! Thanks for Everything

@bobroma

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattmaly5085 👈Asshat

It’s awesome you filmed in black and white! For those who haven’t watched them, Psycho 2-4 are definitely worth watching! It continues Norman’s story and makes him such an interesting character.

Looks great in B&W. Great job with the history. With such great attention, 200K subs this year you two.

Years of paranoid showers after watching this movie. 🔪🩸😱🚿

Loved this!🎃👻☠️🥰

I lived in the Phoenix area for over 40 years and recognize every street and building that you showed. During my time there, the Phoenix area has exploded in size and freeways. When I got there, the only freeway that went through Phoenix was I-17. Initially, the west side of town only extended to around 43rd Ave. Now it goes past 150th Ave. If you go to Phoenix, don't forget to see the flashing neon "Vacancy" sign, south of the Durango curve on I-17. That sign is over the Durango Street Jail. I also visited Universal Studios and saw the house. At the time, the house was on a hill. The tour guide said that the house was actually 3/4 scale to make the house look further away and creepier. You can't go in the house because it mostly just a frame.

@susannyysti869

2 жыл бұрын

I still live in Phoenix, and have walked those areas many a times

@susannyysti869

2 жыл бұрын

The vacancy sign is no longer here

@perdizes1954

7 ай бұрын

What a pity @@susannyysti869

Thanks. That was a fun video. I’ve been on the backlot tour, and saw Norman loading someone in the trunk of the car. Norman came up toward our tram and frightened us off, too. Great memories. 😎

This is my all time favorite Hitchcock movie. Love seeing the filming locations! Well done