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Alfred Hitchcock’s landmark masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates, whose old dark house and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. No one knows that better than Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), the ill-fated traveller whose journey ends in the notorious “shower scene.” First a private detective, then Marion’s sister (Vera Miles) searches for her, the horror and the suspense mount to a terrifying climax where the mysterious killer is fi nally revealed. It took seven days to shoot the shower scene, seventy camera setups and forty-fi ve seconds of this now famous footage - and not an actual bare breast or plunging knife is to be found in the fi nal cut, just illusion through montage.

BONUS FEATURES:

• The Making of Psycho  
• In the Masters Shadow:Hitchcocks legacy  
• Hitchcock/Truffaut  
• Newsreel footage: The release of Psycho  
• The Shower Scenes: With and without music  
• The Shower Sequence:Storyboards by Saul Bass  
• The Psycho Archives  
• Poster and Psycho Ads  
• Lobby Cards  
• Behind the scenes photographs  
• Publicity Shots  
• Psycho Theatrical Trailer  
• Psycho Re-release Trailers  
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Lamb to the Slaughter"  
• Feature Commentary With Stephen Rebello, author of "Alfred Hichcock and the Making of Psycho."  
• Psycho Sound