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strangers on a train



Because I'm as corny as all hell, I decided that from, this point forward, I will be doing a series of posts related to the upcoming HALLOWEEN holiday. !!! I'm so original, right? shut up.





Anyway, I'm not a big horror film buff. nope. never. they bother me way too much and I tend to dwell on them an unhealthy amount. I shit my pants rather easily.





but there's one person I've been able to appreciate enough and that's Alfred Hitchcock. I know that's a cliche, but I enjoy his work. it's hard to pick a favorite though.

"Notorious" (1946) = CARY GRANT AND INGRID BERGMAN. 'nuff said. gorgeous film; classic noir!

"Psycho" (1961)= one of my favorite movies of all time, believe it or not. just the way the story is told and the unsettling creepiness of Anthony Perkins. I think it was very ahead of its time, in a way. love, love, love this. not as terrifying as it was the first time around I saw it, but I still manage to enjoy every viewing. and for God's sake! do NOT see the remake. or the sequels. bleh.

"Vertigo" (1958)= Jimmy Stewart (awesome!) and two Kim Novaks?...wonderfully shot, wonderfully told, haunting and mesmerizing. oh it's hard not to pop a boner for this, you know.

I've seen a few other ones ("The Birds" was kind of ridiculous to me! and "Rear Window" as much as I WORSHIP Grace Kelly was just...blah! no good to me) but I still have yet to see a lot of the ones I want to (i.e. "STRANGERS ON A TRAIN," "Rope," "Dial M For Murder"). ah well.

what are your favorite Hitchcocks?


haha, cocks.

- The Useless HAUNTED Critic

p.s. there's an awesome "That '70s Show" parody of the best Hitchcock scenes...think "North By Northwest"....here's one of them.
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  1. Ned UsaOctober 19, 2009 at 9:41 AM

    my fav hitchcock that I've seen so far is def Psycho. I saw it on halloween back in HS, and it was the first movie that truly scared me. Hitchcock still does it the best!!!

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  2. CaraOctober 19, 2009 at 4:25 PM

    have you read The Birds (Daphne DuMaurier)? coz for some reason, it scared the living shit out of me. and then so did the movie.

    strangers on a train is the weirdest thing I have ever seen. Jamisen brought it over one night and made we watch it. I was intrigued until about 3/4 of the way through. Then I started youtubing Rilo Kiley.

    north by northwest is superb. eva marie st. is balls-to-the-walls sensual. good, abrupt ending, too. doesn't usually work, you know. but it does for this film.

    you forgot about THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH! CHE SERA, SERA! IT'S A PLACE, NOT A PERSON! BERNARD HERRMANN!

    I watch a lot of TCM with my dad.

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  3. JonathanOctober 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    No Rear Window for you, eh? It does something very few others films could ever pull off (although Hitchcock's Rope also comes to mind... and 12 Angry Men) - have an entire movie take place in one room and make it captivating. Maybe it is just my man crush on James Stewart, but I think Rear Window is probably my favorite Hitchcock. Rebecca, North by Northwest, and Vertigo would round up the rest of my favorites.

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  4. Britt KempOctober 19, 2009 at 11:24 PM

    VALID POINTS EVERYBODY
    N- PROPS. yes, M. Night ain't got nothing on him
    C- NO. I have avoided her but I have "Jamaica Inn." why? because it shared a title with a Tori Amos song. I so cool!
    I HAVE YET TO SEE "NORTHWEST!" fauk
    and I didn't forget about it, I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN IT
    J- noooooope, but Rebecca! gotta to see it

    Daphne DuMaurier stop haunting my blog

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