Alfred Hitchcock Movies

Hi, Hitchcock was quite successful in horrors or suspense movies. But I must say, his movies lacked intelligence in several cases. The suspense still dominated in most of the times. Vertigo and Psycho is probably his most remarkable movies. The film Psycho has turned into a legend. When other film-makers of the genre were taking strides Hitchcock took a leap. He never stopped experimenting with movie-making until he made something revolutionary. Now we have advanced technologies and so many good scripts to choose from. Sometimes it is hard for us to consider Hitchcock movies worth watching more than once. But at the time these movies were made, they actually revolutionized movie-making. Thanks. God bless you

There's no doubt Alfred Hitchock was a genius. Like you I very much liked the movie vertigo. I also really liked Rebecca, even though the movie differed from the book it was based on. I also liked North by Northwest. I did not care very much for Psycho or the Birds.

I love Hitchcock films. Although Psycho is too scary for me. My favorite is a toss up between Shadow of a Doubt and Notorious. Shadow of a Doubt because the villain isn't some scary stranger, but the beloved uncle of the main character. Notorious because I loved Cary Grant's acting.

Hitchcock was a genius, he made movies which drew you into the story and then embellished them with breathtaking techniques, such as the surreal spinning technique in Vertigo to try and illustrate the effects that vertigo had on James Stewarts character. Absolutely brilliant and it is testament to the creative talent of Hitchcock that so many prominent directors have since tried to imitate him, such as Brian De Palma who gave us the Hitchcock inspired "Body Double". There are so many great Hitchcock movies that it's hard to single out one as being an out and out favourite but I do like "To Catch a Thief" because it's one of the least stereotypical Hitchcock films with the cat n mouse relationship between Cary Grant's John Robie and Grace Kelly as Frances Stevens being the main focus of the action. What is a crying shame is that those who watch Hitchcock for the first time now miss out on what made his movies so great, so inspirational. They see his techniques as old hat without realising that many had never been done before. And even more sadly don't appreciate what a great storyteller he was because new audiences tend to veer towards star names and effects rather than clever stories and find his focus on the story as too much to handle. Basically without Hitchcock we wouldn't have half of the movies which are being made these days.

Alfred Hitchock knew how to make movies. he was a dierector beyond his time! He was the father of the psychological thriller! I can't see a bird in the sky and not think if his fim "The Birds." Even with all of the other psycho movie remakes that have been made, i still prefer to watch the original. My children like to make fun of me for watching it. they want to know why I would want to watch an old movie. I just tell them that it's a classic!

Hello amybrezik, I agree with all your comments with Alfred Hitchock movies. They are scary and done with many props compared to today movie with all the computer generated software they use. I also still like the black and white movies for the scary movies I guess it reminds me when i made shadows on the walls before I went to bed etc... I wish they bring back black and whites movies and use some of the famous stars now and see how they do with it and could they cope with very little props or make up? Thanks and have a great day! Sincerely unique16

I love his short movies. I used to watch Alfred Hitchcock short movies every week. The duration only about an hour. Since they were so many, I don't remember the title.But I don't know about the long movies, I don't think i ever watch any. But I agree with you, his story doesn't have visual scaryness, but the story, the aura, and the music, can make you remember about the movie, and be scared for a few days after.