Essays About Alfred Hitchcock

The suicide scene begins quite cheerfully. Max and his wife are holding a ball at Manderley for the first time since Rebecca died, and Mrs. Dewinter is trying to look as glamorous as possible for what is her chance to show off herself as the lovely young Bride of Maxim Dewinter. At the front door,…

  The way Hitchcock uses a woman as the evil heroine and a female personality for the murderer is a contrast to modern horror films today. At the end of the film the audience and all the characters within the movie learn that Norman Bates’s alternate mother personality is actually responsible for all the murders….

A Thematic Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s PsychoArts- MoviesA Thematic Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s PsychoAlfred Hitchcock’s Psycho has been commended for forming the archetypical basis of all horror films that followed its 1960 release. The mass appeal that Psycho has maintained for over three decades can undoubtedly be attributed to its universality. In Psycho, Hitchcock allows…

In the opening situation of Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho, we’re at a hotel room where a man named Sam and a woman named Marian are seeing themselves privately. Marian seems like a very respectful woman, however, early in the film we see her steal $40,000 from her boss in the first opportunity she has. She…

ectors of all time bringing murder and mystery to a new light. His films, starting in 1925 with “The Pleasure Garden” and ending in 1976 with the film “Family Plot”, set a precedent for all other directors in the film industry. Many story lines and techniques within the cinematography of Hitchcock are common standards for…