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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,969 posts)
Fri Jun 16, 2023, 06:01 AM Jun 2023

On this day, June 16, 1960, "Psycho" was released.

Tue Jun 16, 2020: On this day, June 16, 1960, "Psycho" was released.

“Psycho” opened 60 years ago [on June 16]: #Paramount



I thought it was 74 years ago yesterday? My mistake 🤷🏼‍♂️

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In one theater only?

Psycho (1960 film)

Release date
June 16, 1960 (DeMille Theatre)
September 8, 1960 (United States)

Psycho is a 1960 American psychological horror film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by Joseph Stefano. It stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles, and Martin Balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film centers on an encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane (Leigh), who ends up at a secluded motel after stealing money from her employer, and the motel's owner-manager, Norman Bates (Perkins), and its aftermath.

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On this day, June 16, 1960, "Psycho" was released. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 OP
I knew it was going to be a bad day bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #1
. I went to the theater with my parents. Chipper Chat Jun 2023 #2
I was pretty young when I saw it and KarenS Jun 2023 #3
My mother bundled us up and sent us to the matinee that summer . . . Journeyman Jun 2023 #8
One of the few movies that scared the shit out of me... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2023 #4
Bates Motel is surprisingly good if you haven't seen it Shermann Jun 2023 #5
Bates Motel was outstanding. The cast was as good as it gets. twodogsbarking Jun 2023 #6
My brother, 18, was allowed to go . . . RobertDevereaux Jun 2023 #7

Chipper Chat

(10,030 posts)
2. . I went to the theater with my parents.
Fri Jun 16, 2023, 06:13 AM
Jun 2023

My dad figured out the ending before it was over. I was very impressed.

Journeyman

(15,148 posts)
8. My mother bundled us up and sent us to the matinee that summer . . .
Fri Jun 16, 2023, 11:08 AM
Jun 2023

We ranged from 4 years old to 11. I was 5.

In her defense, she was a single mom raising 4 kids. She worked every waking hour of her day, two and three jobs as a waitress. (Tips were everything!) Guess she had things to do that day, so she thought a matinee would be a nice diversion for us. There were no MPA ratings at the time. She probably never looked at the marquee. It was a matinee. A time for kids.

I was fortunate. We didn't have a shower in the house, only a bath.

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,061 posts)
4. One of the few movies that scared the shit out of me...
Fri Jun 16, 2023, 06:18 AM
Jun 2023

Psychologically speaking.

Sure affected me and shower taking.

Shermann

(8,647 posts)
5. Bates Motel is surprisingly good if you haven't seen it
Fri Jun 16, 2023, 06:43 AM
Jun 2023

I binge watched all five seasons, then watched Psycho I, II, and III. Good stuff! The series is not a true prequel per se and overlaps with the movie, but does the material justice. This isn't Shakespear or anything.

The original was enjoyable, but hasn't aged terribly well. I'd seen it before but it had been a long, long time.

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