Quote from hapaboy:
There's an even scarier one out there entitled "William Jefferson Clinton: Profile of Integrity."
Hapaboy, I would be interested in why everything has to be political with you?
Granted, Optional started this with his comment on Bush. But no matter what your politics are, Optional's comment was humorous. Yours really was not. Why so compelled to even respond?
Quote from vulture:
...Hitchcock comes to mind as a true legend as well cause when you see a movie like The Birds you can remember all of those times that some random birds flew close to you and you wondered if they were threatening...A movie like Psycho where you are staying in a motel and know that someone else has the key to the room...It's all the sense of the unknown that borders on reality that makes this stuff so scary...
I agree, Psycho was a true horror classic. And a Hitchcock masterpiece. What really made Hitchcock an "original" was his recurring plots of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances. I think this was a great part of the appeal of his films. The audience could identify (usually) with whatever character found him/herself in bizarre situations. This element or "reality" brought the horror closer to home for so many. It became possible to relate to the characters. So very different from the old Universal classics (Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy, etc.), in which the fantasy was so far removed from anything we could relate to. Of course that did not make these far fetched horror films less frightening. But when the movie was over, you never had the feeling "that could have happened to me".."what would I have done?".
And, "The Birds"....for whatever reason, a lot of people have an innate fear of birds. Like some have of snakes, etc. But birds are just so ubiquitous. And hence, more of a "threat" to a wider audience. Hitchcock was unique in his day, and now so often imitated. Which, as they say, is the greatest form of flattery.
Peace, and good trading....bell about to ring. Knock 'em dead guys!
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