The screeching strings, the plunging knife, the
slow zoom out from a lifeless eyeball: in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
changed film history forever with its taboo-shattering shower scene. With 78
camera set-ups and 52 edits over the course of 3 minutes, Psycho redefined
screen violence, set the stage for decades of slasher films to come, and
introduced a new element of danger to the moviegoing experience. Aided by a
roster of filmmakers, critics, and fans--including Guillermo del Toro, Bret
Easton Ellis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eli Roth, and Peter Bogdanovich--director
Alexandre O. Philippe pulls back the curtain on the making and influence of
this cinematic game changer, breaking it down frame by frame and unpacking
Hitchcock's dense web of allusions and double meanings. The result is an
enthralling piece of cinematic detective work that's nirvana for film buffs.