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Psycho is a 1960 American horror film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano , was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch . The film stars Anthony Perkins , Janet Leigh , Vera Miles , John Gavin and Martin Balsam .
The Manhattan Project (1986) – though not about a nuclear war, this was seen as a cautionary tale. Matinee (1993 film) – this film takes place during the Cuban Missile Crisis and dramatizes the lives of Americans about to meet their impending doom. Miracle Mile (1988) – a film about two lovers in Los Angeles leading up to a nuclear war
Similar to spy films, the heist or caper film included worldly settings and hi-tech gadgets, as in the original Ocean's Eleven (1960), Topkapi (1964) or The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). The spaghetti westerns (made in Italy and Spain), were typified by Clint Eastwood films, such as For a Few Dollars More (1965) or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ...
In 1959, the novel Psycho was published. It was marketed as being loosely based on the Wisconsin serial killer and cannibal Ed Gein, after author Robert Bloch, who lived 40 miles away from Gein's farmhouse, learned of the killings shortly before finishing the novel, having independently liked the idea of somebody being able to kill people in a small community and get away with it for years ...
Alma underwent surgery and made a full recovery, but it caused Hitchcock to imagine, for the first time, life without her. [191] Hitchcock shooting the shower scene of Psycho (1960) Hitchcock followed up with three more successful films, which are also recognised as among his best: North by Northwest, Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963).
The franchise is loosely based on the novel Psycho (1959) by Robert Bloch. Pages in category "Psycho (franchise) films" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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