Psycho Movie Facts


Psycho is such a special movie. I spent a lot of time at Universal Studios as a child. If you live in California, you get a discount on your ticket! They have the actual Bates motel and mansion on the property. The Psycho House and Bates Motel were originally built close to Singapore Lake (now Jaws Lake). It’s been moved at least three times. You can even see Mother in the window, but Norman Bates chases your tour train! Wildly enough, I didn’t know the twist in Psycho until I saw the movie for myself as a teenager! Here’s a picture I took the last time I was there. You can kind of see her in the window!
Here a few of my favorite facts from the movie, Psycho!
πŸ”ͺ Mother is voiced by three different people, Paul Jasmin, Virginia Gregg, and and Jeanette Nolan
πŸ”ͺPsycho is the first American film to show a toilet
πŸ”ͺ Psycho is Alfred Hitchcock’s most successful film. It made thirty two million dollars at the North American Box office and it also gave Hitchcock his fifth and final Oscar nomination for best director. He didn’t win, in fact he never won and Oscar. Janet Leigh was nominated for best supporting actress, and John L. Russell was nominated for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. 
πŸ”ͺ Walt Disney thought Psycho was a “disgusting” movie. For this, Alfred Hitchcock was not allowed to film Disneyland for a later project. 
 πŸ”ͺ The film is loosely based on a novel by Robert Bloch. The novel is loosely based on grave robber and murderer Ed Gein. 
πŸ”ͺ It can be argued that Psycho is a Christmas movie. It takes place in December  and there are Christmas decorations at the beginning of the movie. πŸ˜‚
πŸ”ͺ  The movies line “ A boy‘s best friend is his mother.” was voted as the 56th movie quote by the American film Institute.
πŸ”ͺ Anthony Perkins with later direct and star in Psycho Three. He would later acknowledge he was typecasted because of playing Norman Bates, but he had no regrets. 
 πŸ”ͺThe blood in the film is actually Hershey’s syrup!
πŸ”ͺ Norman Bates’ love of candy corn was improvised by Anthony Perkins.
πŸ”ͺ Psycho was Alfred Hitchcock‘s first horror movie.
πŸ”ͺ The film has three sequels, a terrible remake, and A prequel  television series.
πŸ”ͺIn 1992, the US Library of Congress deemed  the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. It’s considered by many to be the greatest horror film of all time. 

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