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The Queer-Coded Villain in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Strangers on a Train’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

March 18, 2024 Joe Lipsett Alfred Hitchcock, Farley Granger, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train

Carousel After spending time with Neil Jordan’s not-campy-enough stalker film Greta (listen) and Olivier Assayas’ Kristen Stewart starring 2016 thriller Personal Shopper (listen), it’s time to revisit Alfred Hitchcock with a look at his 1951 film, Strangers on a Train. In the film, eccentric and unbalanced Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) approaches successful tennis player Guy Haines (Rope‘s […]

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5 of This Week’s Coolest Horror Collectibles Including Nostalgic VHS Boxes from Spirit Halloween

September 22, 2023 Alex DiVincenzo Alfred Hitchcock, Blue Steel, Killer Collectibles, Scrooged, Suspiria, The Further

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more. Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week! The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection: Volume 3 4K UHD Box Set from Universal Five more Alfred Hitchcock movies are coming to […]

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Forces of Nature: The Power of Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ 60 Years Later

September 15, 2023 Brian Keiper Alfred Hitchcock, Editorials, Gods and Monsters, Movies, The Birds

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds has become such an acknowledged classic and even cultural touchstone that it is easy to forget how revolutionary it was upon its 1963 release. For the Master of Suspense himself, it was a departure in many ways from his previous work while still a testament to his craft and devotion to […]

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Revisiting William Friedkin’s Horror TV Contributions from “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” to “Tales from the Crypt”

August 11, 2023 Meagan Navarro Alfred Hitchcock, Editorials, Tales From the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, William Friedkin

Filmmaker William Friedkin forever changed horror with 1974’s The Exorcist, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. He returned to the genre again in 1980 with the Giallo-like thriller Cruising and fearlessly got weird with gory folk horror The Guardian in 1990. Fearless perfectly encapsulates Friedkin’s style and his approach to life; he was never afraid to speak his […]

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‘Barbie’ – Weird Barbie’s House Was Inspired by the Norman Bates House from ‘Psycho’

July 28, 2023 John Squires Alfred Hitchcock, Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Kate McKinnon, Movies, Psycho

On its way to $1 billion at the worldwide box office, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is a smash hit success by any possible metric, becoming a true pop culture moment in just one week of release. Gerwig’s bold take on the iconic Mattel toy line is winning over audiences and critics alike, and it’s no surprise […]

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The Many Queer Readings of Norman Bates in ‘Psycho’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

July 24, 2023 Joe Lipsett Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Perkins, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Martin Balsam, Norman Bates, Podcasts, Psycho, Vera Miles

Baters It’s nearly time to close out the month of July, which has been another scorching hot one for Trace and me. We kicked things off with Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) to coincide with our coverage of The Red Door, then we talked about another sequel to celebrate the two-year anniversary of Adam Robitel’s Escape Room: […]

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‘Vertigo’ – Robert Downey Jr. in Talks to Star in Remake of Hitchcock Classic

March 23, 2023 John Squires Alfred Hitchcock, Movies, Robert Downey Jr., Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1958 thriller Vertigo is next up on the remake chopping block, Deadline reports today, with Robert Downey Jr. in talks to star in the upcoming update. Deadline reports, “Robert Downey Jr. is eyeing the James Stewart lead role of the former police detective forced to retire after a line of duty trauma […]

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‘My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’ – Documentary Set for Theatrical Release in 2023

February 8, 2023 John Squires Alfred Hitchcock, Movies, My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock gets the documentary treatment with the upcoming My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock, and Deadline reports that Cohen Media Group has acquired North American rights. Deadline details, “The film premiered at Telluride and examines the Psycho and Vertigo director’s vast body of work, exploring his techniques, themes and obsessions.” Directed by Mark Cousins, the doc will release in […]

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The Return of the Hitchcock Touch: Brutal Suspense Thriller ‘Frenzy’ at 50

June 22, 2022 Brian Keiper Alfred Hitchcock, Editorials, Frenzy, Movies

Over thirty years after leaving his native England to live and work in Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock returned home. The result is arguably the best film of his late career and easily the most brutal in his entire canon, Frenzy. The film was a return to form, exploring many of the enduring themes of his work […]

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Just How Queer Is Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’? Very Queer. [Horror Queers Podcast]

August 16, 2021 Trace Thurman Alfred Hitchcock, Farley Granger, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, James Stewart, John Dall, Leopold and Leob, Podcasts, Queer Horror, rope

Rope-a-dope. After queering up the castle in James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein, we got cosmic with Adam Egypt Mortimer’s outstanding imaginary friend tale Daniel Isn’t Real before getting hot in the 1981 parody Student Bodies. Now we’re going back in time again to check in with the sociopathic (and possibly definitely queer) duo in Alfred Hitchcock‘s […]