Dial H for Hitchcock

Hey guys!

Imagine a situation...
You're sitting tight, straight, shivers running down your spine, a trickle of sweat about to fall off your forehead, slow steady breath of unexpected suspense? Then you must be watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Popularly known as the Master of Suspense, Hitchcock has stunned the world with his spine chilling suspense thriller. His movies came as a new wave hunting not only on the psychological aspect of a human existence but also covering the darkest desires and the hidden truth that a kind usually fails to read or perceive. His simplicity in cinematic technique and his straight forward middle class English approach brought him unprecedented glory. He was greatly influenced by his precursors Charlie Chaplin and Carol Reed.
                       

 

Some of his most popularly known films are Dial M for Murder, North by Northwest, Rear  Window, Psycho, Vertigo and Birds. The best way to know Hitchcock is only through his movies and to conclude with a little bit of humour from the man himself. 

Psycho is considered one of Hitchcock's best films and is highly praised by international film critics and scholars. Released in 1960, the film revolves around a lady who enters a motel and the motel's disturbed owner/manager. What follows is suspense, violence, black comedy. It's themes were revealed by the use of birds, eyes, hands, mirrors. It was remade in 1998. 

Birds, released in the year 1963, focuses on a series of strange and violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over a few days. Hitchcock almost turned Birds into some of the most terrifying villains. It was also termed as the last unflawed Hitchcock movie, by critics. The film's technical aspect is praise worthy, espcially in the closing scene. Birds in this movie were considered to be threatening forces to humanity. 

Rear Window is a 1954 Hitchcock movie based on a 1942 short story. This film is considered to be Hitchcock's best. It received crazy amount of positive responses. It was called a "tense and exciting exercise". It's about a photographer who is confined to a wheelchair and the imprisoning effects of marriage. The film was entirely confined on one set built at Paramount Studios. 

There are too many other movies which were absolute masterpieces. So, don't waste time guys. Go watch all. Make it a thriller week/weekend for yourselves. 

We want to thank Samudra Gupta for his invaluable input towards this post :) 

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