Psycho (1960) — trailers
Trailers for Psycho (1960).
Trailer 1
The script for this, the longest of all Hitchcock trailers, was written by James Allardice, the writer of the Hitchcock monologues in Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The trailer deliberately misdirects the audience — even the "blonde" in the shower who screams at the end of the trailer isn't Janet Leigh ...it's Vera Miles in a wig!
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caption: The fabulous Mr. Alfred Hitchcock is about to escort you...
caption: on a tour of the location of his new motion picture, “PSYCHO”
(Hitch): Good afternoon. Here we have a quiet little motel tucked away
off the main highway, and as you see, perfectly harmless
looking, when in fact it has now become known as "the scene of
the crime". This motel also has as an adjunct an old house
which is, if I may say so, a little more sinister looking,
less innocent than the motel itself. And in this house, the
most dire horrible events took place. I think we can go
inside, because the place is up for sale, although I don't
know who's gonna buy it now.
(Hitch): In that window on the second floor, the single one in front,
that's where the woman was first seen. Let's go inside.
(Hitch): You see even in daylight this place still looks a bit
sinister. It was at the top of these stairs that the second
murder took place. She came out of the door there and met the
victim at the top, of course in a flash there was the knife
and in no time the victim tumbled and fell with a horrible
crack, I think the back broke immediately it hit the floor.
It was, it's difficult to describe the way the... the
twisting of the... well I, it's... I won't dwell upon it.
Let's come upstairs.
(Hitch): Of course the victim or should I say victims hadn't any
conception as to the type of people they would be confronted
with in this house. Especially the woman, she was the
weirdest and the most..., well let's go into her bedroom.
(Hitch): Here's the woman's room, still beautifully preserved. And the
imprint of her figure on the bed where she used to lay. I
think some of her clothes are still in this wardrobe.
(Hitch): Bathroom. This was the son's room but we won't go in there,
because his favorite spot was the little parlour behind his
office in the motel. Let's go down there.
(Hitch): This young man, you had to feel sorry for him. After all,
being dominated by an almost maniacal woman was enough to
drive anyone to the extreme of... well let's go in.
(Hitch): I suppose you'd call this his hideaway. His hobby as you see,
was taxidermy. A crow here, an owl there. An important scene
took place in this room. There was a private supper here,
and... by the way, this picture has great significance,
because... let's go along to cabin number one. I want to show
you something there.
(Hitch): All tidied up. The bathroom.
(Hitch): Well, they've cleaned all this up now. Big difference. You
should have seen the blood. The whole, the whole place was...
Well it's, it's too horrible to describe. Dreadful. And I
tell you, there's a very important clue was found here. Down
there. Well the murderer, you see, crept in here very slowly,
of course the shower was on, there was no sound, and...
(woman): Arrrrghhhhhh!
caption: PSYCHO
caption: STARRING
ANTHONY PERKINS
VERA MILES
JOHN GAVIN CO-STARRING
MARTIN BALSAM
JOHN McINTIRE
AND
JANET LEIGH
as MARION CRANE
caption: The picture
you MUST see
from the beginning...
caption: Or not at all!...
for no one will be seated
after the start of...
caption: Alfred Hitchcock's Greatest Shocker
"PSYCHO"
A PARAMOUNT PICTURE
Trailer 2
Re-release trailer.
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Trailer 3
A collection of re-release trailers.
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Trailer 4
Appeared on the MCA Universal Home Video release of the film.
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caption: MCA
UNIVERSAL
HOME VIDEO
caption: PSYCHO
(voice): Norman Bates has a disturbing tendancy. He likes to blame
his "bad habits" on his mother.
(Norman): Mother... my mother -- what is the phrase? -- she isn't
quite herself today.
(Lila): Mrs Bates!
(voice): These days, Mrs Bates is never "quite herself".
(voice): Nothing can match the initial shock of the original...
"Psycho".
caption: PSYCHO
Trailer 5 - Germany
The German voice-over appears to have been done by Hitchcock, who could speak the language.
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