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E91 Psycho 1960

April 13, 2024·1 hr 24 min·2 clips

Police found furniture, silverware, and clothing made of human skin and body parts

Brandon and Josh open by welcoming listeners back and introducing *Psycho* as a 1960s classic. They keep the tone casual from the start, using jokes that make it feel like two friends settling in instead of two people giving a lecture. Brandon says he has seen the movie a handful of times. He remembers first watching it in the mid to late 90s, probably with his mother, who was into Alfred Hitchcock. They point out that the movie can seem tame now compared with a lot of today's movies, while also noting that it was not tame when it first arrived. The episode then settles into a loose synopsis. The quiet little motel becomes the main landmark, and Norman is framed as the young man tending the family motel and looking for love in all the wrong places. The discussion keeps circling the way the movie hides information in plain sight. They spend time on the feeling that there is someone else in the house, and that part of the film clearly still works for them. They like how the movie toys with the audience before the full picture lands, and one speaker compares that rhythm to *10 Cloverfield Lane*. They keep returning to Anthony Perkins and how strong he is in the role. One of them says he has not seen him in much else, then gets reminded of *The Black Hole* and realizes they had covered that before. They also touch on the shower scene and mention that Perkins did not film it himself. Near the end, they settle into a mostly positive verdict. They say they enjoyed revisiting older movies and did not have many complaints. The conversation closes with a quick appeal for likes, comments, and favorite Hitchcock recommendations. The whole thing feels like a relaxed, slightly messy, but affectionate movie chat.

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A loose Psycho chat that mixes memory, movie lore, and motel talk.

The piece treats Psycho as a film that can still be entered casually, through the quiet motel, the voice upstairs, and the old shock value that once made it feel more dangerous.

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Press play if you want Psycho as a laid-back hang, not a lecture about it.

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