To Catch A Thief (1955) – Review

While Alfred Hitchcock was famous for stretching tension and plot twists to their absolute limit, that hardly meant that the old boy didn’t like to

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Rope (1948) – Review

Most movies would have you believe that there’s only two types of murder. There’s the ugly, vicious kind usually found in slasher flicks and action

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) – Review

No one in the movie business is above tackling a remake. Be it Steven Spielberg altering the likes of A Guy Like Joe, or redoing

Marnie (1964) – Review

If there’s anything that Alfred Hitchcock loved more than an impeccably plotted setpiece or perfectly planned shot, it probably was taking the fraying psyche of

Frenzy (1972) – Review

Alfred Hitchcock is usually considered the purveyor of the classy thriller, giving his complex scenarios an air of respectability regardless of having his movies packed

Stage Fright (1950) – Review

After making a slew of cutting edge thrillers in Hollywood since 1939, Alfred Hitchcock decided to return to home soil to make Stage Fright, a

Rear Window (1954) – Review

To say that Alfred Hitchcock loved a gimmick is an understatement the size of claiming that Norman Bates is close to his mum; but in

North By Northwest (1959) – Review

After crafting a filmography full of malicious mistaken identities and craven conspiracies, how does someone like Alfred Hitchcock let his hair down after decades of

The Birds (1963) – Review

“The Birds Is Coming!” screamed early ads for Alfred Hitchcock’s horror/thriller, simultaneously giving grammar nazis an utter conniption and alerting 60s cinema goers that something

Dial M For Murder (1954) – Review

Despite being labelled a Master of Suspense who regularly delved into the dark recesses of the human psyche in thrillers concerning murder, deceit and scandal,

Vertigo (1958) – Review

Preserving the secret of a film that’s armed itself with devastating twist is becoming something of a lost art. Be it through careless posting on

Strangers On A Train (1951) – Review

Give Alfred Hitchcock a decent plot and the man was untouchable – his intuitive use of the camera would certainly guarantee that – but give

I Confess (1953) – Review

Hitchcock was always credited with being a master of suspense who was able to wring nerve-shattering tension with almost any scenario placed in front of

The Wrong Man (1956) – Review

Alfred Hitchcock is, was, and ever will be revered as the Master of Suspense as his countless thrillers allowed him to play merry Hell with

Psycho (1960) – Review

Technically speaking, I have never seen Psycho – at least not in the way that rotund blonde botherer Alfred Hitchcock had intended. After all who