Double Feature: PSYCHO, 1960, DRESSED TO KILL, 1980 October 20, 2012

Saturday, October 20 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: PSYCHO, 1960, Universal, 109 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Coming off the comparatively big-budget NORTH BY NORTHWEST, director Alfred Hitchcock decided he wanted to make a nice little, low-budget black-and-white film for a change of pace. This was the result, and the shock waves are still reverberating. Lovely embezzler Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) takes refuge from a rainstorm off the beaten track on a lonely California highway. Unfortunately, she checks in at the Bates Motel, presided over by young Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a strange fellow living with his mother in a nearby mansion. Hitchcock used the small crew from his popular TV show for this hair-raising example of California Gothic, and it remains one of the most influential chillers ever made. With Vera Miles and John Gavin. [35mm]
DRESSED TO KILL, 1980, MGM/Park Circus 105 min. In this obsessive and beautifully made thriller, a killer stalks two very different women. Considered by many to be Brian De Palma's finest film. [DCP]

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