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“He also made three films that I consider either horror or at least horror adjacent: The Birds , Psycho , and Vertigo .”
“The crew threw live birds at her, inflicting real injuries and once coming dangerously close to hurting her eye.”
“This traumatic experience results in Scottie’s debilitating vertigo, and he retires from the force.”
“It’s a total meet-cute, setting up the audience to expect a romantic story full of silly hijinks and one-upmanship.”
“Though Psycho is definitely a horror movie, there is romance here as well.”
“It’s very romantic in so many ways, but is it horrific?”
“Poor Melanie is swarmed and viciously attacked until Mitch comes to her rescue in a scene that is visceral and frightening.”
“She meets Mitch, a self-important lawyer played by Rod Taylor, who pretends to mistake her for a salesperson in a pet store, but he’s well aware of her reputation.”
“So, Vertigo being a horror (or horror-adjacent!) film might feel like a bit of a stretch for a lot of folks.”
“This same tension building is often used in romance fiction to heighten the emotional stakes for the characters; will they get together, or stay together even though one of them (or both) have made mistakes?”
“But the reason these frightening scenes work so well is that Hitchcock knows there must be some emotional investment from the audience, especially when the actual events are so random and inexplicable.”
“It’s no secret that Hitchcock was both a fantastic director and an awful person to many women in his life.”
“He seems very friendly—almost too friendly—and he clearly has something to hide.”
“TOP TROPES: Rivals to Lovers: Melanie and Mitch start off on the wrong foot with Melanie’s pranks annoying Mitch, but circumstances force them to band together.”