Where did you first watch Hitchcock's "Psycho"?

[ChiroDoc]

A buddy and I went to see Psycho at a grand old classic first run theater in downtown Pittsburgh soon after it opened (Sept. 1960). There had been a lot of scuttlebutt about it, and Hitchcock himself had put out a widely seen trailer in promotion.

Despite it being a matinee, the theater was fairly well attended. What I'll never forget was that there were 3 uniformed sailors sitting 2 rows in front of us. When the shock of Bates ripping open the shower curtain with the knife at the beginning of the famous shower scene, all of the sailors screamed like grade school girls! They had a nearly similar reaction when Abogast was attacked on the staircase. Later I wondered about the U.S. Navy...

Do you remember where you first saw Psycho?

 

[papa tiger]

I thought from before being a Teen that Hitchcock was a psycho;
no more needs said about that type of entertainment / TV. ... ...

 

[gilead]

@ our local walk in theater in 1960.

 

[January]

Never seen it.

 

[Ruthanne]

In my living room but not sure where I was living then.

 

[Aunt Bea]

At home!

I’m a big fan of Alfred Hitchcock and his ability to create believable edge of the seat suspense without the need for flashy big budget special effects.

 

[oscash]

I remember seeing Psycho when I was a teenager. I went with 4 girlfriends to see it. It was the first horror movie I had ever seen. We were sitting on the edge of our seats and covering our eyes and screaming. We loved it. Moving to a couple of years ago I bought the DVD at a garage sale. I put it on, and I wasn't that impressed. Maybe because I knew what was coming.

 

[George1959]

At home on TV in the 1970s. Was a teenager then.

 

[Tish]

At a friend's place.

 

[Jazzy1]

Hitchcock received large postal bags of mail, after this movie came to the theaters. One letter was from a man that was extremely upset. He told Mr. Hitchcock that his wife refused to shower after seeing his movie, Psycho.

Mr. Hitchcock wrote back to this man and said “perhaps you ought to take her to the dry cleaners”. I believe he was a guest on the Johnny Carson Show when telling his story.

 

[Ted01]

I was staying in an old, run down motel... I left the TV on while I was taking a shower.

No, I was young, and my older sister wanted to watch it but had talked my mom in allowing
us younger siblings to watch it.
So, I had the benefit of doting family reminding me it wasn't real... and watch out for the upcoming scene, yada, yada.

 

[katlupe]

I just saw it for the first time in 2019. The other half of my apartment building has a theater in it and they show free movies in the fall and winter.I saw it there.

 

[Medusa]

Like @George1959, I saw it at home on TV in the 70's. I was probably about around 8 - 10 years old.

I watched the movie again recently and enjoyed it.

 

[Dave03]

Strangely enough, I've seen the entire movie, but never all at once. Bits and pieces at a time over the years.

 

[Llynn]

Ì saw it aboard ship while we were in Subic Bay. We had movies every night while in port.

 

[chic]

I watched it at home on tv. It was sickening, but not really that scary. I had seen others slasher pics by then that were far worse.

 

[Babs2u]

At a theater in Patchogue, NY. I can't remember who was with me.

 

[RadishRose]

Drive in movie theater.

 

[Nathan]

Must have been on TV, back in the day. I just recently watched Psycho on Netflix, for old times sake.

If ya ask me, I think Janet Leigh got a raw deal. I hope she at least got paid for the whole movie.

 

[Paladin1950]

I saw it on television in the 60's. It wasn't the type of movie that my parents would go to. Years later I saw it at a theater in Manhattan, that showed older movies. I wasn't aware of the fact that the shower death scene was edited for television. When I saw it in a theater, the scene was about 20 seconds longer.

 

[jujube]

I saw it in a theater with my mom. It must have been after 1960, though, because I can't imagine my mom taking me to see it at age 12 or 13.

I read that they used chocolate syrup for the blood in the shower scene. Apparently, fake blood wasn't "intense" enough in black-and-white for Hitchcock.

 

[ChiroDoc]

Must have been on TV, back in the day. I just recently watched Psycho on Netflix, for old times sake.

If ya ask me, I think Janet Leigh got a raw deal. I hope she at least got paid for the whole movie.

Her salary was $25,000. Perkins' was $40,000.

 

[hollydolly]

I was a child... I had nightmares for years ...same with Hitchcocks ''The Birds''....OMG that gave me nightmares worse than Psycho

 

[David777]

Was only 12 when it came out and not the kind of movie my parents would approve of. Seem to have eventually watched it on tv that have little recollection of.

 

[Paulina]

In the shower.