Psycho (1960)

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Wikidata Q163038, film, IMDb tt0054215, TMDB 539: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Anthony Perkins as actor (Norman Bates) (‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan); 4 more episodes agree.

The shows' “Psycho” is more than one work, told apart episode by episode: this one in 14 episodes; Psycho (1998) in 1 episode.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Alien 3: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (homage (scene)): Psycho ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Charles Dance's shower-curtain death is read as Fincher's own 'Hitchcock moment', after a cast member said Fincher called it that; the Psycho identification is the speaker's.
    “Fincher would talk to him about his influence and be like, well, this is my Hitchcock moment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:18:07 · Matt Singer (0.35 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (Hitchcock structural homage): Psycho ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Killing off Kristin Scott Thomas's star-billed character early mirrors Psycho killing Janet Leigh.
    “it's completely Hitchcocky and it's killing Janet Lee after 40 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:29:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

Alien 3: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (homage (scene)): Psycho → Alien 3. Charles Dance's shower-curtain death is read as Fincher's own 'Hitchcock moment', after a cast member said Fincher called it that; the Psycho identification is the speaker's.
    “Fincher would talk to him about his influence and be like, well, this is my Hitchcock moment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:18:07 · Matt Singer (0.35 sure it was them)

Bates Motel (TV): 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Psycho → Bates Motel (TV). A Psycho series could include Psycho 4 and all five seasons of Bates Motel.
    “And we would do all 5 seasons of Bates Motel, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:59:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Friday the 13th: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Friday the 13th → Psycho. Pamela's killer-mom, recalls Norman Bates and Mommy Dearest.
    “Pamela kind of reminds me of going even back to like Manchurian, Canada, or like Mommy Dearest”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (Hitchcock structural homage): Mission: Impossible → Psycho. Killing off Kristin Scott Thomas's star-billed character early mirrors Psycho killing Janet Leigh.
    “it's completely Hitchcocky and it's killing Janet Lee after 40 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:29:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Panic Room: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Panic Room → Psycho. Panic Room is to Fight Club as Psycho is to North by Northwest: a small, single-location B movie after a big sprawling one.
    “But really it's like, it's Hitchcock doing Psycho right after North by Northwest.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Psycho. Killing Travolta halfway through is compared to Janet Leigh dying in Psycho.
    “there are a lot of moments in this movie that remind me of Psycho”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

RoboCop: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): RoboCop → Psycho. Robocop has one good covered movie and three bad; Psycho offers more to discuss.
    “it is one good movie we have covered and 3 bad, whereas Psycho, it's like, there's a lot of interesting shit there.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:04:32 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Rocky: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Psycho → Rocky. Psycho beat Rocky 51 to 49.
    “Psycho beat Rocky 51 to 49%.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:58:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Exorcist: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): The Exorcist → Psycho. The Exorcist beat Psycho in the horror region; the hosts want to do Psycho too.
    “He came down to Exorcist and Psycho, which personally, I was very pleased with.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:34:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (killer ranking): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre → Psycho. On the movie-murderer Mount Rushmore, Norman Bates and Lecter go up there; Bill picks Myers because of the body of work.
    “I think the answer is probably Myers because of the body of work.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:16:11 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Witness for the Prosecution: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Witness for the Prosecution → Psycho. Both asked audiences not to spoil the twist; Witness did it in 1957.
    “please do not spoil the murder”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:42:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Witness for the Prosecution → Psycho. Both asked audiences not to spoil the twist; Witness did it in 1957.
    “please do not spoil the murder”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:42:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

lineage (5)

  1. lineage (lineage): Friday the 13th → Psycho. Pamela's killer-mom, recalls Norman Bates and Mommy Dearest.
    “Pamela kind of reminds me of going even back to like Manchurian, Canada, or like Mommy Dearest”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Psycho. Killing Travolta halfway through is compared to Janet Leigh dying in Psycho.
    “there are a lot of moments in this movie that remind me of Psycho”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Panic Room → Psycho. Panic Room is to Fight Club as Psycho is to North by Northwest: a small, single-location B movie after a big sprawling one.
    “But really it's like, it's Hitchcock doing Psycho right after North by Northwest.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (Hitchcock structural homage): Mission: Impossible → Psycho. Killing off Kristin Scott Thomas's star-billed character early mirrors Psycho killing Janet Leigh.
    “it's completely Hitchcocky and it's killing Janet Lee after 40 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:29:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (homage (scene)): Psycho → Alien 3. Charles Dance's shower-curtain death is read as Fincher's own 'Hitchcock moment', after a cast member said Fincher called it that; the Psycho identification is the speaker's.
    “Fincher would talk to him about his influence and be like, well, this is my Hitchcock moment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:18:07 · Matt Singer (0.35 sure it was them)

programming (3)

  1. programming (programming): Psycho → Bates Motel (TV). A Psycho series could include Psycho 4 and all five seasons of Bates Motel.
    “And we would do all 5 seasons of Bates Motel, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:59:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): RoboCop → Psycho. Robocop has one good covered movie and three bad; Psycho offers more to discuss.
    “it is one good movie we have covered and 3 bad, whereas Psycho, it's like, there's a lot of interesting shit there.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:04:32 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): The Exorcist → Psycho. The Exorcist beat Psycho in the horror region; the hosts want to do Psycho too.
    “He came down to Exorcist and Psycho, which personally, I was very pleased with.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:34:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (killer ranking): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre → Psycho. On the movie-murderer Mount Rushmore, Norman Bates and Lecter go up there; Bill picks Myers because of the body of work.
    “I think the answer is probably Myers because of the body of work.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:16:11 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Psycho → Rocky. Psycho beat Rocky 51 to 49.
    “Psycho beat Rocky 51 to 49%.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:58:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Psycho: A Psycho series bit: rocking chairs and recording in a bathroom.
    “Wait, we should just record the whole episode in a bathroom.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:05:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.