Secrecy Surrounding 1960s Psycho Went Off Without a Hitch
When Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho opened on June 16, 1960, the subject matter was shocking. By todays standards, the most shocking thing about the film was its distribution a slow rollout that lasted for months, even though Paramount and Hitchcock wanted to maintain secrecy. When Robert Blochs novel was published in 1959, Hitchcock bought all