William Castle
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William Castle was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
William Castle with a fake cockroach, c. 1976
William Castle, director at Columbia Pictures (1946)
The Tingler, 1959: "Can You Take Percepto?"
Psycho (1960 film)
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Psycho is a 1960 American horror film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano, was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Martin Balsam. The plot centers on an encounter between on-the-run embezzler Marion Crane (Leigh) and shy motel proprietor Norman Bates (Perkins) and its aftermath, in which a private investigator (Balsam), Marion's lover Sam Loomis (Gavin), and her sister Lila (Miles) investigate her disappearance.
The Psycho set on the Universal Studios Lot, featuring a Ford Custom 300 similar to that driven by Janet Leigh in the film, is now part of the studio tour at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.
A recreation of a scene from the film as part of the Universal Studio Tour
Perkins, Hitchcock, and Leigh conversing on the set of Psycho