Ep592: Page2Screen: Bates and Switch

Today, The Kicking the Seat Podcast and Cole Rush of The Quill to Live go a little mad with their “Page2Screen” look at Psycho! Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal horror movie turns sixty this year, and the guys examine how it lines up (and differs significantly) with Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel.

From depictions of violence that still prove shocking today; to competing depictions of oddball motel manager Norman Bates; and a climactic revelation that turns from horrific to goofy at the flip of a switch (or, more precisely, the knocking of a light bulb), there’s a lot stuffed into this spoilerific conversation!

Also, Ian invites you to join him and Mark “The Movie Man” Krawczyk tonight on YouTube for a special 300th episode livestream of The Spoiler Room Podcast! And if you just can’t get enough of Ian talking about movies on YouTube, check out the latest episode of You’ll Probably Agree, in which he talks about “Movies That Never Got Made” with Mike Crowley!

Lastly, be sure to subscribe to the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel and join us live this Friday night at 7:15pm Central for a “Scare-a-Thon 2020” livestream review of Dario Argento’s The Mother of Tears (benefiting Chicago’s Boxville Marketplace)!

Episode 592’s best friend is its mother!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 4:43

Psycho Trailer: 4:43 - 11:11 (Yes, it’s really that long!)

Psycho Discussion: 11:11 - 1:05:31

Outro Music: 1:05:31 - 1:05:47

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