SLASHERS Pt 2: Psycho & Peeping Tom (1960) Feat. Neil Brand

The Evolution of Horror

Mike Muncer

Tv & Film, Film History

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2017

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

This week Mike is joined by Ollie Charles as we begin our in depth look at the evolution of the slasher, and review the two movies that are often considered the forerunners to the format, Psycho and Peeping Tom. Mike is also joined by a chat with film composer, musician and historian, Neil Brand for a chat about that Bernard Herman score.

Podcast music by Jack Whitney (@Jack_Whitney)

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Ollie Charles works as a film PR for trafalgar releasing and also writes for Front Row Reviews. You can find him on twitter: @OllieCharles

Neil Brand is a film historian, musician and composer. You can find details of his upcoming events at http://www.neilbrand.com/ or follow him on twitter: @NeilKBrand

Mike Muncer is a TV & Podcast Producer and Film Journalist. You can find him on twitter: @TheMovieMike
He also produces and co-presents another film podcast with Rhianna Dhillon called Back Row: https://backrowpodcast.net

Thanks for listening, tune in next week for our GIALLO special. Mike will be joined by Dan Martin from the Arrow Video Podcast, as well as special guest ALAN JONES. Until next time...

Dracula (1958)
Dir: Terence Fisher
Courtesy of Hammer Films

Psycho (1960)
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Courtesy of Shamley Productions

Peeping Tom (1960)
Dir: Michael Powell
Courtesy of Michael Powell (Theatre)

Halloween (1978)
Dir: John Carpenter
Courtesy of Falcon International Productions & Compass International Pictures

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0:00.0	The 1960, an important year not just for cinema, but for the world. After the Conservative 50s everything was about to change.
0:25.0	Little did anyone know at this point but the decade they were entering into would see
0:29.2	the dawn of rock music, the hippie movement, free love,
0:32.9	LSD, civil rights, the birth control pill,
0:36.0	and of course a whole new dawn of filmmaking.
0:40.0	Horror in particular was about to change forever.
0:43.1	Until this point, horror movies had belonged in Gothic mansions
0:46.4	in far-off land and concerned themselves
0:48.5	with monsters and vampires genetically mutated insects
0:52.2	or ghosts. But in 1960, two prestigious
0:56.3	British directors made movies set in the present day about seemingly introverted
1:01.3	everyday men who just happened to enjoy stabbing women to death in their spare time.
1:07.0	Join me as we continue discussing the evolution of the slasher by reviewing two game-changing masterpieces, Michael
1:16.4	Powell's peeping Tom and Alfred Hitchcock's psycho.
1:22.4	Mother Paul! psycho. My name is Mike. I am your host as ever. If you are just joining us for the first time then welcome but also go back and listen to episodes one and two they're excellent.
1:39.0	If you want to get in touch with us then please do email it's evolution of horror at gmail
1:44.1	dot com or you can find us on Twitter at evolution pod I've got a really exciting
1:49.0	episode coming up for you today I'm going to be introducing my guest host
1:52.3	shortly and we're going to be talking
1:53.6	about psycho and peeping Tom. But I've also got a very special conversation with film
1:58.8	musician and film historian Neil Brands and he's going to be giving us a little lesson on a history of music in horror movies
2:06.4	And we will of course be talking about that iconic Bernard Hermann score for psycho so all of that and more to come. Now let me introduce my co-host. Now this
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