Alfred Hitchcock Movie Analysis Essay

Alfred Hitchcock once said, “Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” He did exactly that in all his movies. Never did he once give his audience a break. Even if the movie is at a calm scene, he always makes something crazy happen to scare the audience right back in their seats. Alfred Hitchcock was able to create a new kind of horror film that was able to get into the audience 's minds and make them experience unforgettable suspense and fear; this is seen and mimicked in many films, that future directors would make after his iconic and legendary movies. Many of his movies reflect on his childhood. He was born in London on August 13, 1899. He had two older siblings and had very strict catholic parents. He had a very lonely childhood and was always being punished by his parents. His parents’ ways of punishment really took a toll on him. “He also remarked that his mother would force him to stand at the foot of her bed for several hours as punishment (a scene alluded to in his film Psycho) “ (“Alfred”). His mother wasn’t just the punisher, his father made him go to the …show more content…
He was very possessive and controlling with his leading females. They all were gorgeous blonde women. He especially treated Tippi Herden horrible throughout the film, The Birds. She claims he was a very abusive and controlling man. She wanted out of her contract, but he would say to her that he is going to ruin her career if she did. In an astonishing story she tells how he made her film in close quarters with real birds. “ In one horrific sequence, the filmmaker withholds from Hedren that real birds, not mechanical ones, will be used in a scene in which she 'll be attacked at close quarters. Then he subjects her to five days of shooting, take after take, leaving her injured and distraught” (Stephens 1). She still has scars from that horrific week today on her face. But of course, this is only a sided agreement and Alfred Hitchcock can 't defend himself