LOS ANGELES (AP) - Janet Leigh, the wholesome beauty whose shocking murder in the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Psycho" was credited with making generations of film fans think twice about stepping into a motel room shower, has died. She was 77.It's hard to explain to those to who grew up on slasher flicks and "can you top this" horror-fests just how groundbreaking and frightening Leigh's performance in "Psycho" was.
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My sympathies to the family... (Below threshold)1. Posted by firstbrokenangel | October 4, 2004 10:03 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My sympathies to the family and to her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis. Her mother suffered before she passed on.
AND I still hate getting into a shower.
AND everytime I see a movie or a show when a woman gets into the shower, THIS always comes to mind. (sort of like THE BIRDS - who's daughter is also an actress.)
~C
1. Posted by firstbrokenangel | October 4, 2004 10:03 AM |
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2. Posted by firstbrokenangel | October 4, 2004 10:05 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Kevin,
The slasher flicks I will not watch because they can't compare to the psychological horror of these wonderful classics. Remember "the Hand?" I hated that movie. How about "the heart that beated under the floor" now movies like that were movies!!!
I agree with you.
~C
2. Posted by firstbrokenangel | October 4, 2004 10:05 AM |
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Posted on October 4, 2004 10:05
3. Posted by Chris W. | October 4, 2004 7:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What a great movie. I watched it again last week on TCM I believe. Anyone who has not seen the original Psycho is doing themselves a grave disservice.
3. Posted by Chris W. | October 4, 2004 7:25 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2004 19:25
4. Posted by Guy S. | October 4, 2004 11:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My mother was pregnent with my sister when she went to see that movie. My sister almost arrived early due to that shower scene. Hitchcock was a master.
Rest in peace.
4. Posted by Guy S. | October 4, 2004 11:32 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2004 23:32