On this day, June 16, 1960, "Psycho" was released.

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“Psycho” opened 60 years ago [on June 16]: #Paramount

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I thought it was 74 years ago yesterday? My mistake 🤷🏼‍♂️

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In one theater only?

Psycho (1960 film)

Release date
June 16, 1960 (DeMille Theatre)
September 8, 1960 (United States)

Psycho is a 1960 American psychological horror film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by Joseph Stefano. It stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles, and Martin Balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film centers on an encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane (Leigh), who ends up at a secluded motel after stealing money from her employer, and the motel's owner-manager, Norman Bates (Perkins), and its aftermath.

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1. True confessions

To this day, I am uncomfortable in a shower that has more than a clear plastic shower curtain. I hadn't thought about the connection in ages until I saw this post! A good example of how frightening childhood memories make themselves at home in our heads. I watched it on television while babysitting so I must have been about 12 or 13.

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2. Speaking of shower scenes

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3. Watched as a teen, scared the bejezus out of me.

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4. Psycho

was scheduled to debut on CBS in Sep. of 66 but was cancelled after the still unsolved murder of Valerie Percy, the daughter of then Senate candidate Charles Percy. I don't think it ever had a proper network TV debut but was shown on local stations months later.