Hitchcock deaths??

Question

How did Hitchcock kill off characters w/o making the deaths too gruesome, but keeping the suspence level very high?
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Answer 1

Alfred Hitchcock was a amazing film maker I think mostly because he didn't want any of the producers to have any creative control on his movies. Hitchcock and his writers had the final and only say in most matters.

Anyways answer to your question...Hitchcock specialized in writing films that drew heavily on both fear and fantasy, and are known for their droll humour. They often portray innocent people caught up in circumstances beyond their control or understanding. (He was able to suck normal everyday people into his movies). Back then no one would produce a movie that would be gruesome like today's horror films.

Also remember Hitchcock made thriller's not horror movies! Hitchcock made people think, which is why his movies were so terrifying. Hitchcock preferred the use of suspense over surprise in his films. In surprise, the director assaults the viewer with frightening things. In suspense, the director tells or shows things to the audience which the characters in the film do not know, and then artfully builds tension around what will happen when the characters finally learn the truth.

Interesting sidenote about his movie The Birds. The Birds weren't just going crazy in the movie for no reason. Hitchcock was notorious for hitting on most of the actress' that worked for him. He was usually turned down so he made this movie for his own sort of payback. The Birds attack Melanie because she was acting against a women's nature (or what was the norm back then) she loved her sexuality and power. Notice how they only attacked when she was around and when she was acting out of the norm. Then at the end when she finally starts acting like a woman was suppose to, the birds stop attacking. I just thought that was really interesting.

Answer 2

Hitchcock had a way of making the viewer fill in the details by not showing the actual murder on screen. That made it scarier for the viewer because they could make it as scary or not in their own head. Of course, that was before everyone was all desensitized to the blood and gore.

Answer 3

He made the scenes more suspenceful by not directly showing the killing/death. Like in Psycho where you don't see the wounds. Also he intentionally shot Psycho in B/W to make it less gruesome. He never really showed much blood--except Psycho, but then again it was B/W.

Answer 4

It scared people on the time this replaced into the 50's and 60's and issues had calmed down you notice interior the 40s people had seen uncensored information reels of www2 and gore and horror did no longer section them it could take a decade or with the intention to be scared by ability of a action picture interior the subsequent technology replaced into.

Answer 5

In Psycho, you never saw a wound on the girl, just stabbing motions and stuff (chocolate syrup, really! bblack and white movie) going down the drain. Another character "fell" down the stairs but all you saw was the stairs rushing by in rear projection while the guy wagged his hands and screamed.

The music really helps make that picture. Watch it with no sound, it's almost funny...especially the guy wagging his hands!

Answer 6

Hitchcock's British films are great (I'm not a Hollywood girl, so that's my opinion...heheh!).

I think THE MOST IMPORTANT technique he's used in ALL HIS FLIMS that makes them SO SCARY, is that he keeps you at par with the protagonist - you don't know any more about what's going on than he/she does. You're pretty comfortably in his/her shoes.

Answer 7

In Rear Window, it is just implied that a character was killed.