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

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“Psycho” opened {64} 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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Fri Jun 16, 2023: On this day, June 16, 1960, "Psycho" was released.

Tue Jun 16, 2020: On this day, June 16, 1960, "Psycho" was released.

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1. The series "Bates Motel" is worth watching. Terrific cast.

[Grins]

2. As a kid I was TOLD not to see that movie.

By my mother.

So, of course, my uncle took me and his son. Scared the shit out of me!!! For months.

Fun fact: All the commercials for this moves, all of them on radio, had the note for those who had seen it:

DON'T REVEAL THE ENDING!!"

And no one did! And all of them took glee in not telling anyone who had not seen it.