We continue our look at the 15th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Lifeboat to the Best Picture winner for 1944, Gaslight. We also discuss titles that transcend their movie, the perfect MacGuffin and our collective desire to just keep watching Joseph Cotten, before revealing the 14th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue. Note: A lot of people and websites claim that Going My Way won the Best Picture that...

The 15th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Lifeboat from 1944. On our rewatch of Lifeboat, we recycle jokes, learn how to fish with jewellery and rerank who should be in charge of the boat. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as well as bonus episodes on Hitchcockesque movies, invitations to live...

The 15th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Lifeboat from 1944. Here’s our original coverage of Lifeboat from June, 2019. Stay tuned for our updated thoughts after our rewatch. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as well as bonus episodes on Hitchcockesque movies, invitations to live rewatches and...

We continue our look at the 17th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Young and Innocent to the Best Picture winner for 1938, You Can’t Take It With You. We also discuss the employment prospects of twitchy-eyed men, manic pixie dream geezers and wacky basement cults, before revealing the 16th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod...

The 16th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The Wrong Man from 1956. On our rewatch of The Wrong Man, we discuss hairbrush resistance tactics, being irritated by confirmation bias and Elvis Presley. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as well as bonus episodes on Hitchcockesque movies, invitations to...

The 16th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The Wrong Man from 1956. Here’s our original coverage of Young and Innocent from October, 2017. Stay tuned for our updated thoughts after our rewatch. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as well as bonus episodes on Hitchcockesque movies, invitations to...

We continue our look at the 17th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Young and Innocent to the Best Picture winner for 1938, You Can’t Take It With You. We also discuss the employment prospects of twitchy-eyed men, manic pixie dream geezers and wacky basement cults, before revealing the 16th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod...

The 17th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Young and Innocent from 1937. On our rewatch of Young and Innocent, we delve deeply into resuscitation techniques, the subversion of John Smith and the most frightening scene Hitchcock ever filmed (take that, Psycho!). If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as...

The 17th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Young and Innocent from 1937. Here’s our original coverage of Young and Innocent from November, 2021. Stay tuned for our updated thoughts after our rewatch. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as well as bonus episodes on Hitchcockesque movies, invitations...

We continue our look at the 18th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Spellbound to the Best Picture winner for 1945, The Lost Weekend. We also discuss the origins of the John Wick franchise, unfunny episodes of Frasier and classic coat-check mix-up meet-cutes, before revealing the 17th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter....

The 18th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Spellbound from 1945. On our rewatch of Spellbound, we delve deeply into synchronised skiing, aborted Chekhov’s gun acting jokes and the psychiatric tactic of drugging milk. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as well as bonus episodes on Hitchcockesque...

The 18th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Spellbound from 1945. Here’s our original coverage of The Lodger from August, 2017. Stay tuned for our updated thoughts after our rewatch. To join in a live rewatch of Spellbound or to gain access to our episodes on every single Hitchcock film (and more), check out https://www.hitchpodonline.com/support-hitchpod/

We continue our look at the 19th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s The Lodger to the Best Picture winner for 1927, Wings. We also conduct live doughboy research, introduce the Oscars Cinematic Universe and learn Battlestar Galactica lessons, before revealing the 18th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to...

The 19th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The Lodger from 1927. On our rewatch of The Lodger, we delve deeply into chess, double entendres, super-powered peripheral vision and half-price Tuesday specials. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as well as bonus episodes on Hitchcockesque movies,...

The 19th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The Lodger from 1927. Here’s our original coverage of The Lodger from October, 2020. Stay tuned for our updated thoughts after our rewatch. To join in a live rewatch of The Lodger or to gain access to our episodes on every single Hitchcock film (and more), check out https://www.hitchpodonline.com/support-hitchpod/

We continue our look at the 20th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Frenzy to the Best Picture winner for 1972, The Godfather. We also discuss black eye healing times, codify a new bumbling cop subcategory and speculate about Liza Minnelli’s strangulation tactics, before revealing the 19th best Hitchcock movie via the medium of cryptic crossword clue. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to...

The 20th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Frenzy from 1972. We therefore kick off our second season with a Frenzy rewatch podcast, featuring new intros, new segments and the same old hosts. Jokes, limericks, deep dives, prequels, sequels and spin-offs. Everything you need to know to enjoy a rewatch of Frenzy. (Or your first watch - we’re not dogmatic about this.) If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to...

The 20th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Frenzy from 1972. Here’s our original coverage of Frenzy from April, 2020. Stay tuned for our updated thoughts after our rewatch. To join in a live rewatch of Frenzy or to gain access to our episodes on every single Hitchcock film (and more), check out https://www.hitchpodonline.com/support-hitchpod/

For our final episode of the first season of HitchPod we discuss the 2012 movie Hitchcock. We examine the erotic art of collaborating on screenplays, muse about musicals about serial killers, and inadvertently compare and contrast Anthony Perkins and Anthony Hopkins. We also reveal the 20th best Hitchcock movie of all time as voted upon by our listeners, the rewatch of which will commence our second season of the podcast starting next month. Access our entire first season covering every...

Can we summarise all of Hitchcock’s movies in half an hour? We give it a solid crack. The whole purpose for doing this is to jog your memories of the details of the various movies so you can vote for your favourites over at www.hitchpodonline.com/top20 and help us decide the top 20 Hitchcock movies for our season 2 countdown! Note: This episode contains some light spoilers on some of the movies. In particular, if you haven’t watched Shadow of a Doubt, The Paradine Case or Stage Fright and...

It’s our penultimate movie. Things are about to head Downhill, a la this movie from 1927. We discuss theatre restaurant experiences, dead fairy godmothers and what even Hitchcock himself declared was his most elegant moment of direction. Patreon supporters also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Trading Places. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpodonline.com/support-hitchpod/, which is where you’ll also get access to our previous episodes...

In the 51st episode of HitchPod, we’re entering The Ring from 1927. We discuss pipe-smoking fortune tellers, the differences between women and belts and how having giant photos of your boyfriend in the house is not the best way to hide an affair from your husband. Patreon supporters also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Rocky. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpodonline.com/support-hitchpod/, which is where you’ll also get access to our...

Much like a farmer desperately searching for a wife, we’re desperately searching for a 50th episode. And we find it in Hitchcock’s 1928 silent film The Farmer’s Wife. Topics discussed include heist movies starring digital Hitchcock movie actors, the hilarity of removing one’s hat and optimal rejection lines. Patreon supporters also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Four Weddings and a Funeral. Find out how to access that segment by going to...

We’re backstage, caking ourselves in makeup as we flash back to discuss Aventure Malgache, the second of Hitchcock’s short World War 2 propaganda films. We cover Wizard of Oz tributes and alarm clock Morse code before determining once and for all what movie you get if you play this one backwards. Plus: eagle-eared listeners might hear a cameo background bark from our new puppy. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify this very movie, expanding it...

In our 47th episode, we’re overcome by The Fever and have visions of Hitchcock’s first film The Pleasure Garden. We discuss defensive cigarette wielding, g-g-g-ghosts, channeling your inner Huey Lewis, the secret to Hitchcock’s obsession with casting blondes and much, much more. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify LA Story. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpodonline.com/support-hitchpod/, which is where you’ll...