Engineering:Hitchcockian

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Short description: Films made which are similar in style to Alfred Hitchcock's films

Hitchcockian films are those made by various filmmakers, with the styles and themes similar to those of Alfred Hitchcock.

Characteristics

Elements considered Hitchcockian include:

  • Climactic plot twist.
  • The cool platinum blonde.
  • The presence of a domineering mother in someone's life.
  • An innocent man accused.
  • Restricting the action to a single setting to increase tension (e.g. Lifeboat, Rope, Rear Window).
  • Characters who switch sides and/or who cannot be trusted.
  • Tension building through suspense to the point where the audience enjoys seeing the character in a life-threatening situation (e.g. Vertigo).
  • Average people thrust into strange or dangerous situations (e.g., Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much).
  • Bumbling or incompetent authority figures, particularly police officers.
  • Use of darkness to symbolize impending doom (dark clothing, shadows, smoke, etc.)
  • Strong visual use of famous landmarks (Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Forth Rail Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, Albert Hall, British Museum, Piccadilly Circus, etc.)
  • Mistaken identity (e.g. North by Northwest, Frenzy).
  • The use of a staircase as a motif for impending danger or suspense.
  • Use of a MacGuffin plot device.[1][2]
  • Referring to crime for mystery rather than presenting it explicitly (e.g. Dial M for Murder).
  • Train scenes.
  • The color red provoking a fearful, and potentially self-destructive, reaction.
  • A beautiful woman needlessly embezzling her employer's money.

Notable examples

Some films, or films with scenes, considered Hitchcockian include:


  • Gaslight (1944)[3]
  • Niagara (1953)[4]
  • 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)[5]
  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957)[6][7]
  • Midnight Lace (1960)[8]
  • Cape Fear (1962)[9]
  • Charade (1963)[10]
  • From Russia with Love (1963)[11]
  • The Prize (1963)[12]
  • Arabesque (1966)[13]
  • Blowup (1966)[14]
  • Wait Until Dark (1967)[15][16]
  • Duel (1971)[17]
  • Play Misty for Me (1971)[18]
  • The Last of Sheila (1973)[19]
  • Jaws (1975)[20]
  • Obsession (1976)[21]
  • Last Embrace (1979)[22]
  • Blue Velvet (1986)[23]
  • Fatal Attraction (1987)[24]
  • Arachnophobia (1990)[25]
  • Misery (1990)[26]
  • Cape Fear (1991)[9]
  • Basic Instinct (1992)[27]
  • Shallow Grave (1994) [28][29]
  • 12 Monkeys (1995)[30][31]
  • Bound (1996)[32][33]
  • The Cable Guy (1996)[34]
  • Double Jeopardy (1999)[35]
  • What Lies Beneath (2000)[36]
  • Mulholland Drive (2001)[37]
  • Panic Room (2002)[38]
  • Phone Booth (2002)[39]
  • Disturbia (2007)[40]
  • Funny Games (2007)[41]
  • Side Effects (2013)[42][43][44]
  • Stoker (2013)[45]
  • Not Safe for Work (2014)[46]
  • Crimson Peak (2015)[47]
  • The Gift (2015)[48]
  • Don't Breathe (2016)[49][16]
  • Nocturnal Animals (2016)[50]
  • A Kind of Murder (2016)[51]
  • Split (2016)[52]
  • Gerald's Game (2017)[53]
  • A Simple Favor (2018)[54]
  • Eileen (2023)


Filmmakers

The following is a list of filmmakers who have directed multiple Hitchcockian films:

  • Dario Argento[55]
  • Park Chan-wook[56]
  • Henri-Georges Clouzot[57]
  • Brian De Palma[58]

Films by country

Australia

France

  • Les Diaboliques (1955)[65]
  • Le Boucher (1970)[66]
  • The Vanishing (1988)[67][68]
  • Love Crime (2010)[69]
  • Elle (2016)[70]
  • Personal Shopper (2016)[71]
  • L'Amant double (2017)[72]

Germany

Italy

  • The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)[77]
  • Terror (1978)[78]
  • Tenebrae (1982)[79]

Spain

United Kingdom

  • Peeping Tom (1960)[81]

See also

  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Alfred Hitchcock filmography
  • Giallo
  • Krimi
  • Thriller film

References

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  2. ↑ Bose, Swapnil Dhruv (13 March 2021). "Alfred Hitchcock explains vital plot device 'The MacGuffin’". Far Out Magazine UK. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/alfred-hitchcock-the-macguffin-explanation/. 
  3. ↑ "Gaslight(s).". 10 July 2012. http://trueclassics.net/2012/07/09/gaslights/. 
  4. ↑ "Henry Hathaway: 10 essential films". https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/henry-hathaway-10-essential-films. 
  5. ↑ "23 Paces to Baker Street DVD | Classic Movies | Films by Movie Mail UK". http://www.moviemail.com/film/dvd/23-Paces-to-Baker-Street/. 
  6. ↑ "MoMA - Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution". http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2013/01/29/billy-wilders-witness-for-the-prosecution/. 
  7. ↑ "Witness for the Prosecution (1957)". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051201/trivia. 
  8. ↑ "Midnight Lace". http://www.tcm.tv/this-month/article/79846%7C78322/Midnight-Lace.html. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Cape Fear: 1991 vs. 1962". 10 June 2012. http://spectrumculture.com/2012/06/10/re-makere-model-cape-fear-1962-vs-cape-fear-1991/. 
  10. ↑ Greydanus, Steven D.. "Charade (1963) - Decent Films - SDG Reviews". http://decentfilms.com/sections/reviews/charade.html. 
  11. ↑ Gilligan, Patrick. Alfred Hitchcock: A Light in Darkness and Light. New York City: HarperCollins, 2004. Print.
  12. ↑ "Prize The (1963) – full review! - Classic Film Guide". http://www.classicfilmguide.com/index8c64.html/. 
  13. ↑ Dfordoom (11 September 2014). "Classic Movie Ramblings: Arabesque (1966)". http://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/arabesque-1966.html. 
  14. ↑ "Freedom, revolt and pubic hair: Why Antonioni's Blow-Up thrills 50 years on". 10 March 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/10/antonioni-blow-up-50-years-movie-photographer-murder. 
  15. ↑ "Wait Until Dark: Audrey Hepburn's Non-Hitchcock Hitchcock Film". http://www.alfredhitchcockgeek.com/2012/07/wait-until-dark-audrey-hepburns-non.html. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Don't Breathe is a ruthlessly efficient, claustrophobic terror machine". 25 August 2016. https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/25/12645032/dont-breathe-movie-review-horror-thriller. 
  17. ↑ "Duel (1971) - Creative Criticism". http://creativecriticism.net/?p=3828. 
  18. ↑ "Play Misty for Me – Eastwood does Hitchcock". 9 July 2012. https://aurorasginjoint.com/2012/07/09/play-misty-for-me-eastwood-does-hitchcock/. 
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  20. ↑ "Jaws: The Hitchcockian Blockbuster | Diorama". http://www.dioramamagazine.co.uk/p/jaws-the-hitchcockian-blockbuster/. 
  21. ↑ "'Obsession': When De Palma Stepped Out of Hitchcock's Shadow". 2 May 2016. https://cinephiliabeyond.org/obsession-de-palma-stepped-hitchcocks-shadow/. 
  22. ↑ "Last Embrace - Blu-ray Review - Slant Magazine". 20 October 2014. https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/last-embrace. 
  23. ↑ "How Blue Velvet reflects the voyeuristic gaze of Rear Window". Lwlies.com. 2016-12-02. http://lwlies.com/articles/blue-velvet-rear-window-voyeurism/. 
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  25. ↑ "18 Creepy Facts about Arachnophobia". 18 July 2015. http://mentalfloss.com/article/66197/18-creepy-facts-about-arachnophobia. 
  26. ↑ "Misery - The Psychology of a Stalker (Blu-Ray) REVIEW - Cultured Vultures". 21 November 2017. https://culturedvultures.com/misery-psychology-stalker-blu-ray-review/. 
  27. ↑ we're fighting back on Basic Instinct: "Basic Instinct owes a lot to Hitchcock's Vertigo, and the homage is so obvious as to be a bit embarrassing."
  28. ↑ "Shallow Grave". https://www.criterion.com/films/27981-shallow-grave. 
  29. ↑ Goble, Blake; Roffman, Michael; Gerber, Justin. "DNA: Shallow Grave (1995)". https://consequence.net/2015/02/dna-shallow-grave-1995/4/. 
  30. ↑ "…Hitchcockian…" — 12 Monkeys review from Time Out Film Guide
  31. ↑ 'A time-travel thriller that dares to compare itself to Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo."… actually pays back its debt to Hitchcock…' — Salon.com
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  33. ↑ LaSalle, Mick (October 4, 1996). "Darkly Witty 'Bound' a Taut Noir Caper". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1996/10/04/DD42774.DTL. 
  34. ↑ Kehr, Dave. "Jim Carrey as the Id Unleashed a Bit Before Its Time". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/movies/homevideo/27kehr.html. 
  35. ↑ Ebert, Roger. "Double Jeopardy Movie Review & Film Summary (1999) - Roger Ebert". https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/double-jeopardy-1999. 
  36. ↑ Levy, Emanuel (16 July 2000). "What Lies Beneath". https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/what-lies-beneath-1200463438//. 
  37. ↑ Cwik, Greg (16 April 2015). "9 Great Films Influenced By Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo'". https://www.indiewire.com/2015/04/9-great-films-influenced-by-alfred-hitchcocks-vertigo-62999/. 
  38. ↑ Review: 'Panic Room' Screams Hitchcock
  39. ↑ "The Film Canon: Phone Booth (2002) | the Young Folks". 28 February 2016. https://www.theyoungfolks.com/review/73805/the-film-canon-phone-booth-2002/. 
  40. ↑ "Disturbia (2007) – Deep Focus Review – Movie Reviews, Critical Essays, and Film Analysis". http://www.deepfocusreview.com/reviews/disturbia.asp. 
  41. ↑ Wray, John. "Minister of Fear". https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/magazine/23haneke-t.html. 
  42. ↑ "Side Effects: Making of Hitchcockian Thriller - Emanuel Levy". http://www.emanuellevy.com/comment/side-effects-making-of-hitchcockian-thriller/. 
  43. ↑ "Steven Soderbergh's 'Side Effects': A 'Hitchcock mindf---'". http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/11/07/soderbergh-side-effects/. 
  44. ↑ "Side Effects is Steven Soderbergh's post-modern Hitchcock thriller". http://honeycuttshollywood.com/sideeffects-review-2/. 
  45. ↑ "Park Chan-wook does Hitchcock by way of de Palma in the stylish Stoker". 19 October 2020. https://www.avclub.com/park-chan-wook-does-hitchcock-by-way-of-de-palma-in-the-1845388487. 
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  47. ↑ Kermode, Mark; critic, Observer film (18 October 2015). "Crimson Peak review – an American in fear of the Lake District". https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/18/crimson-peak-review-guillermo-del-toro-mark-kermode. 
  48. ↑ Holden, Stephen (6 August 2015). "Review: 'The Gift,' a Stalker Thriller That Isn't What It Seems". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/movies/review-the-gift-a-stalker-thriller-that-isnt-what-it-seems.html?_r=0. 
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  51. ↑ "'A Kind Of Murder' Brings Hitchcock To The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival [REVIEW"]. 22 April 2016. http://www.ibtimes.com/kind-murder-brings-hitchcock-2016-tribeca-film-festival-review-2358032. 
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  53. ↑ "Film Review: 'Gerald's Game'". 25 September 2017. https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/geralds-game-review-stephen-king-1202570269/. 
  54. ↑ "Review: 'A Simple Favor,' with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, is a Delicious Adult Thriller". https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/09/11/a-simple-favor-review-anna-kendrick-and-blake-lively-make-hitchcock-proud/. 
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