Greatest Murder Sequence In A Hitchcock Film

[John Galt]

Personally; I gotta go with the one in Lifeboat. SPOILERS

Now THAT is how you kill somebody. EVERYBODY gets their licks in.
Gotta love it. :D

[gayzilla]

Where are the spoilers?

My fav is the murder shot through the glasses on the ground in "Strangers on a Train"

though one cannot deny the iconography of Janet Leigh in Psycho.

[John Galt]

Where are the spoilers?




I guess you're right.

[Antonio141]

Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) in PSYCHO, of course. Runners-up include: Kim Novak in VERTIGO (more of an accidental death...actually two of 'em!), Walter Slezak in LIFEBOAT (he had it coming!), Suzanne Pleshette in THE BIRDS (happened off-camera, later described by Veronica Cartwight...still shocked the shit outta me as a kid!), and one near-miss: Tippi Hedren in THE BIRDS (she lucked out, and Hitch pulled a presumed death trick on us!).

[athf1980]

Detective Milton Arbogast death in psycho along with Janet Leigh famous death from the movie Psycho

[LordSimen]

This thread was practically design for one specific scene in one specific movie Hitchcock made, and that's the shower scene from Psycho.

[g1ng3rsnap9ed]

Janet Leigh in Psycho is classic. I'd bet a fair penny that nearly every Post in this Thread pertains to it. (As Lordsimen pointed out.)

[Le_Big_Mac]

Psycho has the best, but it's not Marion Crane's death, which is a near second. It's Arborgast's.

[Mr. Mxyzptlk]

I have to go with the glasses shot from Strangers on a Train. And even though it doesn't happen onscreen, the implied death of Claude Rains' character at the end of Notorious is absolutely chilling.

[Sad man]

Detective Arbogast in Psycho. Sure, Marion's scene is the one people remember the most. But I really loved the detective's death. It was very surprising and I loved the camera angle.

[John Galt]

I have to go with the glasses shot from Strangers on a Train. And even though it doesn't happen onscreen, the implied death of Claude Rains' character at the end of Notorious is absolutely chilling.


Great calls; particularly the latter. That death would certainly be in my Top 5 to be sure. For now, let's call that the best subtle or suggested death.



SERIOUSLY people? No one's gonna mention the one in Torn Curtain???:eek:

[bigred760]

You cannot beat this:

http://hitchcock.tv/mov/psycho/images/psycho3.gif

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/071029/horrormovies/psycho_l.jpg

[Antonio141]

Yeah I just thought of the great carnival setting in STRANGERS ON A TRAIN when Burno strangles Muriel! She was so bitchy before, but it's a tribute to Hitch and the actress that her death made her more likable!

[tbone]

Yeah I just thought of the great carnival setting in STRANGERS ON A TRAIN when Burno strangles Muriel! She was so bitchy before, but it's a tribute to Hitch and the actress that her death made her more likable!

I have to shy away from the obvious as well and go with the same scene, besides Strangers is the better movie

[zombievictim]

Detective Arbogast in Psycho. Sure, Marion's scene is the one people remember the most. But I really loved the detective's death. It was very surprising and I loved the camera angle.

What he said.