Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho changed cinema forever when it was released in 1960, shocking audiences and being one of the most successful horror films of the era. It took twenty years for a sequel to be made by Richard Franklin and it was an excellent successor to the classic original.
Psycho 3 took a new direction with the film’s star Anthony Perkins making his directorial debut which was a very stylish take on the original story. Psycho IV: The Beginning, written by Joseph Stefano (screenwriter of the 1960 original) and directed by the master of horror Mick Garris, returns to the primal scene to show us how it all began in Anthony Perkins’ final franchise appearance.
Now presented together for the first time in the UK on 4K UHD and Blu-ray, featuring all-new restorations of Psycho II, III and IV from the original camera negatives, Arrow Video invites you back inside the Bates Motel and wishes you a very atmospheric stay.
The new collectors set from Arrow will have the following special features –
New 4K restorations of Psycho II, Psycho III and Psycho IV from the original camera negatives
– Original lossless mono and DTS:X audio options for Psycho, stereo and 5.1 options for Psycho II and Psycho III, and stereo audio for Psycho IV
– Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
– Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin
– Double-sided posters for each film featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin -9 postcard-sized reproduction art cards
– 120-page perfect bound collector’s book featuring new writing by film critics John-Paul Checkett and Johnny Mains plus select archival material.
Disc 1 – PSYCHO
– Audio commentary with Stephen Rebello, author of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
– The Making of Psycho documentary – In the Master’s Shadow: Hitchcock’s Legacy featurette
– Hitchcock / Truffaut audio interview with scenes from the movie
– Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho featurette
– The Shower Scene: With & Without Music featurette
– The Shower Sequence, storyboards by Saul Bass image gallery
– Psycho Sound featurette
– The Psycho Archives image gallery
– Posters and Psycho Ads image gallery
– Lobby Cards image gallery
– Behind the Scenes Photographs image gallery
– Publicity Shots image gallery
– Theatrical trailer
– Re-release trailers
Disc 2 – PSYCHO II
– New audio commentary by film critics Michael Brooke and Johnny Mains
– Archival audio commentary by screenwriter Tom Holland
– Behind the Curtain: The Masters of Horror on Psycho, a panel discussion with screenwriter Tom Holland and Psycho IV director Mick Garris moderated by Robert V. Galluzzo
– Giving Bloch His Due, interview with Chet Williams, author of Psycho: Sanitarium on the legacy of Norman Bates’ creator, author Robert Bloch
– Anthony Perkins TV interview
– Anthony Perkins audio interview
– Richard Franklin audio interview
– Richard Franklin On Set featurette
– Richard Franklin scene commentary
– A sequel to a Classic featurette
– The House on the Hill featurette
– Personality Profile: Anthony Perkins featurette
– Personality Profile: Richard Franklin featurette
– Still Crazy After all these Years
– Behind the scenes featurette
– Anthony Perkins interview
– Vera Miles interview
– Janet Leigh’s interview
– Jerry Goldsmith demo
– Trailers & TV spots
– Image Gallery
– Audio press kit/promotional record
– Record Gallery
Disc 3 – PSYCHO III
– New Commentary by film critics Michael Brooke and Johnny Mains
– Archival audio commentary by screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue
– Carnival of the Heart, a new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller Nicholas
– Scream of Love, a new interview with composer Carter Burwell
– Watch the Guitar, an archival interview with actor Jeff Fahey
– Patsy’s Last Night, an archival interview with actor Katt Shea
– Mother’s Maker, an archival interview with special make-up effects artist Michael Westmore
– Body Double, archival interview with actress Brinke Stevens
– Original electronic press kit
– Alternative TV Cut Scenes
– Trailers
– TV spot
– Image Gallery
Disc 4 – PSYCHO IV: THE BEGINNING
– High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the film in director’s preferred 1.78:1 aspect ratio
– Archival audio commentary with director Mick Garris, actor Henry Thomas, and actress Olivia Hussey
– Death by Strings, a new visual essay by author and critic Guy Adams on music across the franchise
– The Making of Mother, an archival interview with make-up effects artist Tony Gardner
– Behind-the-scenes footage
– A Look at the Scoring of Psycho IV, archival featurette
– Trailer
DISC 5 – PSYCHO IV TV Aspect Ratio (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE)
– High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the film in 1.33:1 TV aspect ratio
