John Gavin

The Classic Horror Stylings of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960)

Oct 31, 2015 Brandie Ashe 1

Based on Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel, Psycho (1960) marks storied director Alfred Hitchcock’s first tentative steps into the horror genre. By today’s standards, in which the amount of gore and viscera is (seemingly) directly proportional to box-office […]

Imitation of Life (or) How to Traumatize Your 13 Year Old Daughter

Aug 10, 2013 The Retro Set 4

Holy crap, guys. This film. I’m really not using The Retro Set as a therapy couch, I would just like to point the finger at TCM’s Summer Under the Stars movie marathon. Every day of the month, the classic […]