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This news isn’t for The Birds! Fans of stone-cold classic thrillers have a reason to rejoice, as a large collection of Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal works will be coming to Netflix in June. The collection of films coming to Netflix includes Vertigo, Rear Window, Frenzy, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Family Plot, The Birds and others. In addition to Hitchcock’s masterpieces, Netflix will also be including in the collection movies that were inspired by the legendary director’s work, such as Us by Jordan Peele, and Barbarian by Zach Cregger.
The collection of films is also being released in conjunction with a program called, “HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer” Screening Series at the Paris Theater, May 16 through Jun. 29, which will be co-presented with the New York Film Critics Circle. The six-week series will include 50 films, of which 36 will be by the visionary director, while the others will be films that trace their influence to Hitchcock’s trailblazing style. Even Jordan Peele, whose film Us will be part of the series, told BackstageOL in 2019:
“On an artistic level, I love being compared to the man who brought me ‘Psycho,’ ‘The Birds,’ ‘Rear Window,’ ‘Vertigo. He’s the greatest.”
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The Paris Theater is also the longest-running arthouse cinema in New York City and Manhattan’s only remaining single-screen cinema. Netflix took over operating the theater in 2019 and is the studios’ flagship theater in New York. Hitchcock directed over 50 films in his lifetime and is generally considered one of the pioneers of horror and suspense with his use of all elements of the medium to convey emotions and themes. His visual language was so astute that, for him, the filmmaking trope of “show don’t tell” went beyond just conveying characters and story, but the feeling of a scene.
Horror Is Having a Moment, Once Again
While horror and suspense films have always provided some of the best storytelling, allegory, and visual creativity cinema has to offer, the genre has been breaking out of its niche and finding not only wider appeal in the mainstream but the critical and artistic acclaim it deserves. Over the last decade, we’ve seen auteurs like Jordan Peele and production houses like A24 bring arthouse elegance to the grim and macabre. And with Ryan Coogler’s latest hit with Sinners, the success of horror might be in its original stories. At a time when audiences are awash with sequels, remakes, and franchise fodder, taking in an original movie, no matter the genre, feels like a breath of fresh air.
Those who are enjoying the current resurgence of the original films in the horror genre have even more reason to look back at the filmmaker that paved the way. The collection of films will be available to stream Jun. 1 on Netflix, but Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic Psycho is currently streaming on the platform. If you’ve never been able to witness the work of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, now is the time.
Sources: Netflix, BackstageOL
The Birds
- Release Date
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March 29, 1963
- Runtime
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119 minutes
- Writers
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Evan Hunter
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