Halloween Cinema: Psycho

Experience Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece Psycho this Halloween on the Big Screen, as we present a special outdoor cinema screening to celebrate the film’s 65th anniversary.

This year marks the 65th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho – a film that shattered cinematic conventions and remains one of the most unsettling thrillers ever made.

Janet Leigh, in her Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated role as Marion Crane, gave a performance etched into film history, her fate at the Bates Motel redefining audience and critics’ expectations of what was possible on screen.

Bernard Herrmann’s shrieking strings transformed a simple shower into one of the most terrifying scenes in film history, while stark black-and-white imagery amplifies the sense of dread.

Psycho has been preserved in the U.S. National Film Registry and ranked by the AFI as the most thrilling American film of all time.

On Halloween night, the Square will become the setting for this landmark in screen history – the cool night air and shifting shadows the perfect backdrop for a spine-tingling foray into Noir-inspired horror.

Rug up, BYO picnic blanket and invite other classic cinema and horror-loving friends to celebrate this filmic milestone.

Dir: Alfred Hitcock | 1960 | M: mature themes and violence