Alfred Hitchcock box sets are a dime a dozen, but one upcoming box set offers something that has never been available to watch in the U.S. before: the original uncut version of the master of suspense's 1960 classic Psycho. A movie that is practically perfect as is, rumors of a Psycho uncut version have been floating around for ages, but now Hitchcock fans can see it for the first time on home video.
Hitchcock films often invite you to dig beneath the surface, and that's exactly what the new box set The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection requires you to do – to see that there is an uncut version of Psycho hidden within its array of special features. The four-film set released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment features new 4K editions of Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds, but most importantly, contains "hours of bonus features as well as the original uncut version of Psycho for the first time ever."
The website doesn't offer any information, but on the Amazon page for The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection, the back cover art teases a few more details about "Pyscho Uncut." The description claims "the extended version of the movie as seen in theaters in 1960 is exactly as intended by Alfred Hitchcock and now available with additional footage for the first time."
Rumors of the "uncut" Psycho began with the German television print of Psycho, which had a few noticeable differences from the 2010 Blu-ray release of Psycho. There had been no official confirmation of this uncut version until now, but a few videos like the one below point out the small scenes and differences that appear to come from the original uncut version.
The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection will be available on September 8, 2020. The full breakdown of special features and the cover art for the 4K + Blu-ray + Digital release is below.Rear Window special features:
Audio commentary by Hitchcock's Rear Window: The Well-Made Film author John Fawell
Rear Window Ethics – 2000 documentary
Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of The Master
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Masters of Cinema
Hitchcock/Truffaut – Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut's in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Rear Window
Production photo gallery
Theatrical trailer
Re-release trailer narrated by James Stewart
Vertigo special features:
Audio commentary by filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist)
Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece
Partners In Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Saul Bass: Title Champ
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
Alma: The Master's Muse
Foreign censorship ending
100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era
Hitchcock/Truffaut – Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut's in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Vertigo
Theatrical trailer
Restoration theatrical trailer
Psycho special features:
Original uncut and standard re-releases version of the film
The Making of Psycho
The Making of Psycho audio commentary with Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho author Stephen Rebello
Psycho Sound
In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
The Shower Scene: With and Without Music
The Shower Sequence: Storyboards by Saul Bass
The Psycho Archives
Hitchcock/Truffaut – Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut's in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Psycho
Posters and ad gallery
Lobby card gallery
Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
Production photo gallery
Psycho theatrical trailers
Psycho re-release trailer
The Birds special features:
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
All About The Birds
Original ending
Deleted scene
Tippi Hedren's screen test
The Birds is coming (Universal International Newsreel)
Suspense Story: National Press Club hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)
100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
100 Years of Universal: The Lot
Hitchcock/Truffaut – Audio recording from filmmaker François Truffaut's in-depth interview with director Alfred Hitchcock about Vertigo
