Dr. Philip J. Skerry is Professor Emeritus at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio, where he has taught English and film courses for thirty-five years. Dr. Skerry has written numerous articles on film for scholarly journals and for anthologies. His major interests in addition to Hitchcock's films include film noir, the Western and screwball comedy. This book grew out of a Hitchcock course that Dr. Skerry has taught for fifteen years. He lives with his wife Amy in Beachwood, Ohio.

• Preface; Introduction; 1: My Research Trip; 2. Janet Leigh; 3. The Trip Continued - Two Intersecting Paths to Psycho; 4. Joseph Stefano; 5. Constructing Suspense - Mise en Scene; 6. Hilton Green; 7. Montage: Creating Terror; 8. Danny Greene; 9. The Evolution of the Shower Scene; 10. Terry Williams; 11. The Culmination of Suspense and Terror: The Shower Scene; 12. Amy Duddleston; 13. Homage; 14. The First Time; Bibliography; Index.

"Wearing its scholarship lightly and revealing unashamedly the author's enthusiasm, even affection, for his subject, this book illuminates and refreshes what had risked becoming a stale debate." John Baxter, Film International"

Dr. Philip J. Skerry is Professor Emeritus at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio, where he has taught English and film courses for thirty-five years. Dr. Skerry has written numerous articles on film for scholarly journals and for anthologies. His major interests in addition to Hitchcock's films include film noir, the Western and screwball comedy. This book grew out of a Hitchcock course that Dr. Skerry has taught for fifteen years. He lives with his wife Amy in Beachwood, Ohio.

• Preface; Introduction; 1: My Research Trip; 2. Janet Leigh; 3. The Trip Continued - Two Intersecting Paths to Psycho; 4. Joseph Stefano; 5. Constructing Suspense - Mise en Scene; 6. Hilton Green; 7. Montage: Creating Terror; 8. Danny Greene; 9. The Evolution of the Shower Scene; 10. Terry Williams; 11. The Culmination of Suspense and Terror: The Shower Scene; 12. Amy Duddleston; 13. Homage; 14. The First Time; Bibliography; Index.

"Wearing its scholarship lightly and revealing unashamedly the author's enthusiasm, even affection, for his subject, this book illuminates and refreshes what had risked becoming a stale debate." John Baxter, Film International"

Dr. Philip J. Skerry is Professor Emeritus at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio, where he has taught English and film courses for thirty-five years. Dr. Skerry has written numerous articles on film for scholarly journals and for anthologies. His major interests in addition to Hitchcock's films include film noir, the Western and screwball comedy. This book grew out of a Hitchcock course that Dr. Skerry has taught for fifteen years. He lives with his wife Amy in Beachwood, Ohio.

• Preface; Introduction; 1: My Research Trip; 2. Janet Leigh; 3. The Trip Continued - Two Intersecting Paths to Psycho; 4. Joseph Stefano; 5. Constructing Suspense - Mise en Scene; 6. Hilton Green; 7. Montage: Creating Terror; 8. Danny Greene; 9. The Evolution of the Shower Scene; 10. Terry Williams; 11. The Culmination of Suspense and Terror: The Shower Scene; 12. Amy Duddleston; 13. Homage; 14. The First Time; Bibliography; Index.

"Wearing its scholarship lightly and revealing unashamedly the author's enthusiasm, even affection, for his subject, this book illuminates and refreshes what had risked becoming a stale debate." John Baxter, Film International"