HitchPod - A Podcast About Alfred Hitchcock Movies

The 12th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The Lady Vanishes from 1938. On our rewatch of The Lady Vanishes, we recommend extending comic misunderstandings, talk about pot plant plot points and reveal the most plausible scene of the entire film. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $...

We continue our look at the 13th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Best Picture winner Rebecca to a zero-Oscar nomination film of the same year, His Girl Friday. We also discuss alternative alliterative titles, the possibly bidirectional influence of Lois Lane and being set up by Cary Grant, before revealing the 12th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite...

The 13th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Rebecca from 1940. On our rewatch of Rebecca, we consider the possibilities of Mrs Danvers-raised clones, reveal the sensational character find of 1940, and answer the question of what Cat has in her desk. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little a...

We continue our look at the 14th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s To Catch A Thief to the Best Picture winner for 1955, Marty. We also discuss which characters might be ghosts, the looming perils of supermarkets and the one simple editing trick that would have vastly improved this film, before revealing the 13th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite impr...

The 14th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is To Catch A Thief from 1955. On our rewatch of To Catch A Thief, we interrogate the purpose of Chin Up Guy, speculate on the true source of the nickname 'The Cat' and ponder the fallacious reasoning of a false dichotomy. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and f...

We continue our look at the 15th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Lifeboat to the Best Picture winner for 1944, Gaslight. We also discuss titles that transcend their movie, the perfect MacGuffin and our collective desire to just keep watching Joseph Cotten, before revealing the 14th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic cross...

The 15th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Lifeboat from 1944. On our rewatch of Lifeboat, we recycle jokes, learn how to fish with jewellery and rerank who should be in charge of the boat. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every sin...

We continue our look at the 16th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man to the Best Picture winner for 1956, Around The World In Eighty Days. We also discuss the romantic allure of whist, hordes of celebrity cameos and a mysterious ongoing lack of tension, before revealing the 15th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of crypti...

The 16th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The Wrong Man from 1956. On our rewatch of The Wrong Man, we discuss hairbrush resistance tactics, being irritated by confirmation bias and Elvis Presley. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of e...

We continue our look at the 17th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Young and Innocent to the Best Picture winner for 1938, You Can't Take It With You. We also discuss the employment prospects of twitchy-eyed men, manic pixie dream geezers and wacky basement cults, before revealing the 16th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic...

The 17th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Young and Innocent from 1937. On our rewatch of Young and Innocent, we delve deeply into resuscitation techniques, the subversion of John Smith and the most frightening scene Hitchcock ever filmed (take that, Psycho!). If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and fo...

We continue our look at the 18th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s Spellbound to the Best Picture winner for 1945, The Lost Weekend. We also discuss the origins of the John Wick franchise, unfunny episodes of Frasier and classic coat-check mix-up meet-cutes, before revealing the 17th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic cross...

The 18th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Spellbound from 1945. On our rewatch of Spellbound, we delve deeply into synchronised skiing, aborted Chekhov's gun acting jokes and the psychiatric tactic of drugging milk. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Sea...

We continue our look at the 19th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock’s The Lodger to the Best Picture winner for 1927, Wings. We also conduct live doughboy research, introduce the Oscars Cinematic Universe and learn Battlestar Galactica lessons, before revealing the 18th best Hitchcock movie via the still quite improbable medium of cryptic crossword clue. If you...

The 19th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is The Lodger from 1927. On our rewatch of The Lodger, we delve deeply into chess, double entendres, super-powered peripheral vision and half-price Tuesday specials. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod and for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 cover...

We continue our look at the 20th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners, by comparing Hitchcock's Frenzy to the Best Picture winner for 1972, The Godfather. We also discuss black eye healing times, codify a new bumbling cop subcategory and speculate about Liza Minnelli's strangulation tactics, before revealing the 19th best Hitchcock movie via the improbable medium of cryptic crossword cl...

The 20th best Hitchcock movie according to our listeners is Frenzy from 1972. We therefore kick off our second season with a Frenzy rewatch podcast, featuring new intros, new segments and the same old hosts. Jokes, limericks, deep dives, prequels, sequels and spin-offs. Everything you need to know to enjoy a rewatch of Frenzy. (Or your first watch - we're not dogmatic about this.) If you want more...

There's a bogus Cat on the podcast, and the real Cat has to come out of retirement to sort it out all out, as we discuss our final movie, 1955's To Catch A Thief. We delve into innovations in the insurance industry, predecessors to The Suicide Squad, sockless shoes, inappropriate attraction to Grace Kelly and much, much more! We also reveal our plans for season 2 of HitchPod, which will be a rewat...

It's our penultimate movie. Things are about to head Downhill, a la this movie from 1927. We discuss theatre restaurant experiences, dead fairy godmothers and what even Hitchcock himself declared was his most elegant moment of direction. Patreon supporters also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Trading Places. Find out how to access that segment by going to https://www.hitchpo...

We did record a 52nd episode of our podcast. Honestly. It was here a second ago. It had MacGuffin debate, wildly popular spinoff podcasts and heroic attempts to not get too bogged down talking about cricket. Please, you must believe us. Our episode on The Lady Vanishes from 1938 was just here. (Also, keep an eye out for our Hitchcockification bonus episode in which we Hitchcockify Gone Girl too.)...

In the 51st episode of HitchPod, we're entering The Ring from 1927. We discuss pipe-smoking fortune tellers, the differences between women and belts and how having giant photos of your boyfriend in the house is not the best way to hide an affair from your husband. Patreon supporters also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Rocky. Find out how to access that segment by going to h...

Much like a farmer desperately searching for a wife, we're desperately searching for a 50th episode. And we find it in Hitchcock's 1928 silent film The Farmer's Wife. Topics discussed include heist movies starring digital Hitchcock movie actors, the hilarity of removing one's hat and optimal rejection lines. Patreon supporters also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Four Weddin...

It's the 49th episode of HitchPod. And despite this podcast no longer being young or innocent, we still bravely discuss Young and Innocent from 1937. We cover spoilers in movie titles, collapsing mines and a little bit of Hitchcock matchmaking. Plus, the most bumbling of all the bumbling Hitchcock cops! Patreon supporters also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify Pride and Prejud...

We're backstage, caking ourselves in makeup as we flash back to discuss Aventure Malgache, the second of Hitchcock's short World War 2 propaganda films. We cover Wizard of Oz tributes and alarm clock Morse code before determining once and for all what movie you get if you play this one backwards. Plus: eagle-eared listeners might hear a cameo background bark from our new puppy. Patreon supporters...

In our 47th episode, we're overcome by The Fever and have visions of Hitchcock's first film The Pleasure Garden. We discuss defensive cigarette wielding, g-g-g-ghosts, channeling your inner Huey Lewis, the secret to Hitchcock's obsession with casting blondes and much, much more. Patreon supporters will also get access to a bonus podcast in which we Hitchcockify LA Story. Find out how to access tha...