Alfred Hitchcock: The Master’s Mind Manipulating Poster Campaigns

3^nd article in our 7 week series on Psychological Thrillers.

It’s well established that Alfred Hitchcock was a genius in the psychological thriller film genre and still leads the field today, but what made us want to go and see them in the first place? What ways did he lure us in? We’ll take a brief look at five of his film, from the 1950’s to the 1960’s, (which are considered to be when he produced his best work) to find out the many techniques he used in his posters to entice us into the movie theatres!

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Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Dial M for Murder, Directors, Psycho, Psychological Thrillers, Rear Window, Stranger on a Train, Vertigo