How much did Hitchcock pay for Psycho?
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Hitchcock bought the rights to the novel Psycho anonymously from Bloch for just $9,000. He then bought up as many copies of the novel as he could to keep the ending a secret. The film only cost $800,000 to make yet has earned more than $40 million. Hitchcock used the crew from his TV series to save time and money. The shower scene has over 90 splices in it, and did not involve Anthony Perkins at all. Perkins was in New York preparing for a play. The sound that the knife makes penetrating the flesh is actually the sound of a knife stabbing a casaba melon. The blood in the shower scene is actually chocolate sauce.
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