The Psycho Legacy

The Psycho Legacy is a 2010 independent documentary film that examines the history of the Psycho film franchise and the continuing legacy of the original Psycho. It also pays a tribute to actor Anthony Perkins for his portrayal of character Norman Bates. It is written and directed by Robert Galluzzo. It includes interviews with the cast and crew who were involved in the productions of Psycho, Psycho II, Psycho III and Psycho IV The Beginning. It also features interviews with current horror filmmakers who are fans of the Psycho series.

The documentary was originally developed in late 2006. Robert Galluzzo stated I got the idea for the documentary when the Psycho II and Psycho III DVDs were rereleased back in 2005. I was disappointed with the fact that the DVDs contained no special features and that there was little information out there about the Psycho sequels, thus I decided to make the documentary. Galluzzo originally went to Universal Studios with the idea of the studio financing the documentary and releasing it in a box set along with Psycho, Psycho II, Psycho III and Psycho IV The Beginning. But Universal wasnt interested in these ideas. However, the studio did allow Galluzzo to shoot footage on the Bates Motel and Psycho house sets on the backlot and use pictures and footage from all the films.Filming began in January 2007. Director Robert Galluzo shot interviews with Psycho cast and crew members over the next three years. Galluzo personally financed the production as he described it as a labour of love project. Different types of digital video cameras were used to film the interviews over the threeyearlong production, thus giving the documentary an aspect ratio of both fullscreen and widescreen. Galluzo and editor Jon Maus used school equipment to edit the footage together first into aminute promotional video and then the full documentary. Galluzo stated in an interview with Retro Slashers.com The shoot itself was just my dear friend John Torrani, who had a Panasonic DVX100 camera and myself. He was crazy enough to follow me on this journey and for that, Im eternally grateful to him Essentially, I made a ton of phone calls, sent out a ton of emails and did my best to contact as many Psycho alumni as possible to arrange interviews. Most of them are based out of California, so Id work at my dayjob formonths straight, then takeweeks off to go shoot some interviews. And then come back and do it all over again. Thats the main reason its taken so long is because I had to g

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