I don't mind the concept of the artwork, but the blood looks like motor oil.
Chocolate syrup actually
Quote:-
"Hitchcock has said that one reason he shot
Psycho in black-and-white was because he thought the
bloody murder might be too much for audiences. He used chocolate syrup as the
blood swirling down the drain. Nevertheless, some audience members swore the scene was in color and that they saw red
blood."
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Quite like the clever artwork and an all white steelbook with spot glossed "blood" should look just fine in the flesh (lol) and probably has the edge on some of the modern poster takes on the film.
Of the original posters I'd pick this as my favourite:-
. . . as the other good 'un has been used already on the previous U.K. release:-
. . . and apart from those two there doesn't seem to be as many great "Psycho" poster design out there as there are for any number of other Hitch classics with Saul Bass or Saul Bass inspired artwork . . . with even those not covered in masses of print not great for steelbook cover art (imo).
(For great original poster artwork you won't find better than the ten WB classic steelbooks released here in the U.K. in January, 2013).
At least it goes well with this other creative and artistic Hitch steelbook:-
Not really a fan of the U.S. Iconic Art steelbooks (although I'm thinking these could look good as a collection . . . not just the odd one looking out of place by itself) but I don't mind the first U.K. and the similar German horizontal releases in spite of the then fashion of printing most of the info directly on to the steelbooks).
As for a modern take on the film poster to celebrate PSYCHO's 55th Anniversary a couple of these at least are first rate:-
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