HitchPod - A Podcast About Alfred Hitchcock Movies

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 crossword clue. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter

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 for as little as $2/month get access to our Season 1 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as well

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 crossword clue. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go

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 Season 1 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as well as bonus episodes on Hitchcockesque movies,

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 want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to

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 coverage of every single Hitchcock movie, as well as bonus episodes on Hitchcockesque movies, invitations

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 medium of cryptic crossword clue. If you want more Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to

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 Hitchcock content, please consider becoming a HitchPod supporter. Just go to patreon.com/HitchPod