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Film historian Stephen Thrower

Film historian Kat Ellinger

Film historians Bruce Holecheck and Nathaniel Thompson

Documentary audio.

The Psycho Legacy is a 2010 American independent direct-to-video 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.

BONUS: Extras

Director Dan Trachtenberg, co-producer Ben Rosenblatt, director of photography Jeff Cutter and stunt co-ordinator Jacob Tomuri

Documentary audio.

From director Frank Henenlotter and legendary exploitation monarch David F. Friedman - in his final film appearance - are your hosts for this eye-popping expedition through the world of pre-code peekaboos, stags, sex-hygiene films, goona-goonas, nudie-cuties, roughies, druggies, white-coaters and more.

Film critics Emily Higgins & Billy Dunham

Producer David R. Kappes

Director John Harrison and screenwriter George A. Romero

BONUS: Extras

Noted playwright, novelist and monologuist Spalding Gray spent eight weeks in Asia as an actor in Roland Joffé’s Academy Award Winning historical drama The Killing Fields, chronicling the history of the Khmer Rouge regime. In his famed one man show, Swimming to Cambodia, Gray laid bare his experiences on set and contextualizes his anecdotes with the stark history of the region. 

Film critic Scout Tafoya

Filmmakers Adrian Garcia Bogliano and Nicanor Loreti

Director John Llewellyn Moxey

Actor Christopher Lee

Film historian Jonathan Rigby

Film historians Kim Newman And Barry Forshaw

A (probably needlessly) four part featurette documenting background and context. This expectedly ping pongs between talking head interviews and snippets from the film, along with some candid footage.

Filipino film historian Andrew Leavold

BONUS: Extras

Director/actor Dominic West and editor Kate Sanford

Producer George P. Pelecanos and director Seith Mann

writer/co-executive producer Ed Burns and producer Karen Thorson

Writer/actor William F. Zorzi and director/actor Clark Johnson

BONUS: Extras

Director Joe Chappelle and writer George P. Pelecanos

Actors Robert Chew, Jermaine Crawford, Maestro Harrell, Julito McCullum and Tristan Wilds

Director Dan Attias and story editor William F. Zorzi

Editor Katie Sanford, producer Karen Thorson and actor Jim True-Frost

Creator David Simon and producer Ed Burns

Writer George P. Pelecanos and director Joe Chappelle

Creator David Simon

Writer Richard Price

Creator David Simon and executive producer Nina K. Noble

Actors Dominic West and Michael K. Williams

Creator David Simon and writer George P. Pelecanos

Director Clark Johnson

Director Paul Schrader

Co-writers/directors Vanessa Winter and Joseph Winter

Director Peter Sohn, story supervisor Kelsey Mann, animation supervisor Mike Venturini, director of photography, lighting Sharon Calahan and supervising technical director Sanjay Bakshi 

Isolated score selections and audio interview with composer Jay Chattaway

Director Daniel Attias

BONUS: Extra interviews

Producer Martha De Laurentiis

Writer/director Bill Plympton

Producers Adam Rackoff, James Hancock, and Plymptoons Studio Manager John Holderried

BONUS: Extras

Kevin Jackson, Author of the Withnail & I BFI Modern Classic

Bruce Robinson for an Esquire UK live stream watch-along