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FAVORITE CLASSIC FILM PERFORMANCES

Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in PSYCHO (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

I think that we're all in our private traps, clamped in them, and none of us can ever get out. We scratch and we claw, but only at the air, only at each other. And for all of it, we never budge an inch.

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You're frightened, Nell. - Oh, no more. Just when I thought I was all alone.

Julie Harris & Claire Bloom in THE HAUNTING (1963) dir. Robert Wise

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Hill House has stood for 90 years and might stand for 90 more. Within, walls continue upright, bricks meet, floors are firm, and doors are sensibly shut. Silence lies steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House. And we who walk here... walk alone.

THE HAUNTING 1963, dir. Robert Wise

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What are you afraid of, Theo? - Of knowing what I really want.

Julie Harris & Claire Bloom as Eleanor Lance and Theodora in THE HAUNTING (1963) dir. Robert Wise

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Mists gather here, and sea fog and eerie stories. That's not because there are more ghosts here than in other places, mind you. It's just that people who live hereabouts are strangely aware of them. You see, day and night, year in, year out, they listen to the pound and stir of the waves. There's life and death in that restless sound... and eternity too.

THE UNINVITED 1944, dir. Lewis Allen

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TIPPI HEDREN as Melanie Daniels in THE BIRDS (1963) dir. Alfred Hitchcock Costume design by Edith Head and hairstyles by Virginia Darcy

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Do you think I should go? - Well, that's up to you. No, it's really up to Lydia, isn't it? - Nevermind Lydia. Do you want to go? Yes. - Then go.

TIPPI HEDREN & SUZANNE PLESHETTE as Melanie Daniels & Annie Hayworth in THE BIRDS (1963) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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CLASSIC HORROR HEROINES

SUZANNE PLESHETTE as Annie Hayworth in THE BIRDS (1963) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

I'm an open book, I'm afraid. Or, rather, a closed one.