Joseph Stefano Movies

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates...

A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.

When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.

A man and his girlfriend plan to rob the mansion of the man's eccentric but wealthy aunt. However, the aunt keeps dozens of cats in her home, and the...

Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of the most influential and studied filmmakers in the...

Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a...

An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster's widow.

It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding...

After two women poison the blackmailer who has been tormenting them, they wind up at the house of a blind man whose eccentric guest believes he has...

This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The...

Documentary tracing the rise of the 'slasher' movie.

A skier and his wife visit a friend's ski resort during a man beast's rampage, and must hide from the impending danger.

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the...

Documentary on the making of Gus Van Sant's "Psycho." Featured at the Berlin Film Festival, 2000.

An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.

After being cryogenically frozen for more than 30 years, a woman wakes to find her husband an old man and her children older than she is. Her...

A retrospective on the entire movie, from start to finish. There are interviews with many of the principle cast and crew (including Janet Leigh and...

A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and...

A young woman who is battling a rare blood disease must also fight against a greedy doctor who needs a heart-transplant donor, and has her in mind.

A deranged mother avenges herself on the man she thinks seduced her daughter by imprisoning him in a cage in her basement.