The Master of Suspense. A kind of suspense that he understood to be universal and eternal. He established techniques that are used to this day.
"Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is the exact sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual."
-Alfred Hitchcock
Sure, our wolf today may look a little different (maybe some more CGI, maybe some more gore) than the one from Alfred Hitchcock's time. But the fundamental aspect of the wolf, the feeling the wolf gives us, fear is universal. It's not the what we're scared of, it's how it's presented to us. Suspense is the how. It can make us fear anything. This is why his films are timeless.
Take a step down memory lane in this Alfred Hitchcock "Film Checklist" Tribute by Jean-Baptiste Lefournier:
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