Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as "the Master of Suspense", he directed over 50 feature films in a career spanning six decades, becoming as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing of the television anthology "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955–1965). Born in Leytonstone, Essex, Hitchcock entered the film industry in 1919 as a
More Than Human "More Than Human" in 1978, titled "Heavy Metal Presents Theodore Sturgeon's More Than Human". It was illustrated by Alex Niño and scripted by Doug Moench. The novel concerns the coming together of six extraordinary people with strange powers who are able to "blesh" (a portmanteau of "blend" and "mesh") their abilities together. In this way, they are able to act as one organism. They progress toward a mature gestalt consciousness, called the "homo gestalt", the next step in the human evolution. The first part of the novel, "The Fabulous Idiot", narrates the birth of the gestalt. In the beginning, we