Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho of Hitchcock biographies—Donald Spoto’s "The Dark Side of Genius" and Patrick McGilligan’s "Alfred Hitchcock", among them—but here, though focusing on a single film, Rebello offers a close-up look at the director that is perhaps more revelatory about the man’s character and working style than any full-length biography. A wonderful, absolutely essential book." Production commenced on April 13, 2012 of a film based upon the book. The film is directed by Sacha Gervasi and stars Anthony Hopkins as director Alfred Hitchcock, Helen Mirren as his wife Alma Reville, Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, Jessica Biel as Vera Miles, and James D'Arcy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Final Cut contains "extracts from six Hitchcock films ("Psycho", "Frenzy", "Torn Curtain", "Rope", "Saboteur" and "Shadow of a Doubt")". "Game Informer" said that with games like "Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Final Cut", Ubisoft's PC catalog is an area where the company is able to experiment and take risks. The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN wrote that the game offered "no suspense, puzzles of little interest, poor dialog, a tortuous storyline, and awkward control". ActionTrip concluded that "using Hitchcock's name and work was a good marketing move, but, unfortunately the game quality doesn't live up to