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5 Horrifying Facts About The Movie Psycho On June 16, 1960, Alfred Hitchcock‘s legendary movie Psycho had its world premiere at the DeMille Theatre in New York City. Here are five horrifying facts you probably didn't know about Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho"... There Were Three Norma Bates Three different people did the voice of Norman's mother: Jeanette Nolan, Paul Jasmin whom Anthony Perkins recommended for the job, and Virginia Gregg. Their recordings were then mixed together until Hitchcock found the right tone of voice for each particular scene. Hitchcock Used A Melon For The Sound of The Stabbing Scene When Hitchcock and his sound guy searched for the perfect stabbing sound, they didn’t turn to stock Hollywood effects. They turned to melons. They laid out an epic spread of every kind of melon you can imagine, until they found that perfect sound. Enter: the casaba melon. This melon sounds denser, less hollow. And, as they found, it sounded even more realistic when interspersed with a slab of steak. Chocolate Syrup Was Used For Blood It's not a secret that the vast majority of food productions mix a viscous liquid like corn syrup with red food coloring to create realistic-looking blood, but things are a little different in black-and-white filmmaking. As a result, Hitchcock instead decided to use Bosco Chocolate Syrup to double for blood, feeling that it created a stronger and more effective contrast on camera. When watching the final film, you'd never know it was actually a desert topping. This famous shower scene was so traumatic, Janet Leigh admitted that she could not shower in a unit with curtains for years after making the movie. Secrecy Was Key to the Movie’s Shock Value Hitchcock had been hurt by media leaks in the past. So he beefed up security surrounding the plot and ending of the film. He did not allow film critics to preview the film before its release and withheld the release of movie stills. Because the key murder in the film takes place fairly quickly, Hitchcock knew that anyone arriving very late would end up asking about Janet Leigh and why they didn't see her in the film. To prevent this, he demanded that theaters not let people in after the film started. Hitchcock's requirement that everyone be seated before the film began changed how people treated filmgoing. Janet Leigh Took Baths For The Rest Of Her Life Janet Leigh spent a week shooting the shower scene, and although she wasn't affected by the filming itself, she was decidedly more bothered when she saw the final cut of the movie. Leigh later commented that it illustrated to her how vulnerable people are in the shower, and as a result, she only took baths for the remaining 40-plus years of her life where possible. In an interview, Leigh said:"I stopped taking showers and I only take baths. And when I'm someplace where I can only take a shower, I make sure the doors and windows of the house are locked. I also leave the bathroom door open and shower curtain open. I’m always facing the door, watching, no matter where the shower head is."

5 Things You Didn't Know About The Price Is Right_2 On June 15, 2007, Bob Barker ended his 35-year run as the host of The Price Is Right, the CBS game show where audience members were chosen to guess the prices of various items. Here are five things you didn't know about television's longest-running game show… Hair Color Proved to Be an Unexpected Boost Having gray hair on a TV game show doesn't seem so unusual now, but as recently as the 1980s gray hair simply wasn't done. Bob Barker had prematurely gray hair at his temples and used to color his hair, but after a vacation during which he stopped dyeing his hair -- and got compliments -- he decided to stop using hair color for the show. He had to get from the head of daytime programming, but once the change was approved, he didn't look back. Best of all, ratings went up after he left his natural gray hair alone. One Man Screens Every Single Audience Member for Potential Contestants The show is known for its super-excited audience and contestants, and that behavior is no coincidence. Before each show, a man named Stan Blits screens every potential audience member for enthusiasm, happiness, and energy. Guests showing the most of these traits have the best chance of being in the studio and getting called onto the stage to become a contestant. But being nice isn't enough. You really have to cheer and be wildly into what's happening. No bribes, though. Blits looks for sincere energy and no funny stuff. The IRS Knows About Those Prizes Taxes are one of the facts of life. That means contestants have to pay taxes on prizes as they are considered income. All those nifty items you can win on game shows are subject to taxes even if the items themselves aren't cash. In fact, for The Price Is Right, you have to pay the taxes first before you can get the items. So if you win a $30,000 car, you have to fork out the tax money on $30,000 worth of automobile. Unfortunately, the cash equivalent is offered instead of prizes only in specific circumstances, so contestants are left with a choice of paying tens of thousands of dollars to get their non-cash prizes, or not accepting the prizes at all. There Was a Wardrobe Malfunction Was there ever a wardrobe malfunction. In 1977, one woman in the audience was told to “come on down,” she got so excited that her tube top slipped off. “She began jumping up and down and out they came,” Bob Barker told Larry King of “the most talked about single incident in the history of the show.” When Yolanda finally got to her podium, Barker said, “I’ve never had a welcome like this.” A Camera Knocked Model Janice Pennington Out Janice Pennington was a model on the show who was among the group known as "Barker's Beauties". In 1988, the game-show model was knocked knocked off the stage into “contestants’ row” by a wayward camera and rendered unconscious. After a 45-minute delay during which Pennington was transferred by stretcher to an ambulance, the show continued without her. The accident was so bad that she broke her collarbone and needed to go through two surgeries. Although she made a full recovery, she could no longer wear swimsuits as her surgeries left some damaging scars and one shoulder shorter than the other. Pennington filed suit against CBS, citing negligence. The case went to trial, and in 1992, a jury awarded her $1.3 million for injuries she sustained on the set of The Price is Right.