Entertain The Elk on Hitchcock’s FRENZY (1972)

How does an artist react when a genre they helped create starts to outgrow them? It’s a fascinating question that happens frequently in cinema with various filmmakers suddenly outpaced by the very movements and subgenres and stylings they helped create. One prime example is Alfred Hitchcock who helped invent modern horror (and some credit the slasher to him as well), only to have his style flourished and improved upon by many that came after…yet while he was still working!

Entertain The Elk looks at 1972’s FRENZY, which is posited as Hitchcock’s reaction to being pushed aside by his descendants in giallo and more. It’s a fascinating dive into an oft overlooked part of the director’s canon, made even more interesting in how its positioned alongside the works of those like Bava, Argento, and more.

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