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Alfred Hitchcock’s Guide to the Horrors of Home Management

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Alfred Hitchcock was the master of horror, but his movies aren’t the only things that can send chills down your spine.

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The Birds

Community Pest Control Isn’t for the Birds: You think you’ve got wildlife pest problems? The folks in Hitchcock’s The Birds should have mobilized for wildlife pest control rather than huddling in their houses on Bodega Bay.

 

Image: THE BIRDS, Jessica Tandy, 1963/Everett Collection

Image: THE BIRDS, Jessica Tandy, 1963/Everett Collection
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  • Community Pest Control Isn’t for the Birds: You think you’ve got wildlife pest problems? The folks in Hitchcock’s The Birds should have mobilized for wildlife pest control rather than huddling in their houses on Bodega Bay.

     

    Image: THE BIRDS, Jessica Tandy, 1963/Everett Collection

  • Braving Dastardly Ice Dams: Could have been worse. Had it been winter, actor Cary Grant might have lost his grip AND faced some nefarious ice dams clogging the gutters of the house Hitchcock installed on top of Mt. Rushmore in North by Northwest.

     

    Image: NORTH BY NORTHWEST, Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, 1959/Everett Collection

  • Getting a Little Clarity: A little white vinegar dissolved in warm water would have let Jimmy Stewart clean his windows, view more clearly the events transpiring across the alley in Rear Window, and call the cops a heck of a lot sooner.

     

    Image: REAR WINDOW, Thelma Ritter, James Stewart, 1954/Everett Collection

  • Controlling Those Crazy Water Costs: Who doesn’t go a little bit Psycho when they see their water bills? Unfortunately, low-flow showerheads weren’t available for The Bates Motel, but they are for you.

     

    Image: PSYCHO, Janet Leigh, 1960/Everett Collection

  • Roof Maintenance Reaches New Heights: You might not have that over-the-top acrophobia that Jimmy Stewart displays in Vertigo, but climbing a ladder to do roof inspections and repairs takes a bit of chutzpah. Instead, scan from the ground using binoculars.

     

    Image: VERTIGO, James Stewart, 1958/Everett Collection

  • Home Security: The Plot Thins Out: Grace Kelly might have avoided that murderer-behind-my-curtain problem by retrofitting her apartment with a home security system. Luckily, Hitchcock put a big pair of scissors within her easy reach in Dial M for Murder.

     

    Image: DIAL M FOR MURDER, Grace Kelly, 1954/Everett Collection

  • If you like these, you may want to take a spin through HouseLogic’s library of slideshows.

     

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  • Image: THE BIRDS, Jessica Tandy, 1963/Everett Collection
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  • Image: DIAL M FOR MURDER, Grace Kelly, 1954/Everett Collection
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