Believe It or Not: Alfred Hitchcock Was Afraid Of . . .
You wouldn’t think of the filmmaker responsible for “Psycho,” “The Birds,” and “Vertigo” as having any phobias, let alone one as rare as ovaphobia. And yet the Master of Suspense once admitted on the record that he was “worse than frightened” of eggs which he said revolted him — so much so, in fact, he refused to ever taste egg yolk, which he found particularly repulsive. “Have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid?” he asked in one interview. (Anyone who’s seen such lesser-known Hitchcock works as “Frenzy” and “Family Plot” might say Yes, but the point stands.)
The breakfast staple wasn’t the filmmaker’s only fear. As fate would have it, Hitchcock was as afraid of his own films as most of his viewers were. “I’m frightened of my own movies,” he said in a 1963 interview. “I never go to see them. I don’t know how people can bear to watch my movies.”
So if you’ve yet to muster the courage to watch “Psycho,” take solace in the fact that Hitchcock himself would understand your reluctance.
Source: interestingfacts.com
Contributed by Jane Hart