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\nAsked once by an interviewer to explain the deepest logic of his films\, Alfred Hitchco ck replied: &ldquo\;To put the audience through it.&rdquo\; Generations of moviegoers can attest that watching Hitchcock&rsquo\;s thrillers can inde ed make them feel as if they&rsquo\;ve gone through an emotional wringer t hat can extend to short breaths\, clenched fists\, screams of terror\, and other physical indications that we feel as if we&rsquo\;re suffering the same excruciating ordeals as his heroes and (especially) his heroines. Why do Hitchcock&rsquo\;s films continue to be popular forty years after his death? Most people don&rsquo\;t enjoy feeling frightened in real life\; wh y do we submit not only willingly\, but eagerly to the expectation that we &rsquo\;re going to be scared\, when the lights dim at the beginning of a Hitchcock film?
\nPresenter: Thomas Leitch\, a Professor of English at the University of Delaware\, has written two books on Alfred Hitchcock& mdash\;"Find the Director\," and "Other Hitchcock Games" and "The Encyclop edia of Alfred Hitchcock"&mdash\;and\, with Leland Poague\, coedited a thi rd\, "A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock." Although he hates being scared in real life and makes a point of avoiding horror movies\, he&rsquo\;s loved Alfred Hitchcock&rsquo\;s thrillers ever since\, as a child\, he saw "Dial M for Murder". five times in a single week\, an experience that left an i ndelible mark on him.
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