Psycho (1960) Trailer - AI Colorized and Upscaled

Have you ever wondered how Psycho would look like in color? Well, this is the result. I know the colorization is not perfect due to the limitations of this tech. However, I think I still prefer the B&W version, it adds another layer of creepiness that with color gets lost.
Colorized with DeOldify and upscaled using Topaz AI Gaia HQ.
Original video: • Psycho Official Traile...

[@michaelconsuegra7316]

I always wondered how this would look in color. I wish they would release a colorized version of this on DVD. To me any movie looks better in color.

[@alexmasswell5905]

@alain nadeau really

[@garyl5128]

Interestingly, there is a kinda colour version - it was remade in 1998 (Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche) replicating pretty much everything scene by scene, including much of the music, yet it wasn't a patch on the original. I think the acting, particularly of Anthony Perkins, is what sets it apart.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1998_film)
Some comparisons on YT as well.
I know what you mean about colourised films looking better, as they tend to look more real in a way. I'm not sure if Psycho would be one of them though as it's such a good film, and think the B&W treatment actually helps the mood etc. I believe one of the main reasons Hitchcock chose B&W was due to cost, so if cost wasn't a factor he may well have shot it in colour. I think in those cases, it's not always true to say B&W is the directors intent, so can be a fair reason to have a colourised version.

[@michaelbruns449]

I totally agree, in living color, cuz most b/w films were made that way, not for any artistic expression, but because color film was too expensive, so i'm all for colorizing any and all b/w films and the sooner the better.

[@tuanlamtran8134]

This film wouldn’t work in certain levels if you colorize it. The best example I can give is some scenes of Norman Bates. You can see Hitchcock used shadow very well to show the dark & edgy on Norman’s face expression.

[@AmerIndianWarrior]

I too would like to see it in color.

[@blithespirit7839]

Oh God I wish I could see this film in color.

[@michaelbruns449]

Eye and mind opening colorization redefines this cinematic masterpiece, this dawn of the slasher horror movie, upon another level where few other films reside.

[@whocrusader5179]

Astounding

[@ruthlessgaming4682]

I don’t understand why they can’t produce a color version of the film. There’s a 4k copy in black and white. Yet you can’t make a color version??

[@AmerIndianWarrior]

Exactly!

[@mattsmagicdetailtech]

this movie was shown on channel ten in Australia in colour back in the mid 1980's. Alot of films around from the 50's to 60's in B&W were being colorised like my VHS ex rental copy of Night of the Living Dead. But yes some films are better in black and white.

[@lawrencebrooks5996]

I grew up with both Black & White and color, and this film totally absolutely, as a horror film, is far better in B&W. It was not made for gen-x'ers who cannot even bare to watch Citizen Kane, Nosferatu, or Casablanca.

[@garysmith394]

It's okay to prefer B&W over color, but it is not realistic. The real world exists in color and should be reflected that way. It would be an extremely boring and depressing place if everything was actually in black and white. All the horrors of the world are in color as well as the nice pleasant things.

[@maximeminville6804]

@@garysmith394 So a movie need to be realistic to be good ? What about fantasy ?