He's also somewhat well known for making the shortest-ever acceptance speech at the Academy Awards (on receiving the Irving G. Hitchcock was knighted a brief four months prior to his death. While some of Hitchcocks' pranks could be considered pretty funny by all standards (such as one where he gifted his crew with expensive furniture at the wrap party, only for said crew members to come home with their presents and discover that said furniture was just a little too bit to big to fit through their front doors Hitchcock had, of course, been visiting their residences in secret and carefully written down measurements of their doors to make sure this would happen), others definitely crossed the line into Dude, Not Funny! and Prank Gone Too Far territory (such during the filming of Frenzy where he discovered that actress Elsie Randolph was deadly afraid of fire Hitchcock 'accidentally' locked her in a telephone box one day on set and starting pumping smoke into the box), and revealed Hitchcock to be less of a merry prankster and more someone with a latent sadistic streak. Hitchcock was also infamous as being somewhat of a prankster, who would frequently keep his film crews and actors, and even personal friends, on their toes through practical jokes, often very elaborate and well-planned ones. Hitchcock was also known for his frequent use of the ' MacGuffin' (a term he popularized) in his films. Also, the Italian Giallo film movement essentially stemmed from the Hitchcockian style. The Stanley Donen-directed Charade, for instance, was referred to by one reviewer as 'the best Hitchcock film that Hitchcock never made'. The Hitchcock style went on to typify a certain kind of thriller, one which was copied by others over time. Rear Window in particular is often used as a plot template in other media. North by Northwest, Rear Window, and The Birds are also frequently cited as favorites among fans.

Most people consider either Vertigo or Psycho to be his best, although Hitchcock himself regarded Shadow of a Doubt as his personal favorite.

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