Hitchcockesque

English

Etymology

From Hitchcock +‎ -esque.

Adjective

Hitchcockesque (comparative more Hitchcockesque, superlative most Hitchcockesque)

1. Reminiscent of the style of Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), British filmmaker and producer; suspenseful; of the nature of a psychological thriller.
   • 2014, Paul Julian Smith, Desire Unlimited: The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar, Verso, London/New York, third edition, page 192:

     Even the original score [of Volver] by Almodóvar's close collaborator Alberto Iglesias, recently Oscar-nominated for The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles, 2005), is discreet and unshowy. Deftly echoing Almodóvar's frequent changes in register, Iglesias offers Hitchcockesque strings for the thriller elements (a bloody murder) and tender harp chords for the supernatural apparitions (the moving Maura).

Synonyms

• Hitchcockian

Translations

reminiscent of the style of Alfred Hitchcock

• French: hitchcockesque (fr) m or f