05/02/2025
Alfred Hitchcock was frightened of eggs.
The master of suspense, who terrified audiences with movies like Psycho and The Birds, considered himself an ovophobe—someone frightened of eggs.
Alfred Hitchcock explained to an interviewer in 1963: "I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened; they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes, and when you break it, inside there's that yellow thing, round, without any holes … Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I've never tasted it."
