Tomato juice was used by early Hollywood to simulate blood. Up until Psycho came out. Hitchcock thought about using tomato juice but said that since Psycho was filmed in black/white, chocolate syrup looked more like blood's sticky consistency than tomato juice, so he decided on it instead of tomato juice.
Tomato juice was used by early Hollywood to simulate blood. Up until Psycho came out. Hitchcock thought about using tomato juice but said that since Psycho was filmed in black/white, chocolate syrup looked more like blood's sticky consistency than tomato juice, so he decided on it instead of tomato juice.