lfred Hitchcock is undeniably a suspense film auteur, crafting acclaimed works one after the other. As the ‘author’ of early horror, Hitchcock began to create a signature style within the genre. The older male protagonist, the young blonde distraction. A woman’s place in a Hitchcock film is fundamentally superficial. “She is there as a beautiful distraction, to be captivating but untouched.” The key quality of the Hitchcock heroine is to lie, and be punished, but without ruffling her hem. As a director, Hitchcock uses costuming, editing and dialogue, supported through the symbolic use of setting, to portray his ‘leading ladies’ in an unflattering light. His juvenile, gorgeous Femme fatales are subjected to a journey that exploits their sexuality