Psycho and TCM have something in common; that is that they both subvert the conventions of the horror genre.
Psycho was released in 1960, by this time color television was widespread and used pretty much all over television. Despite the popularity of color tv Hitchcock decided his latest flick would be in good old black and white. This led to many difficulties of color tv being averted, for example it's said that Hitchcock used chocolate syrup for the blood in the shower scene, not only was it cheap and effective in terms of props but it was cheaper to produce because black and white films were cheaper than color.
The way that TCM goes against the convention grain is that when it was released, in 1998, most horror movies were slasher films and though they were a thrill none were based on real events. Texas Chainsaw Massacre was filmed as a mix of both a slasher and documentary film. It was advertised as a horror movie despite being based on real events. The movie was so scarring that it was banned until 1999 when it was resurfaced and given an 18 rating. Personally I think it should still be banned, I could hardly sit through two minutes of it.
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