Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Final Cut

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Final Cut, also released as simply Hitchcock: The Final Cut, is a 2001 action-adventure detective-mystery video game that draws inspiration from the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Developed by Arxel Tribe, the gameplay centers on collecting items and solving puzzles, with some similarities to survival horror. The art style places 3D characters within a 2D environment, and the story advances through full motion video cutscenes. Controls use both keyboard and mouse, and the developer estimates a playtime of about 20 hours.

The plot follows billionaire recluse Robert Marvin-Jones, who is making a Hitchcock tribute film on his own property. His film crew has vanished and may have been murdered. Private detective Joseph Shamley is hired by Jones’s mute niece, Alicia, to use his deductive powers to solve the case.

According to ActionTrip, the developers secured the rights to include scenes from Hitchcock films such as *Saboteur*, *Psycho*, and *Vertigo*. Film Remakes notes that the game features extracts from six Hitchcock movies: *Psycho*, *Frenzy*, *Vertigo*, *Rope*, *Saboteur*, and *The Birds*. Game Informer remarked that titles like *Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Final Cut* show Wanadoo Edition’s willingness to experiment and take risks in its PC catalog.

The game received “mixed” reviews on Metacritic. IGN criticized it for lacking suspense, offering uninteresting puzzles, poor dialogue, a convoluted story, and awkward controls. ActionTrip concluded that while using Hitchcock’s name was a smart marketing move, the game’s quality did not match it. Quandary expressed disappointment with the character models, calling them “blocky and almost wooden looking.” GameSpy, noting Hitchcock’s sixty-seven director credits, described the game as “a confusing, unworthy amalgamation of all sixty-seven Hitchcock projects.” Adventure Gamers called it “a muddled adventure game with little inspiration, even though it pretends to be Hitchcock-inspired.”