Cinema has always been deliciously drawn to the minds that make us squirm in our seats, and none did it better than Alfred Hitchcock—the man who turned an innocent shower into a lifelong phobia.

There are few movies that were as timely as 2009's 2012. After the dawn of the new millennium, folks wondered if the year 2012 A.D. would mark the end of human civilization as we know it due to the ...