Hitchcockian

adjective

Hitch·​cock·​ian hich-ˈkä-kē-ən 

: of, relating to, or suggestive of the cinematic style or technique of Alfred Hitchcock

Secret identities and hidden intentions are classic Hitchcockian tropes …

—Shirrel Rhoades

often : having a pervasive air of unease or suspense

There's a Hitchcockian foreboding—a sense that someone is about to open a shadowy door and never return …

—Isabelia Herrera

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above