Females in Freeze Frame - Vanity Fair Recreates Classic Hitchcock Film Stills

Iconic film roles for women are hard to come by these days. Take, for example, the movie Wanted coming out today. Angelina Jolie toting a gun may sell tickets to the target demographic of young males. But because she's done so many of these roles, after a while it's hard to tell the films apart.

I've often wondered - do today's superstars wish they could go back in time and work with some of the legendary filmmakers of the past?

Someone at Vanity Fair must have thought the same thing, because in a web exclusive they've recreated still shots of some of the greatest films of a great director, Alfred Hitchcock.

These were the movies that terrified me as a kid and delighted me as a young adult. And it's loads of fun to see who's been 'cast' to play the various iconic female roles in such classic films as Rear Window, Marnie, Rebecca, and of course Psycho. Even better - if you click the recreated still, the original photo pops up so you can compare the two.

My favorite is Jodie Foster channeling Tippi Hendren in a scene from The Birds. The photo evokes so many memories that I found myself covering my eyes. Take a look.