A foodie was shocked to see a picture of Alfred Hitchcock on her slice of ham.
Naina Schintee posted a picture of the piece of ham on Facebook and users were quick to compare it to the influential film director.
Others, however, said the male silhouette more closely resembled wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Ms. Schintee captioned her post, which now has 322 reactions and 73 comments: “I have this old man for dinner.”
“I love Alfred Hitchcock,” Dain Starr replied.
Carole Kaplan added: “It could be Alfred Hitchcock who returns in the form of bologna. Hmm, his next horror story is writing itself.”
However, Aleksandra Pavlova disagreed, saying he looked more like Mr Churchill.
“Alfred Hitchcock with a man bun,” contributed Rhonda Reynolds.
A foodie was shocked to see a picture of Alfred Hitchcock on her slice of ham.
Naina Schintee posted a picture of the piece of ham on Facebook and users were quick to compare it to the influential film director.
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema, mastering the art of suspense in films such as The 39 Steps (1935), Strangers on a Train (1951), Rear Window (1954), Murder by Death (1954) and Psycho (1960).
He was an unusual character. He suffered from a pathological fear of the police, a horror of eggs and insecurities about his appearance, and he fantasized about his female protagonists.
Pranks and games, which ranged from harmless jokes to cruel humiliations, were an outlet for him.
One of his favorite tricks was to recruit an accomplice and tell them a tantalizing story while they were in an elevator.
He would time his exit perfectly just before the end, leaving snoopers frustrated.
He used to invite pompous guests to dinner parties, where he would place fart cushions under their chairs before they sat down. He once served an all-blue meal at a dinner party.
Alfred Hitchcock (pictured) was one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema and mastered the art of suspense.
Alfred Hitchcock filming The Man Who Knew Too Much in 1955
Their stunts could have been much more sinister. Hitchcock arranged for Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll to be handcuffed together for hours during the filming of The 39 Steps.
It is speculated that this need to cause fear arose from a childhood trauma. At the age of five, after a minor delinquency, his father William sent him with a note to a local police station.
He was then locked in a cell and released after about ten minutes by a policeman who said: “That’s what we do to naughty children.”
Hitchcock later said that he could never forget the fear of such humiliation.