As I see it, Psycho is really worthy its reputation, so I'd like to give a 4 out of 5. The scary film begins with Marion stealing $40,000 from her boss and trying to hide the money in her boyfriend Sam's house. Unluckily, she aroused the policeman's suspiction along her way. Hitchcook used a kind of mysterious and jittery music to show the character was thrown into an extreme panic, which leads the audience guess incorrectly that Marion was the pxycho. However, the owner of the Bates Hotel is the real mad one. Norman,a shy young man, asked Marion to have dinner with her, but the dinner finally became a dispute on Norman's mother. When Marion came back her room to take shower, Norman was peeping through a hole and going to commit a murder. He rushed into the bathroom, made a sudden attack towards the undressded girl, and finally killed her. Nevertheless, Marion would never know who was the criminal because the insane man was in her mother's clothes. Then comes a series of inquiries from both the detective, the victim's sister and boyfriend. They collected the evidence and captured the psycho eventually.After Norman's arrest, a psychiatrist tells everyone that Norman's dead mother is living in Norman's psyche as an alternate personality. I don't like these analysis scenes because they break the mystery of the horror film. Horror films should be well-knit and frightening until the end. In my opinion, Hitchcook should set another scene which replays the early painful experience of the crazy boy to make the movie even darker. In spite of this, I like the plot especially the last scene: Norman sits in a cell, thinking in "Mother's" voice.
"It's sad when a mother has to speak the words that condemn her own son, but I couldn't allow them to believe that I would commit murder. They'll put him away now, as I should have years ago. He was always bad, and in the end, he intended to tell them I killed those girls and that man, as if I could do anything except just sit and stare, like one of his stuffed birds. Well, they know I can't even move a finger, and I won't. I'll just sit here and be quiet, just in case they do suspect me. [pause] They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even gonna swat that fly. I hope they are watching. They'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say,'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly.'"
Although someone says that the story is predictable, Psycho, the most classic horror film, is outstanding undoubtedly.
Trivia
The filmmaker used chocolate sauce for blood in the shower scene.
Quote
Norman Bates (referring to his mother): “She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?”
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(film)
http://www.popgadget.net/2006/02/psycho_action_f.php
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