Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock

Psycho

This original 1960’s horror gave rise to Alfred Hitchcock’s extraordinary film career. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch, Psycho is said to be the most influential and imitated horror of all time. With brilliant performances from Janet Leigh (Marion Crane), a luckless victim from phoenix and Anthony Perkins as a crazy and timid taxidermist named Norman Bates. This ground-breaking, complex and psychological thriller is the ‘mother’ of all horror film.

Marion Crane is on the run after stealing $ 40,000 cash from her boss and decides to leave town to go find her lover; Sam (John Gavin). Ignoring the urge she had to run straight to Sam, she continues to drive into the night and somehow found herself driving on an abandoned highway. She pulls up into the Bate Motel and became acquaintance with the owner named Norman Bates. He lives alone with his demanding sick old mother in a big old house behind the motel on top of a hill. After a pleasant chat with Norman, Marion returned to her room to take a shower, little did she know it would be her last. When her absence was noticed, her boss hired a private investigator; Milton Arbogast (Martin Balsam) to find her and the missing $40,000. With help from Marion’s older sister Lila Crane (Vera Miles) and Sam, he tracked her down to the Bates motel where he uncovers a few unpleasant surprises. Sadly he and Marion shared the same fate.

Never before has a protagonist been killed off only 17 minutes into the film with no hope of return. There would be no flashbacks, no alternative points of view, and no dream sequence. Hitchcock invites us to a nightmare, a horrific rollercoaster ride that has the audience holding its breath the rest of the way. Hitchcock has manipulates the audience perfectly by misleading us, making us think that the money is more important than it really is.

With excellent sound effects along with a heart thumping sound track that sends chills to your spine, once you hear that creepy, high...