Review of Psycho (1960) by Tomtag — 12 May 2019

Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and was released on June 16th 1960. It was such an iconic scene which made Hitchcock known as a master of making such a horror masterpiece. It wasn’t just a horror movie, it was also a thriller and a mystery which made us really curious about the crimes.

We always wanted to know who commited it, who was the victim and what clues were left behind. It was about a Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Hitchcock’s Studio, Paramount Pictures, wasn’t sure enough and disliked the film so they denied him a proper budget and the it was $800,000. The movie was in black and white. They even built a Bates Motel mansion at Universal.

Psycho was Hitchcock’s best work while he had done some thrillers and horrors like Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958) and The Birds (1963). All of those were one of Hitchcock’s greatest works. Hitchcock also made rules for audiences for watching this film.

“You must see PSYCHO from the very beginning. Therefore, do not expect to be admitted into the theatre after the start of each performance of the picture. We say no one -- and we mean no one -- not even the manager's brother, the President of the United States, or the Queen of England (God bless her)!" -Alfred Hitchcock- They were really strict and lucky for me, I’m not a person from the 60s so I can watch whenever I want.

The performances were excellent and I mostly like Anthony Perkin’s role of Norman Bates. Perkins was good-looking and that’s exactly how Hitchcock wanted it to be just like that so Bates would look like a very likeable person with a charming character and made audiences believe him.

They would think about him. Bates even disguised before he kill so that the victims would think it wasn’t Bates maybe? He could have not dress because the victims would be dead and they wouldn’t know.

The way the iconic scene: the shower scene was pretty scary with its noise and when Marion Crane opened her eyes dying made the scene more terrifying and the way she was buried in the swamp was mostly frightening.

She was naked and her things were in there. I knew it would be a good idea to bury your victim like that. What a genius! The story was told in a unique way. Even though the movie didn’t have much violence, but the mystery were also dreadful and made us worry about what really had happened.

It’s also a great idea to shoot this movie not in technicolor but still remained black and white. That way would make Psycho a horror masterpiece no one could make like that. Psycho was really influential, the greatest work of Alfred Hitchcock and also the greatest horror movie and it still deserved that title until today, it’s still terrifying and scared a lot of audiences.

It’s also a combination of horror, terror, violence, mystery and thriller. I would recommend this a must-see for horror fans.