Review of Psycho (2007) by Aaron V — 31 Oct 2012

Phoenix, Arizona. Friday, December the Eleventh. Two forty-three P.M.

Funny how something so small and simple as written text in a straight-forward font can create a sense of curiosity. By telling the audience details that are un mistakingly mundane, Hitchcock immediately implants the questions that matter: âWho are there two people? What are their stories?â?

A master of suspense, Hitchcock slowly opens up the blinds while the answers trickle out in what is a behemoth of a motion picture. The shower scene, the music, the black and white, all of these aspects make Psycho a most memorable film, and indeed the one that ultimately defined Hitchcock himself.

Psycho is a special film, one that effectively bent the rules and in a way, gave Hollywood directors an artistic freedom for decades to come.

In 2012 it remains, not an empty remnant of the past, but an important genre defining film.