Review of Psycho (2007) by Rex F — 30 Dec 2018

Psycho is a movie that may not seem particularly special at first, and while it's not too complex of a story, in the hands of brilliant director Alfred Hoitchcock, it doesn't have too be. Character Norman Bates, played very skillfully be Anthony Perkins, is compelling and believable.

Janet Leigh is also a big talent as Marion Crane, the victim in the iconic shower scene. It makes perfect sense that she went on to birth scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis. In fact, the movie's few characters actually become one of its strengths, as we really get to know these people and the horrofying occurrences they are experiencing.

Packing genuine suspense and character development, Psycho provided the formula that many future films would attempt to imitate but not even come close to matching. It's controversial (but now very tame by today's standards) subject matter arguable birthed the slasher genre, and greatly helped with the creation of "The Golden Age of Slasher Films" which would come about fifteen years later.

The It's not at all hard to look past the few somewhat dated special affects and see Psycho for the truly ingenious masterpiece that it is. It proves that it doesn't quite take a big budget to make a great movie.