Psycho
Directed by Alfred HitchcockWhen larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Cast of Psycho
Psycho Ratings & Reviews
- XXBlackMothXXApril 30, 2025One of my all time greatest movies. An absolute classic. Still creeps me out to this day.
- sKRxPTidMarch 2, 20252 things I learned about sexuality this film. First, I always thought Jamie Lee Curtis was an awkward woman because she had more body than her face or personality knew what to do with. Then I learned that Janet Leigh is her mother and suddenly it made sense. Also not known for her smile, her body in this movie proves she does not need one. Second, I never knew anything about Anthony Perkins but the instance I saw him run up those stairs I knew he was gay and wanted the world to know it. Now, this film was nothing like you might think it would be like if you weren't from that era. I think many people might hear this movie and think "horror" film and it just not that at all. However it's contributions to the thriller world are significant and that's what I will take note of in my review. All this great and interesting Hollywood history going on in this film is great but the type of eerie suspense setup by this film is also historical in it's own right. The suspenseful music track with the violins repeated in the first half of the film is great and yet recognizable. Then it hit me. Rapper Busta Rhymes used this in his best known single "Gimme Some More" which I found to be awesome. Many older films with high ratings such as this film are given them largely based on their historical contribution to the art. In other words if you weren't experiencing the film at the time of it's release, the moments of cutting edge innovation will be lost to you. This was true for another one of Hitchcock's films for me "North By Northwest." And so a film receives points in ratings not solely based on it's entertainment value, but value for it's contributions in breaking ground. But for me, "Psycho" is as entertaining as it is groundbreaking. That entertainment was from it's ability to produce and maintain a "feeling" and I think that entertainment value appreciated by myself, was the same "it" factor that the rest of the world saw in this film all those years ago. Bravo Mr. Hitchcock. 9/10 Respectfully.
