Psycho
| release date | June 16 1960 |
| studio | Universal Pictures |
| director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| writer | Joseph Stefano |
| starring | Frank Albertson, Martin Balsam, Francis de Sales, George Eldredge, Sam Flint |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
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AMAZING
One of my favorite horror movies. This film proves that less is more. You will be entranced from the first frame to the last. So scary.
A must see for any horror fan. I still get chills when I watch the ‘twist’ ending.
…..Speechless
One of my favorite horror movies EVER!
I had to watch it as Ive heard many people state this was one of the original slasher pics, and a classic horror movie. I thought the camera work was great. Story was great, Hitchcock created such a spooky place, and a terrifying caracter. Not for once did i think that was the killer. The ending is so so creepy. This indeed is a classic, and I want to watch Birds now.
What can I say, a perfect movie and one of the top 5 greatest horror movies ever made!
Classic.
The best horror movie, Hitchcock truly was a genius. I don’t get scared a lot but this movie gives me the chills. A must see!
One of the best from the “Master of Suspense”. I really wish they’d one day release a color-version, with a little tweak of the visuals too. Anthony Perkins was flawless. Janet Leigh was terrific as Marion Crane. She was a srikingly beautiful woman. One of the greatest death scenes in all of horror. A truly great film !!!
A true classic horror film that can’t be beat. Hithcocks best! The black & white tone just makes it all the more better and freakier! Defenitly shows you what losing your mind can do to you!
incredible and still terrifying. really cool end line and ending.
incredible and still terrifying. really cool end line and ending.
incredible and still terrifying. really cool end line and ending.
The first true slasher.
really disturbing… and i like it!!
The granddaddy of the slasher genre. Hitchcock rarely disappointed, and PSYCHO was no exception. Anthony Perkins is wonderfully ghoulish as Norman Bates. The shower scene is still brutal and understandably inspiring. The sequels that followed can’t even stand in the same time-zone with this one. A must-see for every horror fan.
Psycho is a well made and brilliant thriller. Instead of adding buckets of blood or excessive nudity, the kills are implied and are few and far between. It is a classic that is still remembered today. While it definitely started the slasher genre, looking at it now, modern day people call this experience boring. On the other hand, I find it a well crafted suspense flick.
I think everyone should know what Psycho is about, especially since Gus Van Sant created the remake. Psycho is about a killer that is out looking for new victims to kill. Although Norman Bates is a huge suspect since he was there at the scene? Was it him?
Alfred Hitchcock did an amazing job with the movie. Giving the characters enough screen time, while building up the suspense. While the film is brilliant, it was highly predictable, in my mind, who the “Psycho” was. Maybe that was Alfred’s intension? I don’t know, but for a movie about a killer, that has a hidden identity, it can’t be Alfred’s intention.
Overall Psycho is a smart and brilliantly crafted movie that preceded the slasher genre.
what a classic i have nothing bad to say, hitchcock at his finest.
One of the best horror movies of all time.
One of the best horror movies of all time.
This is most definitely Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest masterpiece of a film. I’ve seen Psycho a few times and it never gets old to me. It is a true classic to say the very least!
one has to respect the classics…and i shall as i must!
absolutely fantastic. more scary and disturbing than many horror movies that have been made since.
A great movie! I usually can’t stand B&W horror, but this was a great movie. Has one of the most famous scenes in history, and one of the most unlikely killers ever.
One of the Best Movies of all time. Anyone who hasn’t seen Psycho should make it there next top priority. MASTERPIECE
And no BD review of this great film or it’s sequels. Disgraceful.
By the way, “WE all go a little mad sometimes”
This is an absolute classic film. One of the best films ever made. Almost 70 years old, this film is still one of the scariest movies you’ll ever see.
“A boy’s best friend is his mother.”
Now this is a f—ing movie. Just classic.
5/5
This Film stared out Great Horror Masterpice Thanks to A.H with terror, chills and supsen from the master, with a great stoy and actng by the whole cast what Hardcore Horror fan would’nt like film.
This set a lot of standards in not only slshers but in horror movies in general
The Original Slasher Film.Hitchcock in all of his genius.Classic!Anthony Perkins was amazing!Must See and a Must Own!If you don’t like this than your not a true horror fan.
I respect it for what it did for the horror genre but since it was way before my time and I have seen movies that have had a bigger impact on me I cant give it a 5.
The best Hitchcock movie. My 2nd favorite horror movie
This movie is classic! Norman Bates is one demented man!
I saw the remake first, and I thought it sucked! Then I decided to give this one a watch, and thought it was great! It is by far superior to the remake! The actors were more convincing and the kills looked better. It is not nearly one of the best horror films ever made, but it deserves to be called a classic! The only thing that disappointed me is that there is only 2 kills in the whole movie. I wouldn’t call this a slasher movie, but it did set the basics for other slasher films that followed it.
Just seen this, I found it quite good, although perhaps not as good as others. I liked the ending in general, that was pretty clever.
In my view, there wasn’t enough action in the film to keep me entertained, but I guess thats only to be expected with one of the first pioneering horrors. But overall a good film – Hitchcock made up for this, if you can say so, with a thoughtful plot.
7/10
Best.
Such a classic <3
Made all my friends watch it, its a must see if you call yourself a Horror-Fan
“Oh, Mother!” classic.
my first favorite movie!!!
No words can really describe this film’s brilliance in suspense.
Rest in Peace Hitchcock!
An absolute classic! The way in which it is shot is so compelling that it’s impossible to get bored. Although everyone knows the twist when you watch it, it is still a great twist (though obvious) and the final reveal is fantastic. Great, great, great! The last shot is chilling.
The remake to this sucked. It was a shot by shot filming of this one. I suppose they did it just to have a color version? Who knows.
This is a classic. 50 years and this movie is still creepy. One of the all time great horror movies.
Great classic horror. Very modern, and the twist at the end is shocking, creepy, and even disturbing in a sick sort of way. One of my favourites.
a classic
All around great.The storyline,music,and acting equal a classic film.
way ahead of it’s time. truly excellent. a classic. one of the best.
In general, my favorite movie of all time! Hitchcock nailed it! The fact that he CHOSE to do this movie in black and white made it that much more epic, and the scenes with blood looked totally believable (they used chocolate sauce)! Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins acting was stellar! No one could have made a crazier Norman Bates than Perkins! This movie was way ahead of it’s time. It is a truly flawless film.
Alfred Hitchcock at his best, featuring a clever story, great actors, legendary cinematagrophy and much suspense. A classic until this day!
Alfred Hitchcock’s best movie, and one of my very favorites that I could watch over and over. This is definitely a classic and has a wonderful storyline. Best Slasher film out there, and Anthony Perkins is wonderful as the twisted Norman Bates. This movie was great without all the nudity, gore, and blood but it was still suspenseful because of Hitchcock’s wonderful film and audio techniques. One of the best horror movies that is a must see to every horror fan.
The finest gem Alfred Hitchcock has ever produced. And if that doesn’t mean something to you, you’re insane.
Contained within “Psycho” are images that are haunting to this day, and also at the time, quite violent. Considered one of the “greats” for its genre, Alfred Hitchcock’s horror/thriller “Psycho” is a film that I just had to see. I am passionate about this genre, and I thought that perhaps this film could inspire me, little-by-little, to create real, top-notch suspense. That is exactly what it did; and the film is brilliant. I’m not as familiar as I should be when it comes to Hitchcock’s work, but I had seen “Vertigo” prior to “Psycho”, and I loved that one equally as much. “Psycho” just does a little bit more. It is simple and easy to understand and comprehend, but complexity is not why people were so frightened by the film. It is a masterpiece of suspense; scary and often startling, frightening and often memorable. For its genre, it’s actually quite spectacular.
I seek cinematic thrills wherever I can find them. You can find them in many places, in many forms, and in many different qualities. “Psycho” is ingenious because it does not thrill; it entertains out of sheer horror that comes from what we don’t see as well as from what we DO see. This is a film that inspired a whole new wave of horror, as well as many recent titles, specifically Ti West’s “The House of the Devil”, which borrows from “Psycho” the concept of actually having to wait for things to happen. Me, I’m a waiter. And when things to happen, I tend to feel rewarded; especially when whatever I am watching is handled by someone with talent. Hitchcock deserves both my attention and my admiration; and in large, complete doses shall I absorb “Psycho” more-and-more.
Marion (Janet Leigh), a woman desperate to start a new life with her lover, discovers that she shall need money to do so, steals a lot of it from her work, and goes out of town to avoid her boss getting angry with her decision. She sleeps in her car for a night, and then TRADES in that car for a new one. She then happens upon the now famously-known Bates Motel (which has become an iconic, historical location-in-a-horror-film over the years), run by the kindly, quirky, and handsome Norman Bates, who lives with his mother in a house on a creepy hill (always a sign for the character to bolt for the door).
Marion stays the night, and then comes that infamous “shower scene”, in which she is brutally stabbed and murdered by a somewhat-concealed figure. We presume that it was Norman’s mother, and we may be right for some time, but there’s a twist near the end that you don’t want to miss. It’s a real killer.
I guess I liked “Psycho” because it really did scare me. It’s a very original and haunting movie. It does what it wants to do brilliantly. It’s not about things that linger in the shadows, which can kill you; it’s about the deranged people, who just so happen to linger in the shadows that can, indeed, kill you as well. It’s a special film; a classic, and no matter who may tell you otherwise, do not listen. “Psycho” has an appeal unlike most horror movies, and I can imagine that most cinephiles will want to see it. Why wouldn’t they? It’s great cinema. It’s great movie-making. It’s great suspense. And that’s one thing that we don’t see enough of these days.
The first thing, which is worth mentioning, that shall stick with me, is Anthony Perkin’s performance as Norman Bates. What I admire about “Psycho” and Hitchcock’s vision of horror is that the director does not intend for his villain to be legendary. You shall not see people dressing up as Norman Bates for Halloween as they do for, say, Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees. This is because Bates is not intriguing in appearance; but frightening in personality. But…at the same time, this is what I liked so much about him. Perkins is a frighteningly convincing psychopath.
The genius of the film is all in the direction. This is Hitchcock’s film. While it is well-plotted and focuses much on narrative structure, “Psycho” is all about the chilling, nerve-wracking, nail-biting suspense. “Psycho” allows me to reflect on the state of modern horror cinema and scoff at the almost aimless, and endless, attempts to create horror out of merely gore and decapitations. “Psycho” makes you wait, wait, and wait; but if you are forgiving, and if you can wait, wait, wait; then it’s a real, genuine treat. There’s something seductive about it. It’s a horror film with themes rather than messages; performances that scare and haunt; and a score that shall never be forgotten (by me, at least).
When all is said and done, “Psycho” is not great for what it depicts; but for what it is about. It’s an entertaining film about less-than-entertaining things; boring to some, intriguing to others, and just-plain-awesome to me. I am observant, and so is Hitchcock. He likes to direct his audience rather than his movie, and that is what he does here. Violence and Norman Bates aside, those images of the Bates house sitting on that lonely hill shall never leave my mind. They shall stick with me forevermore; not as nightmares, but merely as images. And that is all that I want them to be.
This is not just one of the greatest horror movies ever it is one of the greatest movies ever it’s like what the godfather is to crime movies or what toy story is to animated movies other movies like rosemary’s baby the exorcist alien and the thing are also important to the horror genre it’s also arguably hitchcock’s greatest film my two favorite hitcock films are psycho and north by northwest it’s performances are great(Especially anthony perkins he is so creepy)and great direction by alfred hitchcock one of the greatest directors of all time
An absolutely brilliant film made by Alfred Hitchcock. When I first saw this movie, the shower scene creeped me out, and I didn’t expect Marion Crane to die so early in the movie. The haunting music and the killer stabbing Crane was really frightening. Anthony Perkins was excellent as Norman Bates. “We all go a little mad sometimes.”
Classic horror. I’ve never actually seen any of Hitchcock’s other movies besides this one so I have nothing to compare it to as far as his movies go, but this movie is great. Great twist at the end.
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