Psycho (1960)

Genre: Horror

Director: Alfred Hitchcock



This Blog is going to be about the probably most classic horror-movie Psycho from Alfred Hitchcock. It was released in year 1960 and is a fundamental part of the horror-movie industry. Many other movies of this genre are based on this one or have certain features, which Psycho had invented like the famous Violin of ten, which is basically the theme of a horror movie.

I think for 1960 this movie has a pretty impressive storyline. It is about a woman names Marion Crane from Phoenix, Arizona, who was supposed to escort 40.000$ from her boss to the bank. But instead of that she flees from Arizona to California with the money. Over the story she meets interesting characters like a creeping Policeman or Norman Bates played by Anthony Perkins, who is the owner of Bates Motel and has some crazy characteristics and habits. I think Alfred Hitchcock's choice to put Perkins in this role is absolutely genius, because he just fits in the role of Bates perfectly. You are going to see that!

This story is actually based on the story of a man called Ed Gein, who was known as a murder and body snatcher of at least two people. Officials searched his entire house and found four noses, whole human bones and fragments, a head wrapped in paper and many other weird founds.

Positive Points:

+ Good story

+ Well-chosen characters

+ Decent effects for 1960

Negative points:

- By today's horror-movie standards not really scary

- Unreasonable scenes (policeman-scene)

Movie-Rating: 79/100

Fun-Rating: 65%

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(film)