Psycho

JPV852

9/10

Amazingly, this is my first ever viewing, not sure why I waited so long, but finally got around to it. Great movie in every way from the performance by Anthony Perkins to the atmosphere, enjoyed every bit of this even though I basically knew the entire plot at this point since all iconic scenes and lines have been repeated over the years. Not sure this is my *favorite* Hitchcock movie as I still p...

CinemaSerf

8/10

There is so much more to this film than just that famous scene in the shower - and so much of it belongs to the marvellous scoring of Bernard Herrmann. His ability to use those screeching strings, and the pace of his music does so much of the heavy lifting that gives this film a sense of accumulating menace that makes it still, after over 60 years, a masterful piece of cinema. Janet Leigh wants to...

Any fan of slasher/ horror films should consider this required viewing. Marion(Janet Leigh) and her "secret" boyfriend Sam(John Gavin) want to be together. Sam, who is divorced and cash poor feels he cannot provide a happy life for the two of them. Desperate, Marion has an opportunity to steel 40,000.00. She flees Arizona and heads to California where she ends up at the Bates Motel and meeting Nor...