Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Steineded How sad is this?

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Paul Magne Haakonsen "Psycho" is a true classic, which I doubt anyone would really argue against.It has a good story and an equally great presentation of the storyline on the screen.The movie has a good cast to perform the various roles and characters throughout the movie. And I will say that Anthony Perkins is just amazing in the role of Norman Bates, and he alone truly made Norman Bates immortal."Psycho" is adequately paced, because director Alfred Hitchcock truly was good at building up suspense and letting scenes lead up to interesting climaxes.While "Psycho" is not your average slasher movie with high body counts and gore in abundance, it has the right amount of suspense and thrills to make a proper movie. If you haven't already seen this classic horror movie, then you definitely should take the time to do so.

MJB784 No list of favorite movies is complete without something from Alfred Hitchcock. I keep changing my mind on my favorite of his. Vertigo was one for a while, then I switched to Strangers on a Train, but the pieces add up best in Psycho. If someone has never seen an Alfred Hitchcock movie and would like to know why he's so important to cinema, here's a perfect introduction. The music by Bernard Herrmann is one of the most famous songs in the history of music. The scenes are memorable both in what they're about and how they're filmed. The casting is pitch perfect. The story adds up all the way through. The trade marks of Hitchcock are everywhere in this, especially the "twist ending", which he invented and never fails to shock me when I watch the picture due to it's realism.

Pjtaylor-96-138044 Though a shift in focus at the half-way point slows the up-until-then taut pacing and dulls the tension somewhat, this expertly directed feature is suspenseful and mysterious throughout. 'Psycho (1960)' is extremely unconventional, too. An epilogue exposition sequence feels tacked on and forced, however. It does provide some nice insight into a key character's psyche and doesn't ruin what came before. There are also some great performances, including a masterful turn by Anthony Perkins, and the score, by Bernard Herrmann, really is phenomenal. Hitchcock truly is the master of suspense and this is one of his greatest efforts. 8/10

movie-guru91 Often referred to as the most famous and influential horror film of all time, Psycho broke down all barriers of comfort and escape when going to the pictures. With people fainting and screaming uncontrollably in their seats at the time of release, the film is still as unsettling and nerve-wrecking as it was 50 years ago, and has cemented Alfred Hitchcock as the true master of suspense.Adapted from the significantly less successful novel from Robert Bloch, Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is a young attractive woman who has stolen $40,000 from the bank where she works, in order to runaway with her already-married lover. After driving all night in pouring rain, she stops at the Bates motel off the freeway for a night-in, and meets the nervous, bumbling Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) who is quite taken with her upon first sight. In one of the most staggering sequences in film history, she is stabbed to death while taking a shower, and as she is reported missing and people begin looking for her, the truth of Norman Bates and his 'motel' will be revealed.Never before had the main character been brutally murdered only halfway through - let alone an attractive leading lady - and never before had such a brutal antagonist been so normal, relatable and above all, human. Beautifully shot in black and white and carried by an unforgettable score from the late Bernard Herrmann, Hitchcock in all his genius draws us in with a twisted concoction of sex, murder and madness, never letting us forget even to this day that real horror may be right around the corner. All the performances are top-notch, particularly that of Perkins who as cinema's most unlikely serial killer stumbles through the film with every breath of confidence stripped from him by his overbearing invalid mother.