Psycho is an American suspense/horror that was made in the 1960's. It starred actors such as Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin,Vera Miles and Martin Balsam. This film is very loosely inspired by the crimes of Wisconsin murders and the grave robber Ed Gein.
The storyline is about Marion Crane (Leigh) that runs away with $40,000 that was meant to be banked to try and run away with Sam (Gavin), though her plans get stopped while staying at the Bates Motel. Days later, a private investigator called Arbogast (Balsam) tries to figure out the missing case of where Marion has disappeared until he disappears as well at the Bates Motel. So that leaves Marion's sister, Lila Loomis and Sam to find out what happened to Marion. What is going on at the Bates Motel?
Psycho is said to be one of the best films of all time and to be honest i agree. The plot is excellent, the MacGuffin is used especially well and it keeps the audience in suspense throughout the film because they are unsure about what will happen next. (SPOILER ALERT!! DON'T READ UNLESS YOU WANT TO)One thing that i especially noticed about the film was that whenever something bad is going to happen, you can always hear dramatic music. i noticed this when Marion was killed, you could definitely see it coming. Also it could be classed as a horror but to be honest with you, there isn't really any killing because you don't actually see the weapon go into the victim as you normally see in modern films today but it leaves it to your imagination to what the injuries and wounds look like which is ingeniously used in the film. There is a very planned and admittedly, very well planned part at the end of the movie that happens very quickly and you need quick eyes to see it. Finally, Alfred Hitchcock made this film in black and white strangely even though colour films had been out for years, he decided to think outside the box. This kind of adds to the effect of the film, especially with the killing and the blood because it doesn't turn out red, just dark grey.
But altogether, this movie is a must see. Even though it was in black and white (which we definitely take for granted now) i really did enjoy the film and would say if you haven't seen it already, i would really recommend it. Out of 10? It would have to be way over 10.
Psycho is said to be one of the best films of all time and to be honest i agree. The plot is excellent, the MacGuffin is used especially well and it keeps the audience in suspense throughout the film because they are unsure about what will happen next. (SPOILER ALERT!! DON'T READ UNLESS YOU WANT TO)One thing that i especially noticed about the film was that whenever something bad is going to happen, you can always hear dramatic music. i noticed this when Marion was killed, you could definitely see it coming. Also it could be classed as a horror but to be honest with you, there isn't really any killing because you don't actually see the weapon go into the victim as you normally see in modern films today but it leaves it to your imagination to what the injuries and wounds look like which is ingeniously used in the film. There is a very planned and admittedly, very well planned part at the end of the movie that happens very quickly and you need quick eyes to see it. Finally, Alfred Hitchcock made this film in black and white strangely even though colour films had been out for years, he decided to think outside the box. This kind of adds to the effect of the film, especially with the killing and the blood because it doesn't turn out red, just dark grey.
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