Psycho [M]

When Marion Crane steals $40,000, she knows that she needs to leave town. Stopping in an off-road motel to avoid a stormy night, her journey is cut short when she is murdered. Soon, a private detective who is searching for Marion mysteriously disappears and the suspense and terror becomes realised when Marion’s sister and her lover, Sam, finally uncover the mysterious killer. 

Another of Alfred Hitchcock’s macabre masterpieces, Psycho is the film that spawned the infamous shower scene that has been sampled in numerous films and television series since. Filled with nothing but drama and suspense, I literally still have chills running down my spine. 

When Marion Crane steals $40,000, she knows that she needs to leave town. But her journey out of Arizona is cut short when she stops at an off-road motel to avoid a stormy night and she is murdered in the shower. Soon, a private detective who is investigating Marion’s disappearance as well as her theft, also mysteriously disappears when he stops at the motel. The terror is finally realised when Marion’s sister and her lover, Sam, go to the motel and uncover the mysterious killer. 

This is a wonderful psychological thriller and it has everything in it; murder, suspense, sinister characters, and it’s all in black and white, which just makes all the more thrilling and horrific. 

Anthony Perkins stars as Norman Bates, and that’s all I’m willing to say on the subject for those people who have not seen he film. His performance was absolutely chilling. He was sweet, charming, friendly, concerned, and menacing all at the same time. His performance was nothing short of genius. 

Also starring Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, and Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, Psycho is the chilling and macabre tale of a seriously troubled mind. 

Filled with theft, haunting music, chilling screams, murder, and a wonderfully memorable villain, it’s a wonderful psychological thriller what will send chills down your spine every time.