The most deserving film to win the title of a "horror classic."

Rating: 9/10 (23 May 2004)

Though I haven't seen very many of Hitchcock's movie, I have to say that this must be one of his best, if not the. PSYCHO is such a classic and influential movie in so many ways.
PSYCHO is the story of a woman named Marion (Janet Leigh) who goes to stay at a hotel run by a sweet, lighthearted, yet still somewhat creepy Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), who lives in a house nearby with his mother. Little does Marion know, somebody in that house is a deranged freak. She ends up being killed that same night she checks in, in the infamous shower scene that will ALWAYS be a classic moment in film history. The rest of the movie is basically the murder scene being investigated, and everything is brought up to one of the most chilling and shocking conclusions you can imagine.
What else can I say about PSYCHO? Great in every aspect. Acting, scripting, casting, directing (of course)... everything is so natural and subtle. The way that Hitchcock prepares everything for the viewer ultimately leads to total surprise when you least expect it.
There's really not much else I can say about this movie, not much more praise I can give. It's a horror classic and deservingly so. It's also one of the first psychological thrillers, and, I believe, manifests Hitchcock's genius best. This is what horror is meant to be. 9/10.