Scary but Great

Rating: Null/10 (13 July 2016)

I watch this film in Professor Fitzsimons' class. The title, "Psycho", gives me the scary impression. I am afraid of shocking bloody scenes like murders, wars and accidents, so I watch the film through fear. Marion stoles money because she wants to marry his boyfriend, Sam. It is the beginning of tragedy and mystery. I watch it, with wondering who psycho is. At first, I think Marion is psycho because she stoles money and loses her credibility for so private reason, but she is not, contrary to my expectation. It interests me more in what is going to happen next or in the end. I get chills when I find who psycho is. He or she looks nice and kind in the first half of the film. I am so shocked and I nearly lapse into a distrust of humanity. However I don't hate such a surprise ending. As I said, I don't like shocking scene, so I couldn't watch the scene of murder. However, I was enough scared by the background music. It works very well to cause a lot of tension and to fill my heart with fear. This film is old, but I have heard it (maybe on "Finding Nemo" by Pixar). I think the background music is so famous that it is used for other movie or TV programme, also great and important for the film. Finally, please let me say this. I like Hitchcock's skills in expression. In the first half, he places taxidermy naturally and in the end, he expresses someone like taxidermy. Although I don't understand this without professor's explanation, I am moved by Hitchcock's ability and expressive power.