A Hitchcock masterpiece and horror classic!

Rating: 9/10 (23 April 2017)

Alfred Hitchcock's brilliant 1960s thriller Psycho defined a genre for many years to come. When Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) makes off with a $40,000 of her boss's money to be with her boyfriend Sam Loomis (John Gavin), she finds herself lost on the road with growing paranoia. A chilling soundtrack ratchets up the tension as Marion sells her car and works to cover her tracks despite being followed by a police officer. Caught in a thunderstorm, she is forced to pull off and find lodging at the Bates Motel. She meets Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) the purveyor of the motel. Norman offers to make Marion dinner
She soon discovers that Norman has an angry mother who reprimands him loudly from the house above the motel for checking in a pretty girl. Marion apologizes for intruding as Norman watches her eat. He continues to watch her even without her knowledge through a peephole. Marion regroups in the motel and takes a shower. The iconic shower scene occurs when Norman's mother comes in and stabs Marion to death. Norman is horrified by his mother's actions but cleans up the dead body and drives the car into a swamp.
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