Psycho!

Rating: 9/10 (21 August 2009)

This film is a classic. Everything about it is great. The acting (especially Anthony Perkins; his performance as Norman Bates was absolutely flawless, but also Janet Leigh), the filming, the directing by the genius Hitchcock, and let us not forget the shocking score(!), by Bernard Hermann. I watched this movie with some friends, and the guy next to me jumped so high during the stairs scene he bumped his head on a shelf! But then again we had the volume too high. But there was no way no know until....RE RE RE RE!, and then it was too late. This movie must be watched from start to finish without interruption. Every single scene is so competently filmed and acted, especially the very last scene with Norman Bates' iconic grin. Do not bother with the remake. Everything you would want out of a classic suspense film is all right here. I saw a few seconds of the remake and that was all it took. It does not even serve as a relic of this timeless original, making the whole remake rather pointless. This precise film-making can just cannot be recreated. If you have not already watched it and are interested go ahead. It's great!