If anyone has ever made a perfect movie, this is it.

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2001)

Made with the crew from his popular TV show, Alfred Hitchcock filmed PSYCHO in B/W in the midst of the height of his color classics -- REAR WINDOW, VERTIGO, DIAL M FOR MURDER, TO CATCH A THIEF and THE BIRDS. But it is PSYCHO that has become synonymous with Hitchcock. It is PSYCHO that has become synonymous with screaming and blood and knives and schizophrenia and horror.
If ever anybody has made a perfect movie, PSYCHO is it. It is the penultimate in shocking horror, a directorial masterpiece supported by acting that will never be surpassed. The stars aligned for this movie, and it is doubtful if a movie can ever surpass the greatness of this film.
The points have been hashed and rehashed over and over again: Perkins' incredible acting, the plot twists, the sheer twistedness of the movie, the place it holds as the father of the modern horror movie. All of it amazing.

No scene has been more popular in the annals of film than the shower scene (Oh sure, GONE WITH THE WIND and CASABLANCA and CITIZEN KANE have memorable lines, but what movie has a minutes-long scene that is internationally famous?). Unfortunately, its notoriety makes it somewhat of a disappointment to watch now, but repeat viewings reinforce the technical beauty of the scene where the original horror was lost.
But enough, as anything said will only add more hype to a movie that does not need it. PSYCHO is quite simply the perfect movie, a film that could possibly stand forever as the best ever made.