*Classic* written all over.

Rating: 9/10 (25 January 2009)

I saw this film with an open mind and without reading much into the story so I did not know what to expect. Needless to say, it is no surprise this film is rated as a classic. Every time I return to watch this film it always has me absorbed and gripped from the beginning to the end. Can anyone think of a film where the main character is killed off early? Talk about suspense...! Besides from the infamous shower scene, the most memorable bit in the film for me was the creepy/intimate scene between Norman and Marion in the office parlour - the mise-en-scene, people...! (I chose to write a paper on that for film studies.) The bottom line is, this is definitely one of Hitchcock's best films, along with Rope, Vertigo, North by Northwest... it easily shoots itself up to my top 10 films. I highly recommend this to anyone who has an open mind to films and not seen any Hitchcock films before - the film is one experience you will not forget.