amazing film

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2010)

pure suspense and unease. This film relies on all sorts of tricks and moods to get you wrapped up in the events that unfold. Certain camera angles leave lots of space within the frame, you keep thinking, somethings going to pop out at any minute. Sometimes the camera gets really close and it feels awkward and disconcerting. There are so many uncomfortable moments in this film. It toys with you. It didn't shy away from taboo subjects. You honestly don't know where it will go until you get there. Anthony Perkins is amazing in this, he's both very human and likable but uncomfortably awkward at the same time. The music really sets the mood, it never lets up in its intensity. This is the perfect thriller because it knows that the best thing to show is almost nothing. Imply everything. Leave it up to the imagination, it'll be much worse that way.