Quite the flickaroo.

Rating: 10/10 (1 November 2018)

Psycho is a journey of a film, flawed but remarkable the same.
Going into the film, my only notion of what might transpire is the stabbing in the shower scene. That happens to be one the weakest parts though. The strength of the film is taking on many different forms and doing them well. A seemingly good woman stealing forty thousand dollars and on the run, to an off the beaten track motel and a murder, to a private investigator unsettling the killer, to a sister and boyfriend doing whatever it takes. Janet Leigh's excellent as the lead, though odd for her to die mid film. I wasn't surprised by the corpse, because they never showed the mother or the killer's face and it's a figure at the window mentioned more than once. Then for the sheriff to say she was dead, set that in stone. I had figured it was a voice recording talking to him. Lila had the option to go out the front door and chose the cellar when Bates went upstairs, just survive first and then come back jeez. The ending's in poor taste, as the loved ones don't want to hear why he's a freak and I didn't feel it necessary either.
The highlights are the cop talking to Marion and then following her and Arbogast questioning Bates.