A major classic!

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 2008)

Definitely a major classic! This film by Hitchcock is for sure one of the major classics of all times in movies' history. The argument is very good, the plot is well constructed and if we forget about the dated production we really have a great film.
It's a mystery-horror story that grabs you until the end. Of course that I already knew the final twist even before watch it (because of this film being so fairly known), so it wasn't really a surprise; but I guess that if I was seeing it for the very first time without knowing anything about the movie it would be different I bet I would be surprised!
Anyway, the story is good, the characters are quite known (who didn't heard about "Norman Bates"?!), the acting is fine and the soundtrack is a classic! Fantastic! Those string sounds are effective to create suspense!
There's no doubt that this movie is "the father" of the modern horror! It clearly inspired many horror movies from the 70's and 80's and is still being a reference!