"She Wouldn't Even Hurt A Fly."

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2015)

Psycho (1960): Dir: Alfred Hitchcock / Cast: Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles, John Gavin: Shocking masterpiece where Alfred Hitchcock conveys a young woman stabbed to death without ever showing the blade pierce the skin. Anthony Perkins plays Norman Bates, owner of the Bates Motel and haunted by his dominating mother. Janet Leigh plays Marion Crane who attempts to leave town with stolen money, and within the midst of heavy rain fall, she stops at the motel. She meets the charming Norman whom she overheard confronting his mother in the house overlooking the motel. Cinematic masterpiece by Hitchcock in what would be labeled his masterpiece. Perkins is flawless as a man trapped in dysfunction. Leigh expresses a desire for escape. After having an affair, she steals money from the bank she works at and then flees town. Martin Balsam plays a private investigator answering a call regarding a missing person. After questioning the victim's sister and boyfriend he stops off at the Bates motel where his curiosity leads to the figure in the window up at the house. Vera Miles plays Leigh's sister who is concerned and searches out the motel to grim discoveries. John Gavin plays Marion's boyfriend caught up in the search when Balsam arrives asking questions. It regards conscience and the inability to cope with a damaged reality. Score: 10 / 10