Stabbing in the Shower!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (19 February 2004)

In the opening scene of Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock does a terrific job by playing the dissonant overture of music in the beginning while rolling the credits. In which is giving viewers a taste of what the movie is going to be like beginning to end. As most of us know, Hitchcock is known for holding viewers in suspense during his movies. He is, without a doubt, `The master of suspense.'
When Marian Crane (Janet Lee) is fleeing town, that is where the suspense starts. At that point, she is stopped at a traffic light, and people are crossing the cross walk. The man who walks in front of her boss in the crosswalk is Alfred Hitchcock. A typical Alfred Hitchcock film always has him playing a small part, such as a man smoking a pipe while reading a newspaper. After Alfred Hitchcock Walks in front of her car, her boss walks right behind him, and notices Marian in the car. She then notices her boss, and took off.
As she is driving down the road, she has voices running in her head about stolen money, while the dissonant music plays in the background. First time viewers think this is when she dies, but she doesn't until later. That just goes to show how Alfred Hitchcock is, `The master of suspense.'

Hitchcock has an interesting way of making movies, too. He was the first person ever to come up with the dissonant music for horror films. His lighting and camera techniques are also interesting. For example, when Marian is being followed by the cop, the camera shows an angle of the cop car in the rear view mirror of her car.
Not every movie is perfect, though. In the bathroom at the Bates motel, also known as the classic shower stabbing scene, Marian gets murdered. As Marian is screaming, this reviewer noticed that she giggled a little bit. Other than that, the part it was perfect. If you haven't seen Psycho before, but want to see it, then sit down and watch it till it is done.