A Benchmark in Cinema

Rating: 10/10 (24 February 2010)

If you have not seen this film, watch it. Simply because it is Hitchcock's most suspenseful, intricate psychological thriller that has ever been known. It has influenced every horror film in some way.
Beginning in Pheonix, Arizona, Marion Crane is having her lunch hour in a hotel room with a married man. They discuss marriage, and money. Later, a discontented Marion easily steals $40,000 to help fix her problems. Frightened, she leaves town and shakes off a policeman and she swaps her car. Later it starts raining and she spends a quiet evening at the Bates Motel...
The acting is amazing, especially Anthony Perkins as the innocent, troubled Norman Bates. Bernard Hermann's score is suitably eerie and years ahead of its time, complementing George Tomasini's interesting editing. Add all its shocking ingredients, the famous shower scene and a Hitchcock cameo and you have a perfect film.
10/10