The best suspense motion picture ever made!

Rating: 10/10 (1 August 2011)

I don't think that any thriller or horror movie can match the quality of the Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". It's a vanguard suspense picture. From the amazing score by Bernard Herrmann to the infamous shower scene, this film will always be timeless. The films opens with the kinetic credits, made up of black and gray lines, done by Saul Bass. The film gains more suspense with the musical score made up only by strings. The film's dialogue manages to keep the film interesting, including the parlor scene, between Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins, which lasts about 10 minutes, then finally, there's the shower scene, which took a week to film, and it's probably the best scene in movie history. 78 different shots in 45 seconds and it was shot wonderfully. There are only 2 murders in this film, yet this film was the first "slasher", which inspired John Carpenter's "Halloween", "Friday the 13th", "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and a couple more. It's amazing thinking that this one movie did that all. I think this film probably has the most shocking ending in movie history. It freaked me out and I could only imagine how scary it must have been seeing it in a theater back in it's original 1960 release. The film's 6 and a half minute trailer, with Alfred Hitchcock giving a tour of the Bates Motel is only a teaser, so it doesn't tell you much about the film, so I wonder how shocking the shower scene must have been. Altogether, "Psycho" is one of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpieces, and I think it's probably my favorite film of his. From the amazing acting from Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Vera Miles, and Martin Balsam to the surprisingly small $800,000 budget to the infamous Bates Motel and shower scene, along with the reputation this movie earned (#1 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills and #14 on 100 Years...100 Movies), this film is defiantly the best shocker film from the best director of all time, Alfred Hitchcock.