the "horror" movie that changed everything!

Rating: 10/10 (27 April 2015)

i first watched this movie when i was nine years old and what stuck with me at that young age was the infamous shower scene. as i grew older (im 23 now) i appreciated the movie on many different levels. the first thing i will say is because of this well acted, well directed and nerve wracking film the horror movie genre was changed for the better. before Hitchcock came around there were horror monsters like Dracula and The Wolfman. Psycho gives us a look at a real threat, an average good looking man. Because of this movie that "showed" a woman being stabbed to death we now have all these other horror films from Friday the 13th to Saw. Psycho is the reason horror is what it is today. Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates was absolutely fantastic! He is cute yet downright insane, something even today most people would look past. we have always wanted to believe that a killer looks gross, crazy or evil not good looking and Anthony Perkins gave us that. The ending is perhaps the greatest in horror history. when Vera miles finds the corpse of Mrs. bates in the cellar and Anthony Perkins appears dressed as his dead mother with a knife.. awesome! words really cant describe this movie, it is so much more than brilliant. it is technically the first slasher film and with good reason, you have mystery, murder and insanity! anyone who appreciates good horror and mystery should watch this, the acting is genuine, you really feel for the victim (janet leigh) and Norman Bates which is hard to do. Psycho makes you feel sorry for the killer as much as the victim. Bravo Mr. Hitchcock!