The beginning...

Rating: Null/10 (3 August 2004)

This movie started it all. Since then, Hollywood made many good serial killer movies, and this here is the father of it (or should I say "Mother"). It also defined the "rules" for a good horror movie: twists; creepy, mysterious and ghostlike creatures; a sinister ending and something to think about in a psychological sense. Anthony Perkins is the inspiring source to all Norman Bates, John Does, Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers crawling beneath the surface of normal life. The other actors are okay, I guess, but the best part of the movie is really Perkins.
Overall, this movie gets 10 points of 10 from me. A true masterpiece and today almost as chilling as it was 44 years ago.