Hitchcock's take on horror, dark and terrifying

Rating: 9/10 (13 March 2011)

A woman escapes with a stolen envelope full of money. She decides to rest in a motel where she meets a mysterious stranger...
In this 1960 movie, Alfred Hitchcock clearly approached the horror genre. It feels like a completely new Hitchcock, as if he'd taken his experience from his earlier movies and formed something completely new out of it. No second, no line of dialogue is wasted. Everything is built up to get you on the edge of your seat. As a master of his craft he brings his camera work and his lighting to perfection.
This definitely is a ground stone for almost every horror movie that followed.