One of the best thrillers

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2003)

Hitchcock was a master of his art, and this thriller is an evidence of it. Again a good black and white film with an extraordinary plot starred by Anthony Perkins, who was perhaps the best actor in roles of mad or abnormal people in the world cinema. To this we should add the supporting roles played by then still beautiful Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles and John Gavin. But again Perkins was simply excellent. We all were afraid without seeing the killer and until the end we supposed as real the existence of Norman Bates mother. A thriller is good when the end is unknown and even unsuspected by the public, and these requirements are well accomplished by Hichtcock.