Female intuition

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2005)

Very thrilling. Very riveting. Disturbing in a psychological manner. Truly, it is what you don't see that scares you - this adage is personified in this movie. I loved Lisa's character arc, as she tries to draw Jeff's attention away from spying on Thorwald. She was in denial, trying to prove Jeff wrong all the time. But a moment before that scene fades out, she's very well hooked into what might have happened across as well.
And hey, we even see her and Stella - Jeff's aid audaciously dig in the apartment's garden across. And Lisa - the cynical girlfriend who couldn't care less even ascends through the fire escape. And watch this very thrilling scene as Jeffrey's could only scream his girlfriend's name and watch in horror. Hitchcock said to always make the audience suffer as much as possible - we do suffer as a helpless and disabled audience as well in these scenes I am talking about.
If PSYCHO was creepy enough - you'll get some of those eery moments in here too, but more psychologically than visually or graphically portrayed as they talk about the clues to Mrs. Thorwald. You don't see any of these of course - but what your mind imagines or visualizes is far more terrifying than anything you'll see in this film.
Plus a breathtaking climax. Watch the very last frame - the closing shot of the movie. Grade A+