So good it's scary.

Rating: 10/10 (7 August 2013)

'Vertigo', Alfred Hitchcock's nostalgic mystery classic is one of those rare films in that the less you know about it, the better. Vertigo is a tale of love and intrigue that fatally spirals into obsession and deception as James Stewart struggles desperately to unravel a strangers bizarre and secret life. Set in San Francisco, retired detective Scottie Ferguson (Stewart) is approached by an old acquaintance to spy on his wayward wife(Kim Novak)but when a severe case of vertigo creeps in, he quickly realizes that the task at hand is much more dangerous. Stewart, suffering from not only acrophobia, but by his own torment, is helplessly driven by Novak's beauty and is drawn into a dream like world haunted with the possibilities of his own failures. Alfred Hitchcock, master of suspense, has created a romantic epic, an alluring and seductive masterpiece that plays out beautifully against the San Francisco skyline. Hitchcock's heavyweight's 'Psycho' and 'The Birds' may stake claim as his trademark classics, but 'Vertigo' surely ranks as one of the greatest movies ever made.