Psycho

My personal rating scale:
5 *'s means WOW!One of my favorite movies :)
4 *'s means I enjoyed watching this movie!
3 *'s means This movie was okay..
2 *'s means I did not like this movie at all
1 * means I hated this movie A LOT!!



My personal rating for "Psycho" is 4 *'s out of 5 *'s.



Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Main actors: Janet Leigh ( as Marion Crane)
John Gavin ( as Sam Loomis)
Anthony Perkins ( as Norman Bates)
Vera Mies ( as Lila Crane)
Martin Balsam ( as Detective Milton Arbogast)

This movie is a suspense/thriller, it is the first "horror" movie they ever made, they also call it the "mother" of all horror suspense movies. This film was made in black and white and it is based on a true story which happened in Wisconsin.


The movie "Psycho" is about two lovers, Marion and Sam, that want to marry each other as soon as possible. Unfortunately they don't have enough money, so Marion decides to steal $ 40,000 in cash. Her goal is to drive to California where Sam actually lives.
But because it would be a very long trip, she stops at a Motel with the name Bates Motel. There she meets the owner Norman Bates and she checks in for a night in a little room.
Everytime Marion talks to Norman, his behavior seems very, very odd. He tells her that his mother lives right next to the Motel in the big house.
The same day, when Marion decides to take a shower, someone stabs her with a knife and she dies. Norman finds her and puts her in a car, then he lets her sink in a swamp.
After a while ( maybe a week) Marion's sister and Sam too start getting concerned, because she still didn't come up from anywhere.
They hire a Detective who starts looking for her all over the place, then he looks in the Bates Motel. After he finds out that she is dead for sure, the Detective tries to find out where her
corps is. And there is also one important question left: Who killed Marion?? And why??

I personally really enjoyed watching this movie, that's maybe because I like all horror movies and scary movies.Of course, nowadays all the horror movies are a lot different compared to this movie. They didn't show as much blood and they didn't show much detail either.Where in our time, they almost show everything.
That sharp music that came up all the time made everything more scary and nervous, I think it was also a symbol for Marion's nervousness and concern.
This movie also had a whole bunch of symbols like the sharp music, water, stuffed birds, peoples names,...
And one thing that I think is interesting is that I was always scared of bathrooms, even before I saw this movie, and originally the "scary" bathrooms are from this movie. Other movies just copied it and made creepy scenes in bathrooms :)
The fact that this movie is based on a real story is VERY scary, it actually makes everything worse. I mean, Norman who kept his dead mother in his house is already very sick and if just somebody would have came up with that, it would be much better. But it actually really happened, so that's pretty scary.
All in all, I think they did a very good job with this movie and it's worth you time to watch it, because everybody who likes scary movies might enjoy it, because it is not exaggerated and detailed like the horror movies nowadays.

Great quotes:
Sam Loomis: You mean the old woman I saw tonight wasn't Mrs. Bates?
Sheriff Al Chambers: Now wait a minute, Sam, are you *sure* you saw an old woman?
Sam Loomis: Yes! In the house behind the motel! I called and I pounded, but she just ignored me!
Sheriff Al Chambers: You mean to tell me you saw Norman Bates' mother?
Lila Crane: It had to be - because Arbogast said so too. And the young man wouldn't let him see her because she was too ill.
Sheriff Al Chambers: Well, if the woman up there is Mrs. Bates... who's that woman buried out in Greenlawn Cemetery?

and:

Norman Bates: A boy's best friend is his mother.




Sources:
http://www.filmsite.org/psyc.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/quotes