Desperate to get some cash together so she can finally be with her fiancé, secretary Marion Crane makes off with €40,000 of her companies money.
Taking back roads to avoid the police, she winds up at a run-down and near deserted motel, run by Norman Bates a quiet, slightly odd, man who lives under the thumb of his supposedly feeble mother.
Norman takes an instant shine to Marion; but mother senses trouble... Women always bring trouble...
Psycho is a true classic; it elevated the already lofty position Hitchcock held as a respected director, to that of one of the best the world had ever seen. It also nearly bankrupted him; the studio had no faith in the movie and he remortgaged his house to self-fund, he also invented the advertised start-time. It sounds like the worst-possible way to see a film but, until Psycho, it was common practice to pay to see a movie, walk in half-way through, then wait for it to loop back around and leave when you got to the bit where you came-in! In order to protect the films twists and turns, Hitch' insisted that no one be admitted once the film had begun, and in doing so invented queueing at the movies!
And it was absolutely the right call; the absolute best way to see Psycho is to go in cold; sadly it's become so well known that it's almost impossible to do so.
But if you are one of those lucky people who knows nothing about Psycho save the plot outline above, stop what you are doing and run (don't walk) to get a copy. Turn down the lights and prepare to be amazed.
If, like most of the rest of humanity, you have seen Psycho, or had it ruined by its 3 sequels, or the TV series, or just pop-culture in general, head over to Horror Movie A Week for a slightly fuller rundown of my thoughts.
But seriously; if you are in that lucky few, see it RIGHT THE FUCK NOW before someone ruins it for you!
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