Psycho

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Psycho

R,

1960,

1h 49m,

Horror/

Mystery & Thriller

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Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.

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Critics Consensus

Infamous for its shower scene, but immortal for its contribution to the horror genre. Because Psycho was filmed with tact, grace, and art, Hitchcock didn't just create modern horror, he validated it.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

Sep 28, 2023

The impeccable craft of Alfred Hitchcock is showcased even more effectively here, in the director’s take on a B-movie, than it is in many of his loftier projects.

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

Feb 10, 2023

5/5

Not that [Marion] or we are guilty of the horrors [Norman] is, but this is a movie fundamentally about shame, of which guilt is an inextricable component.

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Peter John Dyer

Sight & Sound

Jan 11, 2020

Psycho comes nearer to attaining an exhilarating balance between content and style than anything Hitchcock has done in years. Of course, it is a very minor work. But its virtues of tension, surprise, virtuosity and control are all major ones.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 18, 2026

4/4

Hitchcock's audacious masterpiece prefers to explore the recesses of the mind rather than the excesses of the flesh, and in doing so gives us one of the screen’s all-time great characters.

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Chris Barsanti

PopMatters

Jan 8, 2025

Murder might have been rife in Hitchcock's earlier work, but the gutting sense of random mortality in 'Psycho' is as far as one can get from the semi-jocular bloodless deaths of 'Strangers on a Train' and 'The Trouble with Harry.'

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Sarah Marloff

Washington City Paper

Sep 23, 2024

...remains one of the most unnerving moments in film history and Norman Bates still gets under your skin in the creepiest ways...

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Poe M

Apr 28, 2019

Psycho is more than just a film it's a work of art. Every second from the opening credits accompanied by the classic score until the very end with mother's monologue is filled with pure film magic. It tells an amazing story of a broken man with mommy issues while being one of the greatest films of all time. This film is perfect from beginning to end in every way possible.

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Rey R

Mar 25, 2019

I thought this movie was going to be really cheesy going into it (especially because of the twist), but I underestimated Alfred Hitchcock's power as a director. I can't really give all the credit to Hitchcock though, because the music was probably the greatest savior for the horror scenes. The music got me pretty damn scared, because I knew something bad was about to happen. This isn't the greatest movie ever, but it's interesting, and probably deserves it's rave.

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Abraham R

Mar 1, 2019

Psycho is a iconic thriller by Alfred Hitchcock. This movie is insanely good. Everything about it just feels creepy. If you haven't seen this trust me it's great. The moment you hear the screeching violins you feel immersed.

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Hagrid W

Feb 26, 2019

Loved it! Really suspensful. I can see why its a classic.

Han M

Feb 25, 2019

Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" changed the thriller genre forever with his groundbreaking film about a murdering psychopath that includes one of cinema's most iconic scenes ("the shower scene") and remains a legendary piece of work by the Master of Suspense.

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Ron S

Jan 25, 2019

I enjoy this movie because I get to tell people it was made in black and white because the blood was chocolate sauce

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Alfred Hitchcock

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Anthony Perkins

Norman Bates

Janet Leigh

Marion Crane

Vera Miles

Lila Crane

John Gavin

Sam Loomis

Martin Balsam

Det. Milton Arbogast

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Synopsis

Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenwriter: Robert Bloch, Joseph Stefano
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount, Shamley Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 16, 1960, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Mono

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