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Psycho (1960)

	Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock	COUNTRY USA GENRE Horror/Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Psycho RUNNING TIME 109 minutes
	Produced by: Alfred Hitchcock
	Written by: Joseph Stefano
	Based on a novel by: Robert Bloch

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Norman Bates	Anthony Perkins
Marion Crane	Janet Leigh	½
Lila Crane	Vera Miles
Sam Loomis	John Gavin	½
Milton Arbogast	Martin Balsam
Sheriff Chambers	John McIntire	-
Man Outside Office in Cowboy Hat	Alfred Hitchcock	-

Review

Hitchcock's number one trademark film is still ingeniously terrifying after all these years. Though it was mainly made as a prank from the master of suspense's point of view, Psycho remains the quintessential horror movie. It's easy to forget the impact this film had on an entire genre (based around knife-stabbing, psychotic young men), and it's also easy to overlook how fundamentally different this was from anything Hitchcock had made before. His previous films had been thrillers, but Psycho rejuvenated a genre that had been limited to B-movie status and recurring appeareancs by fading stars. In addition to delivering brilliantly accomplished horror, it's also an unparalleled psychological study, with Anthony Perkins arguably giving the performance of a lifetime. Psycho is as chilling as any of the horror classics, and it holds its own against any of today's special-effects vehicles.