Film · Paramount · 1960
Pass it on
Psycho
31Leave it.
Leave it off a family's evening. The hidden life is the subject, and the murder is the product.
Take controlThis scores 31. Psycho cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it
The review
A woman steals money from her employer and runs. She stops at a motel. I am not going to describe what happens in the bathroom or what is kept in the house behind the motel. The cultural fact is that this picture taught a generation to enjoy a murder as a set piece, and then explained the murderer. The explanation is not a kindness. It is the second half of the entertainment.
Adults know the reputation and will do what they will. I would not put it on for a teenager as a classic they are behind on. Being behind on a shock is not a lack of education. If it is already in the house, the sentence to say afterward is that a hidden life does not become interesting because the camera is clever. The cleverness is real. The cleverness is not a reason. A large gross in 1960, made for very little. The profit is not a defense.
Journal
Keep Psycho in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 31. Yours can differ.
The glance
Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.
Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
The Birds
43 instead of 31
The Birds is still a horror film, and it scores 43 instead of 31. What you gain is household: A mother, a younger sister, and a suitor are the household under the attack.
The eight
- 4Industry
A motel is a job. The job is the cover, and the cover is more interesting to the film than the work.
- 2Household
A mother and a son are the wreck on screen. Nothing here is a household to trust.
- 2Piety
No one answers upward. A secret has taken the place of a conscience.
- 3Courage
She takes a risk with stolen money. The risk is not courage. It is a flight.
- 3Republic
The public is a highway and a swamp. Neighbors are how you get caught, not a debt.
- 3Temperance
The appetite is the scare, and the film is proud of the scare.
- 6Truth
A person can be living a lie so complete the lie has a voice. That part is true.
- 2Stewardship
A house inherits a famous shock and a permission to treat a killing as a craft.
Where to watch
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Live Historic · Psycho · 31IMDb tt0054215
