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Connor Macgregor`s Horror-Thon
1 - Psycho
I`m sort of ripping off Cinemassacre here by setting myself a task of watching horror films for the next 30 days. But it started last night on my birthday when i sat down to watch a horror classic...Psycho.
Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.
In what was the birth of the slasher genre , Psycho is easily of the most important films for the horror genre as well as for the 60s. It is incredibly chilling and the black and white makes the film incredibly spooky and unsettling. Janet Leigh pulls off an unstoppable performance as Marion Crane. Her character is the star until the infamous "Shower Scene" where Hitchcock throws the book out the window and does things his imaginitive way. Not many people in this film. Its a small cast but the film works well around them.
The hightlight of the film is Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates. Norman is a friendly person who is trying to keep his declining business afloat. He seems friendly but a bit off. There isn`t something right about him. There seems to bit something on his mind when we first see him. But his character is the main character and the real star of the story.
Hitchcock`s directing is just fantastic. Everything seems so fresh and so exciting and he brings a very interesting approach to the story. He is quite possibly one of the greatest directors of all time. Psycho has also one of the most incredible twists of all cinema. I won`t reveal it (Because (A - Everyone knows it and (B if you don`t know it see the film) but never the less find Psycho , watch it and tell me that it isn`t a masterpiece because i think it is.
Rating - 100% - A+
Connor Macgregor`s Horror-Thon
1 - Psycho
I`m sort of ripping off Cinemassacre here by setting myself a task of watching horror films for the next 30 days. But it started last night on my birthday when i sat down to watch a horror classic...Psycho.
Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.
In what was the birth of the slasher genre , Psycho is easily of the most important films for the horror genre as well as for the 60s. It is incredibly chilling and the black and white makes the film incredibly spooky and unsettling. Janet Leigh pulls off an unstoppable performance as Marion Crane. Her character is the star until the infamous "Shower Scene" where Hitchcock throws the book out the window and does things his imaginitive way. Not many people in this film. Its a small cast but the film works well around them.
The hightlight of the film is Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates. Norman is a friendly person who is trying to keep his declining business afloat. He seems friendly but a bit off. There isn`t something right about him. There seems to bit something on his mind when we first see him. But his character is the main character and the real star of the story.
Hitchcock`s directing is just fantastic. Everything seems so fresh and so exciting and he brings a very interesting approach to the story. He is quite possibly one of the greatest directors of all time. Psycho has also one of the most incredible twists of all cinema. I won`t reveal it (Because (A - Everyone knows it and (B if you don`t know it see the film) but never the less find Psycho , watch it and tell me that it isn`t a masterpiece because i think it is.
Rating - 100% - A+