Psycho: Review

The film "Psycho", directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was a masterpiece of its time, as it had every aspect a scary movie needs to be successful. It was dark, creepy, sexy, mysterious, and shocking. Even being from some 50 years ago it had you guessing the whole way through if the mother was alive and killing or some other twist. It starts out with Marion Crane, played by Janet Leigh in bed with a married man not married to her. She then goes into work where her boss trusts her with $40,000 to take to the bank. Ofcourse she takes off with the money and tries to cover up her tracks on the way. She stops at a motel one night where there is a lonely motel keeper named Anthony Perkins, played by Norman Bates, who lives alone with his mom up the hill. However, just when you think your following the main charecter she is killed in one of the most famous killing scenes known, the shower. This opened up a whole new type of horror movies called slasher films. After this there is a private detective that come in and later the police as the mystery is unraveled slowly with the occasional killing. This was a great film and a classic and i would recommend anyone to see it.

Opening image: Janet in bed with a married man

Theme stated: When the old guy talks about you can't buy happiness you can only happiness, which is what the guy in the end did by taking his mothers personality.

Set up: Janet at work talking with her boss.

Catalyst: She is given the money to take to the bank

Debate: She is deciding if she really wants to run off with the money

Break into 2: She leaves town and is seen by her boss, as well as the cop

B story: Where she goes to the motel and meets Anthony.

Fun and games: She is killed in the shower.

Midpoint:When the detective is hired and goes looking around for clues.

Bad guys close in: When the detective is killed.

All is lost: Nobody knows where Janet or the Detective are.

Dark night of the soul: Janet's sister is all sad because they can't find her and she thinks something happened to her.

Break into 3: When the sister and another guy go to the motel to try to find out what happened.

Finale: When they are attacked by the killer and manage to subdue him.

Final image: Anthony talking to himself as his mother.

-Adam