Simple enough, but Alfred Hitchcock creates a mood of terror and suspense that lingers long after you've seen the film. And finally John Gavin as Leigh's boy friend and Vera Miles as her sister go looking for the both of them. Later on private detective Martin Balsam goes after her as well. She winds up in the Bates motel run by Norman and his mother. Janet Leigh on an impulse embezzles $40,000 in cash from her employer and goes on the run. He does create an indelible impression on the screen with Alfred Hitchcock's direction as the shy mother fixated man running a flea bag motel in an area where a new super highway has taken all the potential business. He looked grateful that someone knew he did something besides Norman Bates.īut for better or worse, Norman Bates became his career role and it's what we remember Anthony Perkins for. I asked him about appearing in Friendly Persuasion with Gary Cooper and I told him that that was my favorite role he did.
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Perkins did not really know how to handle the banter, he was in my estimation a serious guy who must have thought he was in a freak show. People like the Star Trek cast members know what to expect at these gatherings and act accordingly. Tony Perkins was clearly ill at ease among the Sci-Fi crowd. I think he looked on it as an opportunity to promote the succeeding Psycho films. Perkins, the celebrated Norman Bates of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho among all the Trekkies and Doctor Who fans, etc. Reviewed by bkoganbing 9 / 10 Cleaning Up After Momĭuring the Mid Eighties I attended a science fiction convention in Manhattan and the feature attraction there was Anthony Perkins. All in all, a Hitchcock masterpiece! 10/10 Bethany Cox in short it is one of the most chilling performances of all time. Stealing the film is Antony Perkins as Norman Bates, he didn't just play creepy, he WAS creepy, his face, his voice, his mannerisms. The acting though was exemplary, with Janet Leigh giving one of the deservedly most memorable female performances in a Hitchcock movie, and Vera Miles also giving a stellar performance. Other pros are a good plot, a well constructed screenplay and beautiful black and white cinematography that is perfect in conveying the creepy mood. There is just something about it that makes your blood run cold. I admit it, when I hear that motif, I start screaming. What a creepy score! I loved his score for Vertigo and Miklos Rozsa's for Spellbound, but the high violin motif in the shower scene is the main reason why that scene in particular is so effective. The great director proves how truly great he is by directing Psycho in a masterful way, and manages to deliver the shocks when needed.
The whole of Psycho is terrifying, suspenseful and shocking. The scene with the old woman in the chair also made me jump out of my skin. The shower scene isn't the only effective or chilling scene in the film- in the events leading up to that scene I was biting my nails. I had a similar experience watching the Disney film Sleeping Beauty with Maleficent enticing Aurora to the spinning wheel, and Mrs Gulch turning into the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz. When I first saw that scene on the 100 Greatest American Films, I was so terrified and I admit it I have never recovered. The infamous shower scene is without doubt one of the most terrifying murder scenes in any film. Psycho is a film that you see once and never forget, and one of the few movies out there that has left me traumatised. After seeing this movie, I think Psycho outshines Vertigo.
Before I saw this, I considered Vertigo as his masterpiece. My top 5 favourites are Vertigo, North By Northwest, Rear Window, Rebecca and this masterpiece. I am a huge fan of Hitchcock, and have really liked all of the movies of his I have seen so far. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 10 / 10 A film that you see once, and never forget. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into the Bates Motel.
Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. One Friday, Marion is trusted to bank forty thousand dollars by her employer. 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. Phoenix office worker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her.
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