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Post by ck100 on Sept 8, 2020 5:11:59 GMT
What more can be said of this Hitchcock classic? Still a potent piece of cinema after 60 years.
Maltin Movie Guide Review:
Psycho (1960) - 4 out of 4 stars
"The Master's most notorious film is still terrifying after all these years, as larcenous Leigh picks the wrong place to spend a night: The Bates Motel (12 cabins, 12 vacancies...and 12 showers), run by a peculiar young man and his crotchety old "mother". Hitchcock's murder set pieces are so potent, they can galvanize (and frighten) even a viewer who's seen them before! Bernard Hermann's legendary (and endlessly imitated) score adds much to the excitement. Script by Joseph Stefano from the Robert Bloch novel. Followed by three sequels (the last for cable TV), at TV movie (BATES MOTEL), a remake in 1998, and a cable TV series, also called Bates Motel."
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Post by ck100 on Sept 8, 2020 5:13:14 GMT
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Post by sdrew13163 on Sept 8, 2020 5:34:53 GMT
It’s good, but really overrated imo.
Not even close to Hitchcock’s best work.
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Post by Prime etc. on Sept 8, 2020 7:24:15 GMT
It always makes me think of the scene in HIGH ANXIETY
"Here's your newspaper! Your newspaper!!"
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Post by politicidal on Sept 8, 2020 13:14:57 GMT
Still so good after all this time.
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Post by ck100 on Sept 8, 2020 16:32:06 GMT
For some reason(s), a lot of people don't like the psychiatrist scene, but am I the only one who doesn't have a problem with it?
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Post by James on Sept 8, 2020 17:36:05 GMT
For some reason(s), a lot of people don't like the psychiatrist scene, but am I the only one who doesn't have a problem with it? I don't either. It might seem like pointless exposition now, but it was the 60s and people would've like to have known the explanation anyway.
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Post by teleadm on Sept 8, 2020 18:00:02 GMT
A timeless classic I can watch nearly any time.  The house on the hill became a character in itself |
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Post by fangirl1975 on Sept 8, 2020 18:23:48 GMT
One night I was watching Psycho on TCM and when the shower scene came up my kitty Gordie, who has since crossed the Rainbow Bridge, "booped' me with his right front paw, pointed it at the TV and vocalized as if he was saying, "see nothing good ever comes of free range water!".
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Post by Captain Spencer on Sept 8, 2020 18:44:38 GMT
Cool. I've never seen this before.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Sept 8, 2020 18:46:53 GMT
A timeless classic I can watch nearly any time. The house on the hill became a character in itself Most definitely.
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Post by alpha128 on Sept 8, 2020 23:54:55 GMT
What more can be said of this Hitchcock classic? The quote thread was a lot of fun!
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Post by marianne48 on Sept 9, 2020 3:00:59 GMT
Those TV commercials for "A Place for Mom" always make me think of Psycho. I'd like to see one of these ads end with Norman Bates leaping out at Joan Lunden and chasing her around with a knife.
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