Psycho
I have seen Psycho many, many times over the years. I watched it again today, and as always I had a wonderful time. It's tense, exciting, funny, fascinating, and occasionally terrifying. I recommend this film to anyone and everyone, even people who don't like horror. There are only a handful of truly scary moments, and one of them is arguably the most famous scene in film history. The vast majority of the film is an engaging, twisting plot that goes from money to something very, very different. I would go as far as to say if you're only ever going to see one horror movie in your life, it should be this one (my personal favorite horror film is The Shining, but that's far too scary for anyone who doesn't like being scared).
I haven't done this on this blog before, but I'm going to leave two YouTube links here. (So hopefully this works.)
One is the original theatrical trailer for Psycho, which is Alfred Hitchcock himself giving you, the audience, a personal tour of the set of Psycho. It's the most bizarre trailer that's ever been made, like nothing ever done before or since.
The other link is from my favorite YouTube channel, Red Letter Media, talking about the history and the details of Psycho, because I think they detail it much better through their conversation than I could here on this blog. They also talk about Psycho II, which I have never seen but am now very curious because of their description of it.
Hithcock's Psycho Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJQfFQ40lI
Red Letter Media Re-View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adGebPmRjxg
Please see Psycho. You won't regret it.
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