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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Nov 3, 2007
Pros: Well done suspenseful thriller.
Cons: Not for everyone.
Summary: I really enjoy good suspenseful thriller movies. Unfortunately, many of the movies that are advertised as suspenseful or thrillers turn out to be not very good with very little in the way of suspense. Alfred Hitchcock was able to make several very ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 17, 2011
Pros: A 98% perfect horror movie from start to (almost) finish.
Cons: A 100% flawed and unnecessary ending bolted on to the end of the film.
Summary: Well, the wheels fell off my Frankenstein Review-a-thon pretty darn quickly when I find out that I pretty much either A) reviewed all my Hammer Frankenstein flicks, or B) Found out I didn't have as many Universal Monster movie ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 14, 2011
Pros: Great acting; decent story
Cons: Scares don't stand up that well to time
Summary: Psycho was the first Hitchcock film I ever watched. At the time, I wasn't really that impressed. That was roughly 10 years ago, and I have since come to enjoy several of Hitchcock's films. I figured it was time to give ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 14, 2009
Pros: Storyline, acting, directing, camera work, music, suspense, and ending.
Cons: Some modern viewers may find it to be an "old gay b&w flick"
Summary: This review will spoil all but the ending.The original Psycho from 1960 tells the story of a girl named Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) who wishes to marry her boyfriend Sam (John Gavin), yet she has no money. She then decides to steal $40,000 dollars ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 10, 2008
Pros: Creepy Ambience, Great Performances, Frightening but Intelligent Story
Cons: Pacing Issues
Summary: When speaking of slasher films most fans are quick to name off their share of Halloweens, Friday the 13ths, A Nightmare on Elm Streets etc. I've noticed lately that one of the grandfathers of the horror sub-genre has gone widely ignored by younger ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 23, 2008
Pros: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, the house on the hill, score, cinematography. the story
Cons: A little slow in places
Summary: This movie made people afraid to take showers inc its star, Janet Leigh, who swore off them after making this movie. The movie opens at 2:24p with Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin) getting dressed after another ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 1, 2008
Pros: Pros - Story, Screenplay, Direction, acting, music, most importantly the suspense
Cons: To some it may not be so chilling now.
Summary: Can suspense murder movies be made without explicit gore, violence and overstated maniac performances. Yes, says the master of suspense in Psycho! Psycho is a 1960, Hitchcock film based on the novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. It is the story of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 4, 2006
Pros: Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Bernard Herrmann's musical score
Cons: John Gavin, Vera Miles, talky ending
Summary: Today Psycho stands as a testament to the artistic genius of director Alfred Hitchcock. As simple as Joseph Stefano’s screenplay may be, it has risen over the decades to become the quintessential horror film of all time. Few, if any, have matched it, ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 18, 2005
Pros: Spine tingling, edge of the seat horror after horror! Terrific direction, absolute characterization.
Cons: Don't watch if you have nightmares
Summary: When I first saw this movie, I was just beginning my teens. I wasn't prepared for it, but neither were many others. I had heard of Hitchcock from his TV series, and knew he was quite the director. So I like many, was anxious to see, Psycho. What I ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 1, 2005
Pros: Acting, direction, casting, creepy set
Cons: Nothing
Summary: I was just a senior in high school when I saw this movie for the first time. I took a date and we went to the show not quite knowing what to expect. In those days, there was not the sort of endless stream of reviews and opinions about movies that exists ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 4, 2005
Pros: Everything
Cons: nothing
Summary: When I first saw Psycho I could not get to sleep. I was so amazed of how the plot fit together. I was so suprised that Norman Bates was the murderer. The score to this movie is so scary!! Herrmann does his best musical score of his career. When I first ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 25, 2005
Pros: An American Movie Classic; frightening; interesting; great story
Cons: Probably not interesting to those who don't like "old" films
Summary: Before taking my Hitchcock class at The
University of Alaska - Anchorage, the only Hitchcock film I had seen was The Birds. To tell you the truth, I was young when I saw it and I don't ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 18, 2005
Pros: Hitchcock, score, Anthony Perkins, very suspenseful, scary
Cons: Long, John Gavin
Summary: There are some movies you just know you have to see. Any person with even a slight interest in film knows that they need to see Lord of the Rings, Casablanca, and Gone With the Wind in order to hold their heads up high. There’s no escaping this ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 4, 2004
Pros: Great music, suspenseful, great cast.
Cons: May be a little tame for fans of gore.
Summary: "After you've seen Psycho...do not tell your friends the tiny, little, horrifying secrets." - Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is a suspense masterpiece whose influence resonates in modern cinema. It's frightening plot and ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 14, 2004
Pros: One of the best horror films ever made.
Cons: None.
Summary: This is the movie that set the standard for horror films and makes most of them pale in comparison. Hitchcock set out to make his audience scream and succeeded beyond his wildest expectations; I saw "Psycho" when it was first released and the screams ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 11, 2004
Pros: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, and one of the industry's best ever musical scores.
Cons: The ending's a bit hard to take.
Summary: What can I possibly say about "Psycho" that hasn't been said before? Is it the scariest movie ever? Probably. (And anyone who says that "The Blair Witch Project" was scarier need read no further - that is, assuming you can read in the first place!) Is ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 7, 2004
Pros: Even though you know how it ends there is still genuine suspense.
Cons: Nothing.
Summary: I love Norman Bates. Oh, I know there are the less 'savoury' aspects of his personality, if you will, but how could you not fall for that boyish face, the almost puppylike urge to please, the eagerness the chirpy, friendly conversational tone. And who ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 18, 2003
Pros: The genius black and white photography! The directing and the musical score.
Cons: None, none and none!
Summary: WARNING: IF YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT, AND STILL WANTS TO SEE IT. DO NOT READ T ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 17, 2003
Pros: Great acting, classic score, original plot, Hitchcock truly delivers
Cons: Black and white, a bit slow at times, limited on special effects
Summary: Released in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock’s first horror film and now cinema masterpiece “Psycho” has made ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 10, 2003
Pros:
Perkins/Norman, Martin Balsam, direction, score, shocks
Cons: Gavin, Miles, Ending.
Summary: 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic stars Janet Leigh as a woman on the run after stealing money from work ... read more
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