Psycho

Blog #4 Psycho

Psycho a 1960 thriller was based on a woman, Marion Crane, who was fed up with the way life treated her, especially recently since her lover Sam isn’t able to marry her yet because most of his money goes to alimony. Marion is left to meet with Sam at a hotel every now and then during her lunch breaks. This leads her to take $40,000 cash of which she is entrusted with by her employer to take to the bank. She decided this was her opportunity to start a new life, she packed a suitcase, the money and headed to Sam's California store.

Up until then everything seems rather normal until she gets stuck in a storm and is forced get off the main highway to stay at a nearby motel. Norman, the one in charge of The Bates Motel, was a quiet and young man. Marion noticed that he was obsessed with birds, stuffing them and also that he was dominated by his mother. Even then, she didn't have a good enough reason to think that there was anything wrong, and yet she never made it out alive. The movie continued with another murder and with Sam and Marions sister determined to find out where she was or what happened to her. At the time, it was the most shocking film its audience had ever seen. The director of this film, Alfred Hitchcock seemed to have devoted his attention to the Marion Crane story and her relationship with Norman. Considering I don't normally watch horror movies, I can honestly say that this has been my favorite so far of the class. Not having anticipated the surprise Hitchcock created for us, I watched intently as the story unfolded leaving me with an astonished yet amazed feeling as it ended.