Psycho (1960) 1 hr and 49 min
Secretary Marion Crane is on the run after stealing $40,000 from her boss in order to run away with her boyfriend, taking back roads to avoid the police until she stops to rest at the Bates Motel. There, she meets the owner, polite, but nervous Norman Bates, a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a complicated relationship with his mother.
Mystery/Slasher/Horror/Thriller
Rating: R (More accurately to modern standards, PG-13) (adult situations/language, violence)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Martin Balsam, John McIntire
Release Date: September 8th, 1960
8.5/10 on IMDb, 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, 4/4 Roger Ebert, 86% of audiences like it
Our second horror film from the 1960s, join us as we look at this iconic slasher film that redefined a genre and created modern horror as we know it!
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