Month of Horror Masterposts: Psycho

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Psycho: Final Thoughts

I first saw Psycho a few years ago. It was my first Hitchcock movie, and although I’m fond of a few of his other films, Psycho is hands-down my favorite.  I loved it from the first moment I saw it.  I love being scared, and while this movie didn’t rely on jumpscares or gore, it

Psycho: Facets of Filmmaking

Psycho, in many ways, turned out to be the little movie that could.  When the idea for it was first pitched, nobody but Hitchcock himself thought it’d succeed. The film was originally based on Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel with the same name, a novel based on the story of Ed Gein, a murderer and grave-robber

Psycho: Facets of Film

While it’s true that the most important elements of a movie are the story, genre, and characters, none of those things can come to life without the actual movie-making itself. Between camerawork, set design, costuming, music, special effects, and the performances of the actors themselves, there’s a whole lot that goes into the making of