Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho is known as a classic. It was nominated for four Academy Awards and changed movies forever. It is hard to see how a person could not like it and not appreciate it, even in modern times.
             In the film a woman named Marion comes across and steals forty thousand dollars, and on her run from the law comes to a gruesome death, it is up to her sister and boyfriend to discover her murderer.
             One of the reasons Psycho is such a great movie and what makes it better than modern day horror movies is that it has not only violence, it also has a great plot.
             The plot is written in such a way that the audience gets distracted by it and is in a state of shock when Marion is killed. The story also keeps the audience guessing. By withholding information from the audience, Hitchcock lets the audience speculate what is going to happen.
             Psycho is filmed entirely in black and white. This is said to be because of a tight budget, but the lack of colour ads to the dark atmosphere of the film. The dark lighting and the music also create this atmosphere.
             The music in Psycho is outstanding; the frantic paced screeching violins really bring a sense of fear into the movie. Without the music and sound, the famous "Shower Scene" in Psycho is ineffective.
             The "Shower Scene" is a highlight in Psycho. This one scene terrified audiences so much in 1960 that some people could not shower again after seeing it. The scene shows Marion being killed. In the scene, there is only one shot of knife hitting flesh (Refer to 'The Shower' still number 6) but thanks to the music and camera work, it is now known as one of the best horror scenes in film history. The camera work in the "Shower Scene" had a lot of focus on, instead of the knife to flesh, Marion's face and mouth as well as a shot of her hand clawing at the bathroom tiles.
             The actors in Psycho are obviously very talented. Anthony P...