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May 27, 2017Lucik32 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A great classic and a film masterpiece. Definitely a must-watch the bonus material how the movie was shot and cast. Many people complained in bellow comments that this horror was not scary. They forgot it was shot in 1960! Like Mr. Hitchcock said a director has to be creative and come up with a new ways how to scare the audience. But he managed it in 1960: many people were fleeing theaters after the notorious shower scene. There were lines for the movie showing that spread up to three miles! There are not great horror movies nowadays. (Like "the Ring" both versions and all the sequences- seriously? I was so bored that I almost switched the movie off. Not scary at all). We have become numb to tension, thrill and suspense by watching horror movies full of gore and violence. For any director it is hard to surprise audience with something new. All the movies are the same, they show us everything. But Mr. Hitchcock knew that imagination was everything. He did not show streaming blood and all the gore, it was audience's imagination that scared them. "Psycho" might not scare you, but still try to think why people love it and keep on watching it. I am one of them.