The film Psycho which was created in the summer of 1960 by a famous man called Alfred Hitchcock.
Patrick Kiely
Psycho
The film Psycho which was created in the summer of 1960 by a famous man called Alfred Hitchcock. The film starred Janet crane and Anthony Perkins two very famous people of that time and both led leading roles.
Marion crane is having a secret meeting with her married lover Sam Loomis. The couple cannot afford to be together due to all the money he would have to pay his wife off with. Serving the opportunity whilst its there Marion steals $40,000 from her boss. In a frantic panic she leaves and drives off. As she was driving hectic rain fell suspicion filled her mind. She realises that’s she’s been followed and dumps her car and buys a new one and continues her journey.
Set in an almost gothic setting the empty motels she found provides ‘short lived’ relief to Marion. Fresh faced Anthony Perkins plays the quirky owner. His passion shared equally between his mother, his taxidermy hobby and spying on the guests, Marion fails to heed the warnings that the place is empty, creaky and has tea with Anthony. As the drink their tea they talk and you can tell that Marion is afraid of all the dead stuffed birds hanging above her head. She accidentally insults Anthony by mentioning about putting his mother at rest and putting her in a home, But Anthony does not reply to this very happily. She comes to realise that she has to go back and face up to what she has done, so she excuses her self from supper. As she decides to have a shower Norman bates is watching her through a very small hole in the wall.