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DVD Release Date
• R1: May 26, 1998
• R2: 21 Apr 2003
Budget $800,000
Running Time
1 hour, 49 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Shamley Productions
Studio Paramount
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Genre: Thriller, Horror, Slasher, Murder, Psychos, Suspense, Serial Killer, Disturbing, Detectives, Gay/Lesbian, Cult Classic, Gore, Psychodrama
Tagline: A new- and altogether different- screen excitement!!!
Plot: Credited with inventing the genre of the modern horror film, PSYCHO has had its share of sequels and imitators, none of which diminishes the achievement of this shocking and complex horror thriller. Alfred Hitchcock's choreography of elements in PSYCHO is considered so perfect it inspired a shot-by-shot remake by Gus Van Zant in 1998. However, Hitchcock's black-and-white original, featuring Anthony Perkins's haunting characterization of lonely motel keeper Norman Bates, has never been equaled. Bates presides over an out-of-the-way motel under the domineering specter of his mother. The young, well-intentioned Bates is introduced to the audience when Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a blonde on the run with stolen money, checks in for the night. But Momma doesn't like loose women, so the stage is set for this classic tale of horror--and one of the most famous scenes in film history. PSYCHO was initially received by audiences with shock and amazement--and it still terrifies today. Though it is now considered prototypical Hitchcock, its setting, pace, and emphasis on terror were major departures for the director at the time, coming after the more classically grand NORTH BY
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 One of the greatest horror movies ever made it's surprisingly tame on the violence using most of the running time for character development and suspense, and it works.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
Psycho's scares may not hold up well today, nor may its once-surprising ending, but the movie is so thick with atmosphere, characterization, subtext, and symbolism that the fact that some of its more obvious aspects have become timeworn doesn't matter. 98/100--Jack Witzig (ColdSpot)
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 | Janet Leigh
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| The modern horror film would not exist if it wasn't for Hitchcock's "Psycho." In fact, it would take about a decade for other filmmakers to follow up with anything nearly as shocking as this wonderful, masterpiece of a movie. -- (eSplatter.com)
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