PSYCHO

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is a suspenseful murder mystery in which every aspect is almost perfect. From the editing to the plot line Alfred Hitchcock does a perfect job at making a regularly uneventful scare a thing that will make you jump out of your seat with his amazing use of suspense. The movie Psycho is all about a mystery killer whose "identity" is revealed at the beginning of the action in the movie so you know whats coming and you just feel like shouting get out of there but he uses unrestricted narration so he can use suspense for a greater surprise effect. he uses alot of midshots in the movie so you can know whats going on in the full shot rather than just looking at facial expressions. The plot is set up by the beautiful deceiving main charecter who steals a sum of money and is on the run to her boyfriends house but she must stop at a rest stop for a night before she finishes the journey. As she talks to the owner of the hotel for a while she begins to seem a little bit sane but the hotel owner soon becomes insane with the mention of his mother saying that no one should insult such a woman and thats when you know things are going to go down. the use of low key lighting to shadow the killers face allows a window for the very shocking ending in which you will find yourself saying what in the hell just happened. the killer is usually shot with a low angle shot for them to show a certain power that they have over the victim. Hitch's use of the long take also allows a great amount of suspense to unfold as you are just at the edge of your seat until the shot is finished. The sound of the film always goes back to the opening score when ever something bad is about to happen so he hints at what is going on with making you guess when it is going to happen. The editing of the movie is flawless in every aspect, the camera never crosses the 180 degree axis line the shots are all similar in length and eye line matches are evident in important situations. The most important part in photography of the movie is always having a long shot of the hotel owners house which gives it a creepy feeling and makes you wonder what is in the house that is so important. In conclusion Psycho is an almost flawless movie and anyone who has seen it would agree that it was one of the greatest movies of all time because of the way it keeps you on the edge of your seat with the greatest suspense that I have ever seen in a movie and the plot line is amazing because it seems so real and it feels like something that twisted could actually happen.