Psycho

Psycho

1960

"Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother."

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Starring : Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Markin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh

Overview:

Psycho is a 1960 American suspense and Thriller genre directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. The film depicts the encounter between a secretary, Janet Leigh is who is called Marion Crane in the film, who goes to a secluded motel called the Bates Motel after stealing money from her employer, and the motel's disturbed owner and manager, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), and the aftermath of their encounter. Psycho is a classic, and for good reason, everything about this film is perfection, from the gorgeous black and white cinematography to every single performance, to the famous Bernard Herrmann soundtrack, to some of the most suspenseful and frightening scenes ever filmed. Psycho is undoubtedly most famous for it's death scene of Marion Crane.

Here it is, I'll let you decide why this scene is so famous!