Halloween is just around the corner and that means it's time for scary movies. Many of the people our age who I have talked to have never seen Psycho, and the ones who said they have seen it, said they saw the version from 1998 starring Vince Vaughn( some didn't even know that the 1998 version is a remake). I am not a fan of remakes. I don't know of any remakes that I have liked more than the original , but then again I'm a little psycho myself when it comes to classic movies.
For the ones who have not seen the original version from 1960 here is what the movie is about. A woman named Marion Crane steals $40,000 from her boss so she and her lover Sam Loomis could get married. Sam, who is divorced, has to give his wife pretty much every penny he makes to his wife in alimony. She flees Nevada and head towards California where Sam is. Along the way she stops at Bates Motel for the night. The motel is run by a quiet, shy man named Norman. He tells Marion that he lives in the house behind the motel with his mother. It is obvious that he is dominated by his mother by the way he talks about his her. Marion is offered the room #1 just in case she needed anything, and also since there was no one else there. While taking a shower Marion is stabbed repeatedly by an old woman. Norman runs to Marion's room and finds her dead. As the film continues the truth behind Marion's death and the old motel unravels and like true Alfred Hitchcock fashion it leaves you with a surprising twist.
The director Alfred Hitchcock has been dubbed the "master of suspense" and he is known as one of the best directors of all time. He has directed some of the best films of all time.
I have not always been a fan of classic movies, but it was Psycho that started it all for me. I thought like most people, classic movies are boring and there is no way I can watch a movie in black and white. I had gave it a chance and I have been obsessed ever since. Once you have watched classic movies, you will never look at movies today the same way. In my opinion, classic movies are a 100% better than movies made today. You begin to realize what is considered a great movie and those that are just for entertaining purposes.
click on the link for the trailer!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG3-GlvKPcg
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