Psycho (1960)
Marion Crane, a real estate clerk, impulsively steals a large sum of money and decides to escape her life in pursuit of a fresh start. With the stolen cash in hand, she flees and eventually arrives at the remote Bates Motel.
At the motel, Marion encounters Norman Bates, the shy and reserved proprietor who lives with his overbearing mother. The eerie atmosphere of the motel and the strange dynamics between Norman and his mother set the stage for a tense and unsettling situation.
Psycho is a 1960 Horror, Thriller and Mystery film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam. Browse thousands of high-quality screencaps, movie stills and HD screenshots from Psycho.
Themes
- abusive mother
- alter ego
- arizona
- birds
- black and white
- clerk
- confused identities
- corpse
- corruptibility
- detective
- disturbed
- double identity
- dual personality
- halloween
- hotel
- human vulnerabilities
- man with female alter ego
- mental illness
- missing person
- money
- motel
- motel owner
- mother son relationship
- multiple personality disorder
- murder
- murderer
- oedipus complex
- on the run
- overbearing mother
- private detective
- proto-slasher
- psycho
- psychological thriller
- psychotic
- secretary
- serial killer
- shower
- slasher
- split personality
- stabbing
- stolen money
- suspenseful
- taxidermy
- theft
- voyeur
- voyeurism
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