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Written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, “Psycho” is considered by many to be the granddaddy of the “slasher” genre and to be the forefather of many similar films up to the present day. ... Filmed and shown to audiences worldwide during the 1960’s, it was said that, “Psycho’s fiction is that the word is real” . ... The tension that she feels transcends the viewer through her stream of consciousness, achieved through imaginative voice-overs, and the progressively tight framing of her face. ... The viewer is compelled towards Norman despite his estrangement that seems due to his circumstances. ...
In the notorious showers scene, Hitchcock used the identification of the screen with the shower curtain in such a way as to evoke a sense of the viewer’s private world. ... When Marion begins her shower, the viewer sees shots of the showerhead and cascading water, this makes the viewer feel a sense of cleanliness with Marion. Norman’s entry into the bathroom comes as a shock to the viewer as he has intruded a place of personal solace and relaxation. ... This creates an unsettling effect when viewed, especially when the camera tracks the blood down the bath and subsequently down the plughole. ... Since Ed Gein’s case happened three years before Psycho’s release, aspects of it are likely to have had an effect on Hitchcock’s writing of the film.
Stereotypical monsters/villains in horror movies of Psycho’s era include characters such as “Frankenstein” and “Dracula” for instance. With Psycho, what you get is far more disturbing as it puts a normal everyday face to a monster and produces a much more realistic feeling to the monsters and demons described above. This leaves the audience feeling slightly worried as they return home from the cinema having just viewed Psycho for the first time.
Approximate Word count = 1436
Approximate Pages = 5.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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