3.5/4  What is it with Hitchcock and birds?
This is my favorite Hitchcock film. He is the master os suspense and this film def proves that. I loved the acting and cinamatography the best in this film. I love the scene where Anthony Perkin's character gives Janet Leighs character som... (read full)

4/4  We all go a little mad sometimes!!
I am a big fan of Alfred Hitchcock. I have seen all of his movies, and think all of them are excellent. This one, however, is at the top of the food chain. Psycho is brilliant. Hitchcock gave this film excellent direction, and the acting w... (read full)

4/4  Welcome to the Bates Motel
When it comes to classic horror/thrillers, "Psycho" is second-to-none. Based off of events that have been speculated as true, this film chronicles some of the earliest attempts at what makes scary actually happen in film. Alfred Hitchcoc... (read full)

3.5/4  The original "Psycho"
I have always enjoyed this dark, moody film. What impressed me the first time I watched it was how disposable many of the major characters are, the great change in the plot that occurs with the death of Janet Leigh, and the fabulous twist... (read full)

4/4  Magic. Pure Magic
Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpeice is considered to be one of the building blocks of horror films, and is said to be the film that started the slasher genre. Most of this is rightfully said, as this film is truely a msterpeice, and n... (read full)

4/4  Psycho
one of the best horror films ive ever seen.


On a Friday afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona, Marion Crane and her lover, Sam Loomis, are having a romantic rendezvous at a hotel when Marion complains that she is tired of meeting Sam under su... (read full)

4/4  Psycho Quick Review
Creepy and very scary, watch and try not to be a little weary next time you're in the shower. Many label in the start of modern horror although that praise should be given to Night of the Hunter.

2/4  Psycho Quick Review
Some blame this film for the death of film noir. While I loved Hitchcock, I have never understood what was so great or scary about it. I will pass.

3.5/4  Psycho Quick Review
Slightly overrated in my book. But still very good. A must see for everyone, especcially as an introductory to the genius of Hitchcock.

3.5/4  Psycho Quick Review
There's a reason Hitchcock is still known as the Master of Suspense - Psycho will creep you out, no matter that it's over 40 years old. The shower scene alone deserves a place in film history.

3/4  Psycho Quick Review
Not my favorite Hitchcock film, but still a good movie. I think this film is a little over hyped but the Norman Bates character is one of the most memorable characters ever.

3.5/4  Psycho Quick Review
I have really only seen this once, and I was not a fan of Hitchcock, but now I am. I was surprised the first time and disappointed. Now I know what's coming, and I am sure I will love it!

5/5 A must have for any true film lover.
  by wheev (Johnson City, NY)
When I put this DVD in my DVD player I was in for a film lover's treat. Sir. Alfred Hitchcock's landmark in the genre of the horror film has never looked better. Why this film was overlooked by the Academy of Motion Pictures is one of greatest sins in film history. This two disc presentation from Universal Studios is truly the definitive history of a masterpiece.

5/5 A Groundbreaking Classic
  by Petite Fleur
Although we can see this movie just about any Halloween season, I decided to buy it for our collection. This movie was groundbreaking in its time. It's odd that we know everything that's going to happen but it still gives me the shivers. Everything came together in "Psycho." An original script; terrific acting; music that is as essential to the fright scenes as the script; and an ending that you never see coming. Of course if you've seen the movie once, you know how it ends. But in the 50's none of this was ever done, especially by actors of Janet Leigh's status.

After all these years, I still find it chilling.



5/5 Psycho w excellent transfer and good extras
  by Markus Gossas (Stockholm, Sweden)
I remember watching Psycho on TV when I was around 12-13 years old. I still remember the shocking parts well. 25 years later I thought that I remembered it so well that I wasn't particularly interested in re-watching it. Anyway, finally I bought the 'Universal Legacy Series' edition DVD, and I'm glad for it. First of all, the transfer/picture quailty of this DVD is fantastic (just like Vertigo in the same series). I watched it on a projector. And the movie is far better than I remembered, the actors are excellent and the black/white photography superb. Ok, you can always make a remark about the explanatory psychiatric speech in the end, but this was a requirement at the time to get it through the censorship! This, and other fascinating things, is explained in the interesting commentary track, well worth listening to after watching the film.

5/5 A classic!!
  by Donna H (Belfast, Maine)
What is there to say, This is a fantastic classic that one must have and have watched a hundred times. It is a great movie. The famous shower scene is that famous, Anthony Perkins was wonderful as Norman. I can't say enough about it. You must have the movie in your collection. If you don't collect movies at least watch it. It's great.

1/5 Janet Leigh ... and the road not taken.
  by Salvatore Rossellini
The plot of this movie is wrong, all wrong.

First of all, why does Janet Leigh have to steal 40Gs from her boss' business? Why break the law? My version of this movie sees Janet Leigh not as a thief on the lam from the law but rather as ... a real estate agent. (Yeah, yeah that's the ticket!) A real estate agent out in the boondocks looking for a way to make a quick buck off some funky old property.

Get the picture? ("Yes, we see.")

There's anorexic, skinny-butt Janet driving along one backroad after another, dollar signs for eyeballs, and, lo and behold, she comes to -- that's right, that's right! -- THE BATES MOTEL!

Smirking, she says to herself: "Lemme go in and see what kind of a schnook owns *this* dump."

So she goes in, starts talking to Norman; next thing you know she's got Norman signing a no-interest, balloon payment, one-born-every-minute mortgage contract.

Norman, also anorexic, financially as well as physically, naturally can't come up with the jack and in a few months, like all natural born schnooks, he defaults on the mortgage, declares bankruptcy and the Bates Motel becomes a diner -- MOM'S HOME COOKIN'.

Norman, reduced to the role of mere employee, serves famished, bisexual truck drivers in drag (Norman, that is, not the bisexual truck drivers). Whilst Marty Balsam ("Mister Ar-bur-gas"), stopping for a quick bite, has a gas attack after eating a Mexican tortilla allegedly cooked between the thighs of Carmen Miranda -- AND SUES!

Norman and Janet decide to bump off Ar-bur-gas by placing a Chiquita banana, posthumously autographed by Errol Flynn, at the top of the stairs. Ar-bur-gas slips, falls, survives --AND SUES AGAIN!

Now Janet and Norman decides to convert MOM'S HOME COOKIN' into a combination dinner theatre, law office and cockatoo sanctuary. The first play they put on is "I Remember Big Fat Mama," with Oprah Winfrey as B.F. Mama and Anthony Perkins as her still-anorexic but game concubine.

The play flops, the dinner theatre sues itself, peace is declared in our time and Alfred Hitchcock's rear end is replaced by a United Fruit box.