"Psycho"

"Psycho (1960)"

Hitchcock's film "Psycho" is a horror/thriller about a secretary that steals $40,000 from her employees client goes on a run to get away from any chances of being caught. She checks into an outlying motel where she meets a young madman with a very peculiar,deranged mind. Little does she know that this man is a psycho, but it is a little too late for her to do anything about it. 

Alfred Hitchcock directed the film in a way so that the audience are able to work out that there is a murder but they don't know who the murderer is and when he/she will strike again. Hitchcock has made it suspenseful by prolonging the time of the next murder. He also stressed that as the apprehension increases there is less and less violence on the screen.

Thrillers are characterised by fast pacing, frequent action. In the scene where the Marion Crane gets stabbed multiple times, by the unsuspected murderer, there is a mystery to be solved and this is where we start to see the thriller element of the film. As the audience we do not see the murderer walk into Marion's room and we do not get to see their face but all we see is the murder taking place. The murderer stabs Marion Crane multiple times before making a quick dash and before we know it she is dead. There are many shots during this short period of time and the non-diegetic music that is played adds to the fast pacing action that is happening.  

We learn that the madman, Norman Bates, has a disturbed mind and is a psycho. He is under a psychological domination by his dead mother. Towards the end the characters learn that Norman was a lunatic ever since his dad past way. He killed his mother and his mothers lover.