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Psycho

Turkish title: Sapık

“A new and altogether different screen excitement!!!”

1960 · 1 h 49 min
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
DramaHorrorMystery

Cast

Anthony Perkins Janet Leigh Vera Miles John Gavin

Credits

Written by: Joseph Stefano

Plot

A secretary on the run stops at a remote motel run by a shy young man.

Sinekatalog’s take

Hitchcock's shocker killed off its star a third of the way in and rewired audience expectations. The shower scene and Bernard Herrmann's strings are famous, but the film's slow dread is what lasts.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.5 / 10 (796,799 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97% (118 critic reviews)
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