Just watched it for the first time and wow. There’s something so chilling about Norman’s character. He does over-act in a couple scenes but overall he’s VERY good. His nervousness and anxious behaviors come off so real and tense. And his creepy smile. So good
I saw this when I was about 10 or 11 back in about '67 or '68 at my Grandma's house. Our parents wouldn't let us watch it at home - I found out why! The scene where Lila discovers Mother scared me so bad that I didn't see the very end. I could hardly sleep that night! It still creeps me out to this day.
Dee, mee too lol. I am 21 now, it's beeen 8 years and I'm still too scared to look it up. I know that I would propably laugh at it as soon as I saw it for what it is, a 50 year old puppet, but I just can not bring myself to do it. Also too scared to watch the video in case the scene shows up, so I just switch tabs and listen to the audio
@@billo3314 Some Hitchcock movies have rubbish exposition scenes, notably North By Northwest, which laboriously explains that the character everyone is chasing doesn't exit. The birds has two, one with an ornothologist telling everyone about birds, and another where two of the cast discuss the hero's manipulative mother
The explanation could have been so much smoother. I'm not upset with that scene, but I did feel like it was telling me I was stupid and I didn't understand the concept of split personalities.
"A boy's best friend is his mother." Psycho is my all-time favorite. It's the first film I saw where I paid attention to how it was made i.e. the editing, the direction, the music. Seriously though, Hitchcock is perfect for anyone who wants to study filmmaking.
Currently watching it, first time I’ve been hooked on a show since Fargo Season 1. The show is a bit clunky here and there, has some very soap opera moments in it, some things I didn’t think were needed, but it also has some fantastic elements.
@@spndusk2362 they take place in modern time. If they told the exact same story, it wouldn't be as fulfilling when we get those moments. Rihanna did great as the character, and the change of the shower scene worked in the world the show has been setting up. Only bad thing the 5th season had, is the death of Norman and Chick
This film is very good at establishing the feeling of terror, that feeling of a pit in your stomach when you autonomously come to a horrifying realization. It's INCREDIBLY difficult to create, and as you said, can only done by hitting trigger spots in the viewer's imagination. It's the kind of utter horror you get in nightmares, where your brain conjures the most horrifying thing it can, which is impressive to recreate. Stephen King gave a VERY good example when he said: "It's the feeling you get when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute".
LOVE this movie. I didn't think I'd like it when I first watched it (for school) because it was black and white and "old". But it just blew me away so hard. And I was fortunate enough to not know any of the spoilers going in which made the first viewing absolutely unforgettable. I definitely credit this movie with getting me interested in classic films and it's in my top 10 favorite films of all time.
I noticed this same problem when I tried to tell my younger sister how good Casablanca was. Some folks today have an aversion to old movies. If they would just give them a chance like you did, they would probably be surprised at how many old movies they would like.
That's wonderful! I knew about the shower scene when I saw it, I think I was 11 or 12, but I didn't know the ending. I actually saw the shower scene, and an explaination of how it was done at Universal Studios. After that, it was a movie I begged my Aunt (the one who got me into classic movies) into buying/renting so I could see it, and then when I did it was everything I hoped for and more.
@@Erasureeraser 12 angry men and Mr Smith Goes To Washington are better than Pyscho.. the best black and white film is Mr Smith Goes To Washington though..
I watched this review exactly a year ago today on the 6th August 2019. This review of Psycho is the reason I love films today. A year ago I had no interest in films that much but then this video came in my recommend and I decided to watch it. I remember thinking that it’s amazing how people can analyse films like this and look deeper into them. I started watching more of Chris’ videos and was amazed at his knowledge of movies and the way he talks about them and analysed them. I started to look at movies in a completely different way and tried to look deeper into them. This sparked my love of cinema as I expanded my knowledge of films and started to write about films. Now in 2020, films are my passion and I love to write my own reviews and talk about movies with others. I still have a lot more to learn about cinema and filmmaking. Thank you Chris Stuckmann for your reviews and your passion, I wouldn’t be who I am today without this video.
I remember like a year ago we had an English class and we sometimes analyze movie clips. The teacher put up a clip from psycho. I literally went to the bathroom for 6 minutes to avoid any spoiler. Best decision I did. That reveal was so horrifying
I predict all these classic reviews are gonna be A+'s. I want at least one of these where Chris is like "This film is really overhyped and I don't understand why its so praised and popular. B-"
Dude just get a clear curtain! Lol. I understand though bc it does do that and obviously people have been murdered in the shower. The Jodi Arias care comes to mind. You are completely trapped in there and can't escape and that is terrifying.
one of the many Matts I don't know maybe it's me but I'm watching it on Netflix and I just can't sit through the entire movie.... Is it like an acquired taste?
Collateral Drive Indiana Jones Star Wars OG Trilogy Zodiac Signs Unbreakable Last Samurai Predator American Psycho Matrix The Shining 2001 12 Angry Men *Many others*
Psycho This is my all time favorite film. It has been my favorite for... well, decades now. It was my favorite before I started dating who is now my wife. Amazingly, she hadn't seen it yet when, one night, she called me from where she was still living at the time - her MOTHER'S house. She had just had a huge argument with her MOTHER, she said. She further explained that her MOTHER was behaving in "such a controlling way" that she seemed almost CRAZY. 😈 So, I invited her over to "watch a movie with me to get [her] mind off of her mother." She loved the movie, and learned something about her future husband. Full disclosure before marriage is important. 😊
“Violence and gore is not what scares me”. THANK YOU! Gore and blood is not scary. I am tired of horror films which think gore and blood equals scary. It doesn’t. Sound, the unknown, sights which suggest the extreme violence act is more disturbing and scary.
4 is really good too. It ended up being a made for cable movie because 3 didn't do well in theaters, but it deserved a lot better. The only issue is that Bates Motel retcons pretty much every part of it.
Seven Samurai, Psycho. Utter masterpieces. Love this series. More foreign greats from the likes of Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini and Andrei Tarkovsky would be amazing!
At first I seen Pycho and wondered why someone remade it again. This is one of my favorite movies that only gets better with time. And I love it doesn't have gore or violence. A great story maker doesn't require it.
Psycho was the first film to show a toilet and hearing the toilet flush. It was also the first film wear we actually see, albeit tamed, of a married man having an affair on screen, and the woman he was having an affair with, was the main character. These were a no no. This is probably the first of the slasher films. Most horror films prior to this were Gothic or sci-fi.
The_other_black_guy the problem is that he stated that he doesn‘t like the film. He claimed in one of his Q&A videos that A Clockwork Orange is too disturbing for him and that he couldn’t imagine to ever rewatch it. I‘m a big fan too of Clockwork Orange, but we‘ll never see a review on it.
No way, Clockwork is "tame" compared to Psycho. Psycho is about a mentally disturbed person that becomes a serial killer. Hardly any violence in the movie. A Clock work Orange is about a bunch of degenerates doing unthinkable stuff to people for no good reason and viewers watch pretty much everything. It's disgusting.
TaxiDriver 101 True, but he already did American Psycho. Plus Andrew already looks similar to the actor who played Bates and wouldn't be as distracting, unlike the remake.
It's Not Gay If It's Jesus American Psycho and Psycho both great films. Btw, thanks for that comment about the remake. If you scroll further down there’s actually a guy defending the terrible remake and me and him have had a total of close to 60 replies defending our opinions, because somehow that fucking remake is defendable.
TaxiDriver 101 I haven't seen the remake but having Vince as Norman Bates is a mistake. He's too big and it's distracting. Vince can play a psycho character but not Norman Bates.
TaxiDriver 101 Also, from what I've seen, they made Norman seem like a bad guy. In the original, he is very weird, yes, but you can sense that he can be quite a nice and relatable guy.
That supposedly ill-chosen doctor scene at the end was there for a purpose, and it wasn't to explain everything to us. It was there to give the audience a breather with something mundane and set us up for the chilling final ending scene with Norman. To go into that right after the fruit cellar scene would've reduced its effectiveness and been overkill, so to speak. Hitchcock knew exactly what he was doing.
I loved it and I'm glad it's there. It allowed me to become even more disturbed because, as the psychiatrist talked, my mind imagined all of the horrible things that little Norman endured in that house, day in and day out.
I thought it was fine, it also added that Norman killed his mother and her husband and also two other girls before the protagonist arrived. Not a bad scene but it would've been even more disturbing if the movie just ended right after the plot twist with Bates smiling and holding the knife.
Armin Walker it's very well written. 10 episode seasons is a staple of great televison. They never got greedy either. Right up there with the 5 seasons of Breaking Bad.
Both the original movie and Bates Motel are two of the best things I've ever watched. And I didn't think I would like BM since I'm a die hard fan of Psycho so I wasn't too keen on the whole "modern day reinterpretation" thing at first. But the way the series handled the tone, the way it shifted as things got darker and Norman stepped deeper into his personal trap... The character writing, especially for Norman, his mother and that sickening, borderline incestuous relationship of theirs was MASTERFUL. And the performances by both Anthony Perkins and Freddie Highmore are outstanding. Freddie did such a good job at studying original Norm's body language and way of speaking. Such a talented young man.
@@DUWANGlai_kangyi Hi. I liked that one episode where Norman’s brother turns his back, and Norman tries to hit him with a frying pan!(The brother punches him out though). I was like don’t you know you never turn your back on Norman Bates? Though the actor who played Norman’s brother was good, I felt he wasn't right for the world of Psycho.
Psycho has been my favorite movie since I was young. How you explained why it's awesome was perfectly said. I really love your genuine appreciation for good film making. I love your channel!
I’d love to see your opinion of the 1968 original version of George Romero’s night of the living dead. I love that movie even now and the zombie genre has had such an impact on film and popular culture recently.
Mark Lewis I always loved the original. I remember TV Guide movie ratings used to give it one star. Years later it went up to the highest number of stars. So what happened? The movie didn't change, just people's opinion of it changed. But I knew a classic when I saw one.
FINALLY! Thank you sooo much Chris! I've been waiting for a review of Psycho and I'm very pleased on the info you gave in this review! FANTASTIC JOB! 👍👍👍
Bro this is one of my favorite reviews of yours! I absolutely love psycho, watched this numerous times at home, and also in film school, a masterpiece! You make me wanna go back and watch again lol, it's been years...and I even dug Psycho II...maybe review the others 😱😱
One of my favorite Hitchcock films. I also love how it was filmed in black and white, which he used to great effect when you do meet "Mother ". Plus Anthony Perkins is great in this role.
I didn't realize that split second skull transition there, until you [Chris] mentioned it. Thanks! It's always the legendary movies that still have something new to show, even years after.
I went into this movie with very low expectations. I already knew about the twist ending and the shower scene. Furthermore I had scene plenty of modern and more violent horror movies before this. However, to my surprise, this movie STILL legitimately scared me! The scene with Norman’s mother’s voice in his head, the stairway jumpscare, and the scene with the mother’s skeleton were ALL legitimately spine chilling! The stairway jumpscare actually made me scream!
I didn’t start watching horror movies until I was a preteen, but the first time I ever saw the Psycho shower scene was actually the Mike TV Oompaloopa song in the Chocolate Factory remake which is ironic because the actor that played Charlie Bucket played Norman Bates on Bates Motel. Thank you for FINALLY reviewing Psycho. I agree with everything you said. Psycho is actually my #1 favorite horror film. Can you review the original Planet of the Apes 68’ film at some point soon?
Hitchcock was a brilliant director. The movie starts out in black & white and then he uses the zone system. The Weston brothers, Ansel Adams. It's not photoshop they knew how to develop film, and the optics. The final photo of Norman with the fly. Genius.
I saw this film at 15 at that point i had already decided on a film career but Psycho changed the game for me. Knowing and believing you can kill off your main character half way through the film and shift the story to someone else was new to me and so wonderfully brilliant.
A phenomenal film! One of my Top 10! Everything - starting with the opening credits - suck you right into the film and give you a haunting feeling of entrapment right up until the end. I love every second of it!
@@haykatshemyan8874 thanx bro... I am just new to Chris's channel..just watching some of his A+ recommend.. Can you recommend me some movies like Shawshank Redemption or Some Thrillers of Hollywood Plz... I have watched only MCU and Star Wars... I am watching everywhere to see some great movies.. Glad to knw from you Plz.
@@nikhilyadav1455 Shawshank is quite good. I recommend 12 Angry Men, It's A Wonderful Life and Psycho if you want to watch some older movies. And i recommend Parasite and The Irishman if you want to watch some newer ones.
I saw that movie when i was young, long time ago. I remember after seeing the shower scene i was weeks, even months, unable to take a shower if i was lonely at my house. It's a horror masterpiece, and till these days, there's no directors that were able to set scenes like Alfred Hitchcock did.
I've enjoyed seeing 'Psycho' many times on TV over the years, but I finally had a chance to see it properly on the big screen yesterday night as part of a limited event screening courtesy of Cineplex Odeon. The theatre was packed and once the movie started, the audience was dead silent and fully engrossed in all of the nuances of the movie. One notices all sorts of details of Hitchcock's masterpiece far better on the big screen compared to just seeing it on a standard TV screen at home; most notably the subtleties of the performances, details of the settings, the use of very narrow depth of field for certain shots, etc.
Great review Chris! Wes Craven did a similar character twist in A nightmare on elm street where we are following Tina as the main protagonist and once she is killed off, it switches to Nancy as the main protagonist.
Thank you Chris for doing Psycho. Alfred Hitchcock was a true story teller that understood how to build curiosity and suspense through the small details, using a great score/sounds and cinematography enticing the theater in your mind. For anyone that wants to learn more about “Norman Bates”, read the story of Ed Geins which the character is loosely based on.
Beautiful Review of one of my all time favorite films. Excellent job! When I was 5 years old I subconsciously took a photo of mothers house on a tour of Universal Studios backlot. Little did I know that Mr. Hitchcock and Psycho would have such a profound influence on me as a director in the years to come. Thanks again Chris, keep up the great work. I would love a review from you on my first feature film LOVE DREAM.
Chris, I've been watching your reviews for over a year now and I pretty much know that if you give a movie a good rating I need to see it! Thanks for the great content and fun analysis!!
I love Hitchcock’s promo so much, it feels like I’m regressing back into a child and Hitchcock is my dad telling me the scariest true story there is. It makes the movie itself more terrifying in anticipation for what the promo is talking about without actually showing the characters at all!! Truly amazing, Hitchcock.
Watching the A+ play list as I work. This film and the original Night of the Living Dead were the two B&W films I remember my dad would turn on the TV during dinner, despite me being 5/6 years old. The death of the PI and the final scene where the camera micro focuses on Norman's hand were the most disturbing for me as a kid. Speaking of which, would love a review on the original NoTLD, a pretty ground breaking film in its own way as well.
Absolutely loving that your covering older movies. I'd love to see you review the classic Planet of the Apes if it isn't on your bucket list of movies to review that are pre-1970. You might be surprised, that movie is much more praiseworthy than people and parodies make it out to be.
Strongly concur with the A+ rating - I also saw it for the first time on TV in the '60s and the Mother corpse at the end freaked me out (in a good way). My other favorite from the era was The Haunting (1963) - even more bereft of special effects (actually just about none) but thoroughly frightening. Small tidbit about Psycho that I only recently found out was that Ted Knight was one of the policemen guarding Norman/Mother at the end.
I love how Chris' mom had no problem letting him watch Psycho as a young kid, but his parents refused to let him watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
That single over the head shot of "mother" Coming out of the room and killing the detective is genius. You get so much stress because you know something is happening a small amount of time before the character and that is so intense and gives such a great sense of impending doom.
I actually learned in a class in uni that paramount wouldn’t let Hitchcock release the film until he added that final scene where the doctor comes in an explains it all. He apparently intended the film to end with Mother turning around and the light swinging. Don’t know how true this may be, but my professor who told us this has a doctorate in Criminology, and her focus has always been film! Absolutely love that you reviewed this film
One of my top five horror movies of all time and definitely in my top 10 movies of all time. Saw it on tv when I was maybe 14 and instantly loved it. The atmosphere and look of the film is just outstanding not to mention the performances. I was staying in an old cottage at the time so the rooms reminded me of the Bates house which definitely added to the experience
I agree with you on the "behind closed doors" thing. Actually one of the scariest moments in the movie for me (which is only scary on rewatch with the twist in mind) is when Marion first arrives at the motel, and sees "Norma" pass by the window. I just think, what the FUCK is Norman Bates doing in that house when nobody's around to murder? Like sure he dresses up and pretends to be his mom but...what does he do AS her??
I agree - that off screen suggestion is what makes a horror film frightening. That is precisely what terrified me as an 10 year old watching the original Alien movie. You don't really get to see much of the 'monster'...it is what you don't see that is so terrifying. An interesting comparison to Psycho would be the play _Night Must Fall_ by Emlyn Williams . I am curious if it had any influence on Hitchcock?
top 10 to top 25 film all time. Hope 5 Horror all time and for me it is number 3. Movie to this DAY makes me make sure door is locked before Shower. Done by the master. Nice to see Hollywood was stupid an gave Alfred H grief. Truly fckn clueless.......
REACTOR that's why it was so good. I mean most junkies don't go to the extremes these characters did. But junkies won't have a bright future if they don't get clean.
I have an unpopular opinion concerning this movie. I found the explanation of Norman Bates sickness near the end of the movie as scary as the rest of the film.
Hey Chris can you please review the exorcist next. Psycho,the shining,the exorcist are the greatest horror films of all time.Also how did universal get the rights to psycho from Paramount.
Mad zombie Alfred Hitchcock worked for universal after transferring his offices and in the 80's Paramount gave the rights to Alfred Hitchcock's movies to Universal free of charge but their logo still remains on the movies similar to the deal between Disney and Paramount
Watched Psycho at Glasgow Concert Hall last year with a full orchestra providing the music live. It was just brilliant . If you ever get the chance to go to something like that, do it.
Psycho is my favorite horror movie, Norman Bates is my all-time favorite villain and Hitchock is my favorite director. Utter classic.
This movie made my body feel so sick. This movie is super scary!! Best horror movie ever!!
Agreed
Just watched it for the first time and wow. There’s something so chilling about Norman’s character. He does over-act in a couple scenes but overall he’s VERY good. His nervousness and anxious behaviors come off so real and tense. And his creepy smile. So good
Yeah..
Watching this while pumpkins are selling and costumes are shipping!
She would never hurt a fly...
*Wouldn’t even harm a fly... I’m terrible I know but I simply couldn’t resist.
Harm
I saw this when I was about 10 or 11 back in about '67 or '68 at my Grandma's house. Our parents wouldn't let us watch it at home - I found out why! The scene where Lila discovers Mother scared me so bad that I didn't see the very end. I could hardly sleep that night! It still creeps me out to this day.
+One of the many Matts Women that her son would try to bang, however...
Dee, mee too lol. I am 21 now, it's beeen 8 years and I'm still too scared to look it up. I know that I would propably laugh at it as soon as I saw it for what it is, a 50 year old puppet, but I just can not bring myself to do it. Also too scared to watch the video in case the scene shows up, so I just switch tabs and listen to the audio
Actually, Hitchcock did not want that explenation scene, the studio forced him to make it.
This sticks out like a sore thumb when you see the movie
@@billo3314 Some Hitchcock movies have rubbish exposition scenes, notably North By Northwest, which laboriously explains that the character everyone is chasing doesn't exit. The birds has two, one with an ornothologist telling everyone about birds, and another where two of the cast discuss the hero's manipulative mother
Forced him to do it?? What was the consequence of saying no??
The explanation could have been so much smoother. I'm not upset with that scene, but I did feel like it was telling me I was stupid and I didn't understand the concept of split personalities.
Bullshit..
"We all go a little mad sometimes."
because the people in this world make us.
...
Don’t we..?
"Haven't you?"
Nowadays, "We all go a little mad sometimes." is for many people an understatement.
This is the most Important and greatest horror films ever created.
Ok cool, but The Shining
@@louiseden8495 explain to me how exactly the shining is more influential than psycho?
You really sound delusional with that quote
@@Gmthekiller did I write that? Sorry must've been drunk
@@louiseden8495 I'm not picking on you or anything.
I genuinely don't think the shining is more important movie to horror genre thqn psycho.
You forgot Alien
Anytime I get in the shower, I nervously check for shrieking violin sounds. You can never be too careful...
Ben Wasserman tell me about it
SHREKING VOLIN SOUNDS
*hums "psycho" theme*
Norman Bates as "Mother" one of the greatest movie villains of all times
He's not a real villain, though, is he? He just goes a little mad sometimes... We all go a little mad sometimes...
"A boy's best friend is his mother."
Psycho is my all-time favorite. It's the first film I saw where I paid attention to how it was made i.e. the editing, the direction, the music. Seriously though, Hitchcock is perfect for anyone who wants to study filmmaking.
Psycho was a masterpiece!! ..i really liked the tv show Bates Motel with Vera Farmiga ...That was great!!
Currently watching it, first time I’ve been hooked on a show since Fargo Season 1. The show is a bit clunky here and there, has some very soap opera moments in it, some things I didn’t think were needed, but it also has some fantastic elements.
@@Hugh_Morris agreed. The last two seasons are absolutely amazing
Bates Motel was great until S5 when they ruined it by changing canon and diversity hiring Rihanna to play Marion Crane. That season was the WORST.
@@kristianhestas5508 no the last season is awful. It's only saving grace is the interaction between Norman and his "mother" persona.
@@spndusk2362 they take place in modern time. If they told the exact same story, it wouldn't be as fulfilling when we get those moments.
Rihanna did great as the character, and the change of the shower scene worked in the world the show has been setting up.
Only bad thing the 5th season had, is the death of Norman and Chick
Masterpiece. The ending scene where we hear the mother's voice inside Norman's head is so freaking unsettling to me... Scariest movie ever...
This film is very good at establishing the feeling of terror, that feeling of a pit in your stomach when you autonomously come to a horrifying realization. It's INCREDIBLY difficult to create, and as you said, can only done by hitting trigger spots in the viewer's imagination. It's the kind of utter horror you get in nightmares, where your brain conjures the most horrifying thing it can, which is impressive to recreate. Stephen King gave a VERY good example when he said: "It's the feeling you get when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute".
The Theorizer you watch Chris Stuckmann too?
Traumatisiert kann schwere Folgen Verletzungen und Verluste hervor rufen
Actually I am pretty certain that quote was originally a joke by the US stand-up comedian Steve Wright.
I don't get this. If they were exact substitutes you wouldn't know! Someone explain. 🤯
@@scotscub76 I think thats the point, you have no idea. You just know something is off but you don't know what it is or the reason why
LOVE this movie. I didn't think I'd like it when I first watched it (for school) because it was black and white and "old". But it just blew me away so hard. And I was fortunate enough to not know any of the spoilers going in which made the first viewing absolutely unforgettable.
I definitely credit this movie with getting me interested in classic films and it's in my top 10 favorite films of all time.
Hulavuta you say it was like it's your mother
Blew me away so hard (╯3╰)
poor word choice there oops haha
I noticed this same problem when I tried to tell my younger sister how good Casablanca was. Some folks today have an aversion to old movies. If they would just give them a chance like you did, they would probably be surprised at how many old movies they would like.
That's wonderful! I knew about the shower scene when I saw it, I think I was 11 or 12, but I didn't know the ending. I actually saw the shower scene, and an explaination of how it was done at Universal Studios. After that, it was a movie I begged my Aunt (the one who got me into classic movies) into buying/renting so I could see it, and then when I did it was everything I hoped for and more.
One of the greatest and most influential films of all time. Top 10.
Top 5, not top 10. Up there with 2001 A Space Odyssey, Citizen Kane, Schindler's List, and what's the last one would be??
@@Erasureeraser the godfather probably
@@Erasureeraser 12 angry men and Mr Smith Goes To Washington are better than Pyscho.. the best black and white film is Mr Smith Goes To Washington though..
I watched this review exactly a year ago today on the 6th August 2019. This review of Psycho is the reason I love films today. A year ago I had no interest in films that much but then this video came in my recommend and I decided to watch it. I remember thinking that it’s amazing how people can analyse films like this and look deeper into them. I started watching more of Chris’ videos and was amazed at his knowledge of movies and the way he talks about them and analysed them. I started to look at movies in a completely different way and tried to look deeper into them. This sparked my love of cinema as I expanded my knowledge of films and started to write about films. Now in 2020, films are my passion and I love to write my own reviews and talk about movies with others. I still have a lot more to learn about cinema and filmmaking. Thank you Chris Stuckmann for your reviews and your passion, I wouldn’t be who I am today without this video.
I remember like a year ago we had an English class and we sometimes analyze movie clips. The teacher put up a clip from psycho. I literally went to the bathroom for 6 minutes to avoid any spoiler. Best decision I did. That reveal was so horrifying
Good decision. The twist in psycho is so good
*PSYCHO THEME STARTS PLAYING*
First time I saw psycho, the music came on and i was like oh shit, it’s gimmie some more by Busta Rhymes
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EXTRA DIP
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one of the many Matts it's people like you that made the Emoji movie possible SMH😒
I’m so glad you’re reviewing classic movies, some directors these days need to look into the past and be shown how it’s done!
Exactly...creative direction and good actors...no green screens in sight...everything's in camera
I predict all these classic reviews are gonna be A+'s. I want at least one of these where Chris is like "This film is really overhyped and I don't understand why its so praised and popular. B-"
It is Chris, don't expect that much
Even just an A or A- would suffice
I think this movie is overrated, the ending is so predictable
I would give it a B
2 classic films I find overrated are citizen Kane and gone with the wind, however I understand Citizen Kane for what it did.
For me its GWTW > Citizen Kane > Psycho.
An absolute masterpiece. Great review, Chris! Love all of these classics you're revisiting.
I *still* look through my shower curtain every few minutes, even if the door is locked (!!) because of that damned scene.
The top half of my shower curtain is see-through, but I'm still always on the lookout.
Dude just get a clear curtain! Lol. I understand though bc it does do that and obviously people have been murdered in the shower. The Jodi Arias care comes to mind. You are completely trapped in there and can't escape and that is terrifying.
I just make sure to always look at the curtain while taking a shower. To make sure nobody is coming
Don’t you have a lock?
Do To Kill a Mockingbird.
One of those RARE instances where the book fucking sucks but the movie...MUAH. Classic.
Both are amazing
Definetly in my top 10
one of the many Matts
Yes! It’s an overlooked masterpiece
one of the many Matts I don't know maybe it's me but I'm watching it on Netflix and I just can't sit through the entire movie.... Is it like an acquired taste?
CHRIS WE NEED AN ALL-TIME FAVORITES LIST
Tunascribbles good idea
Drive, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Collateral, Signs.
Tunascribbles And I thought I was the only one who wanted too see that list
MegaBRD The Movie Nerd you did?
Collateral
Drive
Indiana Jones
Star Wars OG Trilogy
Zodiac
Signs
Unbreakable
Last Samurai
Predator
American Psycho
Matrix
The Shining
2001
12 Angry Men
*Many others*
Psycho is a better movie than Grown Ups 2
@Lover of everything lol
Meh, it’s a toss up. 😂😂😂
No shit
No way, grown up 2 is way better
Obviously lol...
Psycho
This is my all time favorite film. It has been my favorite for... well, decades now. It was my favorite before I started dating who is now my wife. Amazingly, she hadn't seen it yet when, one night, she called me from where she was still living at the time - her MOTHER'S house. She had just had a huge argument with her MOTHER, she said. She further explained that her MOTHER was behaving in "such a controlling way" that she seemed almost CRAZY. 😈
So, I invited her over to "watch a movie with me to get [her] mind off of her mother." She loved the movie, and learned something about her future husband. Full disclosure before marriage is important. 😊
Bob Downs My favorite movie too
Me too 😃
yeah its a great movie.. but unfortunately i dont have it up there..
“Violence and gore is not what scares me”. THANK YOU! Gore and blood is not scary. I am tired of horror films which think gore and blood equals scary. It doesn’t. Sound, the unknown, sights which suggest the extreme violence act is more disturbing and scary.
Mom walks in on you watching p... *PSYCHO THEME SONG STARTS PLAYING*
I ❤️ Psycho. It's one of my favorite movies ever. Psycho II is pretty good too, very underrated.
4 is really good too. It ended up being a made for cable movie because 3 didn't do well in theaters, but it deserved a lot better. The only issue is that Bates Motel retcons pretty much every part of it.
Psycho III is also watchable. It's only when you get to Psycho IV that it starts getting a bit too psycho.
I hope he reviews cycle to it deserves one
I LOVE Psycho II.
I agree, in fact all of the sequels are watchable I find. I think it's Antony Perkins performance that make even the weaker films worth watching.
Can you please do a Rosemary's Baby review?
Omg yes that movie is great at showing paranoia
He already did.
Also, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte!
Inhale my memes no he did not
What have you done to ITS EYES??!!
The film "Hitchcock" is basically a movie about how the shower scene was made.
More like it's a lot of BS presented as fact.
Perkins delivers one hell of a performance. This last shot always sends chills down my spine
He was brilliant!
Seven Samurai, Psycho. Utter masterpieces. Love this series. More foreign greats from the likes of Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini and Andrei Tarkovsky would be amazing!
Would be great, but highly unlikely
Absolutely.. I just watched Bergman's Fannny and Alexander last night... Fantastic film
Lovegoodfilm !!! Hell Yeah! Psycho and Seven Samurai are both awesome movies!
+Gabriel Lyon Yeah. I grew up next to where they shot it. I even remember when they were there.
Yes, you may worship me.
teppolundgren goddamn that's crazy I'm jealous
At first I seen Pycho and wondered why someone remade it again.
This is one of my favorite movies that only gets better with time. And I love it doesn't have gore or violence. A great story maker doesn't require it.
Damn it Chris, I'm trying to study for my exams!
saaaaaame
Me too ... have an exam in a few hours.
Same here🙋🙋
Screw exams. This is a Master's class on film history.
I wish that this video would help me pass 'French'.
Psycho...one of the all time greats!!
I love these classic reviews! Keep em' comin' Chris!!
Thank you, Chris. This is my fifth favourite movie and I've been waiting for a big-name reviewer to review it.
Psycho was the first film to show a toilet and hearing the toilet flush. It was also the first film wear we actually see, albeit tamed, of a married man having an affair on screen, and the woman he was having an affair with, was the main character. These were a no no. This is probably the first of the slasher films. Most horror films prior to this were Gothic or sci-fi.
Sam Loomis wasn't married. But an unmarried couple having sex out of wedlock was bad enough for audiences back then.
REVIEW A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
The_other_black_guy the problem is that he stated that he doesn‘t like the film. He claimed in one of his Q&A videos that A Clockwork Orange is too disturbing for him and that he couldn’t imagine to ever rewatch it. I‘m a big fan too of Clockwork Orange, but we‘ll never see a review on it.
Troll Face too disturbing?? That's lame, i love that movie
Troll Face clockwork is tame compared to psycho
No way, Clockwork is "tame" compared to Psycho.
Psycho is about a mentally disturbed person that becomes a serial killer. Hardly any violence in the movie.
A Clock work Orange is about a bunch of degenerates doing unthinkable stuff to people for no good reason and viewers watch pretty much everything. It's disgusting.
Gio Simmer that's what happens but that's not what it's about per se
Andrew Garfield could be a great Norman Bates.
It's Not Gay If It's Jesus Christian Bale
TaxiDriver 101 True, but he already did American Psycho. Plus Andrew already looks similar to the actor who played Bates and wouldn't be as distracting, unlike the remake.
It's Not Gay If It's Jesus American Psycho and Psycho both great films. Btw, thanks for that comment about the remake. If you scroll further down there’s actually a guy defending the terrible remake and me and him have had a total of close to 60 replies defending our opinions, because somehow that fucking remake is defendable.
TaxiDriver 101 I haven't seen the remake but having Vince as Norman Bates is a mistake. He's too big and it's distracting. Vince can play a psycho character but not Norman Bates.
TaxiDriver 101 Also, from what I've seen, they made Norman seem like a bad guy. In the original, he is very weird, yes, but you can sense that he can be quite a nice and relatable guy.
That supposedly ill-chosen doctor scene at the end was there for a purpose, and it wasn't to explain everything to us. It was there to give the audience a breather with something mundane and set us up for the chilling final ending scene with Norman. To go into that right after the fruit cellar scene would've reduced its effectiveness and been overkill, so to speak. Hitchcock knew exactly what he was doing.
I loved it and I'm glad it's there. It allowed me to become even more disturbed because, as the psychiatrist talked, my mind imagined all of the horrible things that little Norman endured in that house, day in and day out.
I thought it was fine, it also added that Norman killed his mother and her husband and also two other girls before the protagonist arrived.
Not a bad scene but it would've been even more disturbing if the movie just ended right after the plot twist with Bates smiling and holding the knife.
It was still too much. You don’t need to treat your audience like idiots
@@Johnnysmithy24 You have to understand that audiences in those days were not really that familiar with split personality disorder.
@@MsAppassionata I understand. That means it didn’t age well
Bates Motel is one of the best shows I've ever seen 😱
Armin Walker it's very well written. 10 episode seasons is a staple of great televison. They never got greedy either. Right up there with the 5 seasons of Breaking Bad.
Both the original movie and Bates Motel are two of the best things I've ever watched. And I didn't think I would like BM since I'm a die hard fan of Psycho so I wasn't too keen on the whole "modern day reinterpretation" thing at first. But the way the series handled the tone, the way it shifted as things got darker and Norman stepped deeper into his personal trap... The character writing, especially for Norman, his mother and that sickening, borderline incestuous relationship of theirs was MASTERFUL. And the performances by both Anthony Perkins and Freddie Highmore are outstanding. Freddie did such a good job at studying original Norm's body language and way of speaking. Such a talented young man.
@@DUWANGlai_kangyi Hi. I liked that one episode where Norman’s brother turns his back, and Norman tries to hit him with a frying pan!(The brother punches him out though). I was like don’t you know you never turn your back on Norman Bates? Though the actor who played Norman’s brother was good, I felt he wasn't right for the world of Psycho.
The trailer for Psycho is one of the best ever. Anthony Perkins is iconic as Norman Bates.
You should make a hilariousity review of the Psycho remake with Vince Vaughn!
That's hard to do because it was a shot by shot remake of the first...unnecessary? Yes, but I don't think it's anywhere near hilariocity levels tbh
The Psycho Remake everybody already forgot celebrates this year its 20th anniversary, so Chris has to do that one
Yeah, can the movie really be all that bad if it is very similar to the original?
@@trollface865 I was unfortunate enough to see the remake in the cinema 20 years ago...I'll never get those hours back...so pointless
@@deluxegoof9616 more pointless than bad to be honest...
Psycho had one of the best twist imo
Psycho has been my favorite movie since I was young. How you explained why it's awesome was perfectly said. I really love your genuine appreciation for good film making. I love your channel!
I can't wait for you to review Dr strangelove
That's my favorite move and also my favorite song ( slim pickens does the right thing and rides the bomb to hell by the offspring)
Chris won't understand it.
@@reinforcedpenisstem lol care to explain the movie yourself? 😏
@@josephine1465 Explain it or review it?
@@reinforcedpenisstem both
I’d love to see your opinion of the 1968 original version of George Romero’s night of the living dead.
I love that movie even now and the zombie genre has had such an impact on film and popular culture recently.
Mark Lewis I always loved the original. I remember TV Guide movie ratings used to give it one star. Years later it went up to the highest number of stars. So what happened? The movie didn't change, just people's opinion of it changed. But I knew a classic when I saw one.
FINALLY! Thank you sooo much Chris! I've been waiting for a review of Psycho and I'm very pleased on the info you gave in this review! FANTASTIC JOB! 👍👍👍
Bro this is one of my favorite reviews of yours! I absolutely love psycho, watched this numerous times at home, and also in film school, a masterpiece! You make me wanna go back and watch again lol, it's been years...and I even dug Psycho II...maybe review the others 😱😱
One of my favorite Hitchcock films. I also love how it was filmed in black and white, which he used to great effect when you do meet "Mother ". Plus Anthony Perkins is great in this role.
My boy Chris, eloquent and erudite as always. Really wish you would release a condensed transcript of these classic reviews.
I just noticed that Andrew Garfield totally looks like Norman Bates
Chris...this is why I'm subbed to your channel
Still, a very chilling movie
I didn't realize that split second skull transition there, until you [Chris] mentioned it. Thanks!
It's always the legendary movies that still have something new to show, even years after.
I went into this movie with very low expectations. I already knew about the twist ending and the shower scene. Furthermore I had scene plenty of modern and more violent horror movies before this. However, to my surprise, this movie STILL legitimately scared me! The scene with Norman’s mother’s voice in his head, the stairway jumpscare, and the scene with the mother’s skeleton were ALL legitimately spine chilling! The stairway jumpscare actually made me scream!
I didn’t start watching horror movies until I was a preteen, but the first time I ever saw the Psycho shower scene was actually the Mike TV Oompaloopa song in the Chocolate Factory remake which is ironic because the actor that played Charlie Bucket played Norman Bates on Bates Motel. Thank you for FINALLY reviewing Psycho. I agree with everything you said. Psycho is actually my #1 favorite horror film. Can you review the original Planet of the Apes 68’ film at some point soon?
You should review Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock, great review btw!
Great review Chris Psycho is a masterpiece and in my top 5 favorite horror films of all time. The very definition of a classic.
Hitchcock was a brilliant director. The movie starts out in black & white and then he uses the zone system. The Weston brothers, Ansel Adams. It's not photoshop they knew how to develop film, and the optics. The final photo of Norman with the fly. Genius.
I saw this film at 15 at that point i had already decided on a film career but Psycho changed the game for me. Knowing and believing you can kill off your main character half way through the film and shift the story to someone else was new to me and so wonderfully brilliant.
Mastership screenwriting.
A phenomenal film! One of my Top 10! Everything - starting with the opening credits - suck you right into the film and give you a haunting feeling of entrapment right up until the end. I love every second of it!
You should review Rear Window also.
Hayk Atshemyan Rear Window is so, so good. Agreed!
Should I watch it
@@nikhilyadav1455 yes!
@@haykatshemyan8874 thanx bro...
I am just new to Chris's channel..just watching some of his A+ recommend..
Can you recommend me some movies like Shawshank Redemption or Some Thrillers of Hollywood Plz...
I have watched only MCU and Star Wars...
I am watching everywhere to see some great movies..
Glad to knw from you Plz.
@@nikhilyadav1455 Shawshank is quite good. I recommend 12 Angry Men, It's A Wonderful Life and Psycho if you want to watch some older movies. And i recommend Parasite and The Irishman if you want to watch some newer ones.
I saw that movie when i was young, long time ago. I remember after seeing the shower scene i was weeks, even months, unable to take a shower if i was lonely at my house. It's a horror masterpiece, and till these days, there's no directors that were able to set scenes like Alfred Hitchcock did.
I've enjoyed seeing 'Psycho' many times on TV over the years, but I finally had a chance to see it properly on the big screen yesterday night as part of a limited event screening courtesy of Cineplex Odeon.
The theatre was packed and once the movie started, the audience was dead silent and fully engrossed in all of the nuances of the movie. One notices all sorts of details of Hitchcock's masterpiece far better on the big screen compared to just seeing it on a standard TV screen at home; most notably the subtleties of the performances, details of the settings, the use of very narrow depth of field for certain shots, etc.
Great review Chris! Wes Craven did a similar character twist in A nightmare on elm street where we are following Tina as the main protagonist and once she is killed off, it switches to Nancy as the main protagonist.
Thank you Chris for doing Psycho. Alfred Hitchcock was a true story teller that understood how to build curiosity and suspense through the small details, using a great score/sounds and cinematography enticing the theater in your mind. For anyone that wants to learn more about “Norman Bates”, read the story of Ed Geins which the character is loosely based on.
REVIEW BATES MOTEL PLEASE!! One of the best shows that I have ever watched
Just watching the second season of BATES MOTEL...such a great series!!!
Michal Mazurewicz I Just Got Back Into It. But I Agree It's My Favorite Show Of All Time
DIDNt like it I thought it strayed to far from the original idea the idea was Norman was a loner too many people in it
cambonious 23 well norman was a loner by the end of it
im glad you guys are enjoying it because i didn't sadly :(
And it keeps getting better!!!
Beautiful Review of one of my all time favorite films. Excellent job! When I was 5 years old I subconsciously took a photo of mothers house on a tour of Universal Studios backlot. Little did I know that Mr. Hitchcock and Psycho would have such a profound influence on me as a director in the years to come. Thanks again Chris, keep up the great work. I would love a review from you on my first feature film LOVE DREAM.
Chris, I've been watching your reviews for over a year now and I pretty much know that if you give a movie a good rating I need to see it! Thanks for the great content and fun analysis!!
I love Hitchcock’s promo so much, it feels like I’m regressing back into a child and Hitchcock is my dad telling me the scariest true story there is. It makes the movie itself more terrifying in anticipation for what the promo is talking about without actually showing the characters at all!! Truly amazing, Hitchcock.
Personally I think Rear Window is better.
I like Suspicion, North By Northwest and Shadow of a Doubt
Psycho, Rear Window, Rebecca and Shadow of a Doubt are all tied as my favorite Hitchcock films.
That movie sucks
Nice review! Horror films owe a lot to this masterpiece!
Watching the A+ play list as I work. This film and the original Night of the Living Dead were the two B&W films I remember my dad would turn on the TV during dinner, despite me being 5/6 years old. The death of the PI and the final scene where the camera micro focuses on Norman's hand were the most disturbing for me as a kid. Speaking of which, would love a review on the original NoTLD, a pretty ground breaking film in its own way as well.
Absolutely loving that your covering older movies.
I'd love to see you review the classic Planet of the Apes if it isn't on your bucket list of movies to review that are pre-1970.
You might be surprised, that movie is much more praiseworthy than people and parodies make it out to be.
She’s as harmless as one of those stuffed birds! 🦅
"Our imaginations are far more scarier than anything a filmmaker can show us"...Damn chris that was deep.
bilale smith so true tho
That's why I love films
Chris are you gonna start reviewing the Halloween series before the new one this October?
Geovany Martinez I'd watch that
Al's Variety he said he was gonna start it in March but to no avail :(
I love the Stuckman but I think we'll find Jimmy Hoffa before we'll find a reply from Chris in the comment section
Geovany Martinez That'd be cool
Strongly concur with the A+ rating - I also saw it for the first time on TV in the '60s and the Mother corpse at the end freaked me out (in a good way). My other favorite from the era was The Haunting (1963) - even more bereft of special effects (actually just about none) but thoroughly frightening. Small tidbit about Psycho that I only recently found out was that Ted Knight was one of the policemen guarding Norman/Mother at the end.
I like the ending despite the exposition because that shot at the end is the scariest thing ever. Underrated performance.
Yesss. Do more classic film reviews!!
I love how Chris' mom had no problem letting him watch Psycho as a young kid, but his parents refused to let him watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Classic... My favorite film of all time...
Telly Swain Same
That single over the head shot of "mother" Coming out of the room and killing the detective is genius. You get so much stress because you know something is happening a small amount of time before the character and that is so intense and gives such a great sense of impending doom.
I actually learned in a class in uni that paramount wouldn’t let Hitchcock release the film until he added that final scene where the doctor comes in an explains it all. He apparently intended the film to end with Mother turning around and the light swinging. Don’t know how true this may be, but my professor who told us this has a doctorate in Criminology, and her focus has always been film! Absolutely love that you reviewed this film
One of my top five horror movies of all time and definitely in my top 10 movies of all time. Saw it on tv when I was maybe 14 and instantly loved it. The atmosphere and look of the film is just outstanding not to mention the performances. I was staying in an old cottage at the time so the rooms reminded me of the Bates house which definitely added to the experience
I agree with you on the "behind closed doors" thing. Actually one of the scariest moments in the movie for me (which is only scary on rewatch with the twist in mind) is when Marion first arrives at the motel, and sees "Norma" pass by the window. I just think, what the FUCK is Norman Bates doing in that house when nobody's around to murder? Like sure he dresses up and pretends to be his mom but...what does he do AS her??
Very good question.
@@BarryHart-xo1oy thanks for reminding me of this! I should rewatch this sometime
More movie trailers should be like Psycho's.
I remember as a kid the scariest scene in the movie for me was just seeing the silhouette of the mother up in the window. That always creeped me out.
I agree - that off screen suggestion is what makes a horror film frightening. That is precisely what terrified me as an 10 year old watching the original Alien movie. You don't really get to see much of the 'monster'...it is what you don't see that is so terrifying.
An interesting comparison to Psycho would be the play _Night Must Fall_ by Emlyn Williams . I am curious if it had any influence on Hitchcock?
top 10 to top 25 film all time. Hope 5 Horror all time and for me it is number 3. Movie to this DAY makes me make sure door is locked before Shower. Done by the master. Nice to see Hollywood was stupid an gave Alfred H grief. Truly fckn clueless.......
Do a requiem for a dream review
But that came out in 2000... not pre-1970, mate.
+REACTOR not even close
REACTOR that's why it was so good. I mean most junkies don't go to the extremes these characters did. But junkies won't have a bright future if they don't get clean.
Hanna Alhaj up
Have you review the 1998 remake
Another fantastic critique! Also one of my favourite movies, thank you!
I have an unpopular opinion concerning this movie. I found the explanation of Norman Bates sickness near the end of the movie as scary as the rest of the film.
Great review. Do you have plans to make your own movie someday?
Have you thought about reviewing "Flight of the Phoenix" with Jimmy Stewart?
Hey Chris can you please review the exorcist next. Psycho,the shining,the exorcist are the greatest horror films of all time.Also how did universal get the rights to psycho from Paramount.
Mad zombie Alfred Hitchcock worked for universal after transferring his offices and in the 80's Paramount gave the rights to Alfred Hitchcock's movies to Universal free of charge but their logo still remains on the movies similar to the deal between Disney and Paramount
Watched Psycho at Glasgow Concert Hall last year with a full orchestra providing the music live. It was just brilliant . If you ever get the chance to go to something like that, do it.
“Our imaginations are far more scary than any filmmaker can show us.” This is why I love Hitchcock.