In class we were given the opportunity to watch a video clip of Alfred Hitchcock's powerful, complex psychological thriller, Psycho (1960).
An early horror movie considered to be the 'mother' of all horror suspense films.
Hitchcock was an influential innovator that paved a way for horror film making and for many centuries to come.
The movie is also famous for its very popular familiarized shower murder scene accompanied by screeching violins ,an effect that increases the audiences surprise and also increases the frightening side of the scene.
Many directors have imitated this scene countless times within their own productions.
Personally , i wasn't very impressed with the editing of the scenes and the reality of the shower murder scene was not convincing enough, It came across as a pathetic amateur production to me compared to the modern horror films nowadays.
However , the fact that psycho was on of the first horror films to have ever of been made , it should be taken in to consideration that it was the first of its kind and Hitchcock had no one else to consolidate from unlike the horror film directors today.
Establishing a new genre of film of very brave for him to do making Hitchcock one of the most well respected and infamous directors of all time.
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