The Plot: Psycho is a classic Horror film directed by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock, based offo of real life killer 'Ed Gein' The same killer Texas Chainsaw Massacre is based off of. Psycho Stars: Anthony Perkins (One of my favourite actors) as Norman Bates. Janet Leigh (One of my favourite Actresses) as Marion. Vera Miles as Lila. John Gavin as Sam. Martin Balsam as Arbogast. The sequels following starred Anthony Perkins in all 4 movies. And Vera Miles was in the sequel. It also starred: Meg Tilly as Mary. Robert Loggia as Dr. Bill Raymond. Diana Scarwid as Maureen. Henry Thomas as Young Norman Bates (IV: The Beginning = Prequel), Olivia Hussey as Norma Bates. The Remake starred: Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates. Anne Heche as Marion. Viggo Mortenson as Sam. Julianne Moore as Lila. But now to the actual story. Psycho, for it's time was a terryfing movie. It was a good movie!! To this day it is the most popular horror movies out there. With the infamous shower scene. It's about Marion a secretary stelas 40.000 from her employers cliënt. And decides to take off. While she is on the run, she needs a place to stay for the night. She sees the Bates Motel from a distance and decides to stay their for the night. As soon as she pulls up. Norman isn't there. She see's shadows moving behind the curtains in the house on top of the hill. She honks her horn. And a minute later Norman comes running up. They talk. And decide to have dinner together. Norman goes inside to tell his 'mother' the mother doesn't agree and yells at him, about that he shouldn't be hanging out with girls. Marion hears the 'argument' between them. So Norman brings the food to the Motel instead. And after dinner. Marion decides to take a shower. And than the 'mother' stabs Marion to death in the shower. And then runs away. A few moments later you hear Norman yelling 'Mother, blood, blood' And runs to Marion motel room. And fins her stabbed to death. And as any loyal son would do to protect their mother. He dumps any evidence of Marion even being there in the swamp. A few days later Marion is reported missing. Det. Arbogast decides to search for Marion at the Bates Motel. While there he gets killed by the mother. And later Lila (Marion's sister) and Sam (Marion's boyfriend) get wooried and decide to take a quick look themselves at the Bates Motel. And while there Lila finds the mother in the basement staring at the wall. Lila slowly walks up to Norma. She turns the chair, and it's the skeleton of Norma. And behind her she sees Norman dressed up in his mother's clothes with a Kitchen Knife. Sam and Lila just barely escape. It ends with Norman being in custody. And shows him smiling, still thinking he is the mother. So it was a hell of a movie back then, this movie was worldwide succesful. Janet Leigh, Alfred Hitchcock and Anthony Perkins became world stars. Janet Leigh is to this day one of the most famous actresses. Even though she passed away in 2004. A classic like Psycho, will forever have an effect on the world. And is a MAJOR chapter in Horror History. Pretty much the start of the Slasher genre. The sequel came 23 years after the original. It was about Norman readjusting to life after being in a psychiatric hospital for 23 years. He returns to the Bates Motel and tries to make a living. He slowly gets paranoid, and cuts himself from the rest of the world. With Lila from the first film with Mary, her daughter. Trying to frame Norman. By making phonecalls claiming to be his mother. And dressing up as his mother. But slowly the audience finds out he isnt tricked by Lila and Mary. But by another unknown woman who really claims to be his mother. He trusts her. And the ending, left people begging for a Part 3. And yet 3 years later Psycho 3 came out. Being a follow up to Psycho 2. It's also played 3 days after the events of Psycho 2. Psycho 3, ended up not quite being what the audience expected. It was a bit of a letdown. As it turned more into a typical teenage slasher film instead of staying loyal to the previous 2 films. The fourth Psycho wasn't theatrically released due to the poor income of Psycho 3. So it was a straight to video movie. It forgets the events of 2 and 3. And starts up with Norman talking with a radio station over the radio. About Children that killed their mother. It's a blast to the past for Norman as he relives everything from his childhood, and it gives us more background on to what made Norman how he is. It's in a way a prequel. The Remake is a shot by shot remake of the original. So I am not going to go into detail as I already explained it to it's fullest.
Personal Review: I personally love all of them. The original was just such a good movie. It is still terrifying to this day. And it will forever be a loved classic that will never be forgotten. The acting was Outstanding. The sequel was a nice addition, I personally liked it. It really had that typical 80's gore. When you see it, you'll get it. The third movie. Wasn't all that well. It hardly took place in the house, and took more place in the motel. And the charachters in the movie... ugh don't even get me started, it really felt like a Friday the 13th movie or something, which just doesn't work for Psycho. The only good thing about this movie was Anthony Perkins :-D. The fourth movie (Prequel) was interesting, I liked seeing the backstory. Now with the Bates Motel tv series with all thos epopular actor sin it, the Prequel to the original will probably be forgotten. As Bates Motel is doing a fantastic job and is already with a second season. People most likely won't want to watch a prequel to something that doesn't match with the prequel that's on tv (Bates Motel) But it's a good movie, I personally like it. And then there was the remake.... ugh, what were they thinking.. A SHOT BY SHOT remake of a freaking classic. They shouldnt have even remade it in the first place. They didn't even attempt to change the script a little bit, everything was the same. It was very hard seeing Vince Vaughn's terrible try to being Norman. Like he was trying waay to hard. And usually I like Julianne Moore's acting, but damnit that smirk on her face when she saw Norman in his mother's clothes... I was like, What is an Emmy award winner doing screwing up a scene like that. Lila in the original was terrified, you saw that expression. But Julianne had more a smirk on her face instead of fear. She was probably holding in her laugh of Vince Vaughn in woman's clothes or something. The actors just tried to hard to be the originals. It wasn't even fun looking at that movie. So the original 4 are fun to watch multiple times. The Reamke is interesting to watch once, and maybe a second time 5 years later, but it's not good!!
Thanks for visiting my page. Tomorrow/Saturday and Sunday, I will be at Six Flags Holland (Fright Nights) for an entire weekend, so I will not be able to make a review. Just so you guys know. i will catch up on the reviews as soon as I am back. Thanks again for visiting my page :-D.
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