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Psycho
Release date 16th June 1960
Country: USA
Running time: 109 minutes
Genre : Thriller/Horror
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh
Screenplay by Joseph Stefano
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A woman steals money from her boss but makes a fateful stop at the Bates Motel.
Hitchcock's ultimate shocker was a milestone in film history in its blending of the horror and thriller genres. It broke all the rules of movies by being a big studio movie made on the cheap and by killing off its star within the first half hour. The tension is built up superbly by Bernard Hermann's driving score. The release provided by the famous shower scene is profoundly shocking.
