Hitchcock

PSYCHO Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (staring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins) is one of the most influential films in motion picture history. Hitchcock uses cinematography, dialogue, costumes and lighting, as well as many other film techniques to thrill the audience and keep them on the edge of their seats from the beginning of the film to the very end. These scenes we have just viewed are a typical example of Hitchcock’s great ability to …

…by far the most memorable. The impact it had on audiences all over the world is, even to this day, considered to be phenomenal. Although sequels had been made after this film, they are not as widely known as the original, and this is most likely because they were not directed by Hitchcock, so the films were not able to move audiences to the extreme that Psycho did, and still does after all these years.