Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is considered by many to be one of the greatest horror films of all time. I won adoration from both audiences and critics alike upon it's release and has since been rendered a classic. Psycho has a number of significant cinematic moments that are worth mentioning.
Although it may sound cliche, I think the three most cinematic scenes are the glorified shower murder scene, , the reveal scene, and the final scene.
The shower scene's intensity and sheer brilliance is astounding. The music, extremely fast cuts, and mixture of close ups and medium shots combine to make one of the most well recognized scenes in cinematic history.
The reveal scene in which Lila goes into Norman's basement and finds "Mother's" corpse, followed soon after by Norman dressed in his mother's clothes running at her with a knife, is also very cinematic. It manipulates expectations and scares the audience in a way that arguably no other medium can.
The final scene is consists of a the camera zooming in on Norman's face as he is smiling creepily. For a split second, his head turns into part of a bleached skull. This reminded me of a reverse version of the iconic opening zoom out in A Clockwork Orange.
Although it may sound cliche, I think the three most cinematic scenes are the glorified shower murder scene, , the reveal scene, and the final scene.
The shower scene's intensity and sheer brilliance is astounding. The music, extremely fast cuts, and mixture of close ups and medium shots combine to make one of the most well recognized scenes in cinematic history.
The reveal scene in which Lila goes into Norman's basement and finds "Mother's" corpse, followed soon after by Norman dressed in his mother's clothes running at her with a knife, is also very cinematic. It manipulates expectations and scares the audience in a way that arguably no other medium can.
The final scene is consists of a the camera zooming in on Norman's face as he is smiling creepily. For a split second, his head turns into part of a bleached skull. This reminded me of a reverse version of the iconic opening zoom out in A Clockwork Orange.
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