Psycho (Hitchcock)

The movie //Psycho//, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, features one of the most famous scenes in cinematographic history: the suspenseful "shower scene." Norman Bates, the film's "antagonist," (Sort of) murders the female lead, by repeatedly stabbing her to death, while she was taking a shower.

1.The soundtrack of the scene, with the screeching of violins and various other instruments, only adds to the intensity of the situation. You can also clearly hear the 2.sound of the knife stabbing the girl, which is gruesome, but makes the soundtrack even better. 3.The lighting, which is quite dim and low, makes the scene scarier, which is a difficult feat to accomplish, considering the entire movie is in black and white, and therefore can't rely on the use of colors to make it more intense. 4. Moreover, the acting is really good, because the woman screams convincingly and the 5. murderer is dressed as a woman-you can't even see his face. 6. The viewer can only see a shadowy figure, a dark silhouette, who is killing an innocent person. During the entire course of the movie, we're led to believe that the murderer is a woman, but as it turns out, it's just a man pretending to be his mother. The shots in the scene are also really interesting, 7.I read online that there are 77 of them, and they're all either medium shots or extreme close-ups. The fact that they're all so zoomed in only makes the scene even more frightening, as you can see the look of pain and horror on the victim's face. 8.The dark, blackish, blood of the girl is shown flowing down the shower's drain, and even though the movie has no color, the black, gooey substance looks believable and gory.