Psycho

The beginning of Pyscho seems like an endless storyline to no-where. Marion Crane, a young secretary of a business firm, is running off to her boyfriend with a large amount of cash. Along the drive she falls asleep alongside the road and wakes up the next morning to find a sheriff knocking at her window. He ends up following her to a nearby towning, sparking her to buy a new car. Right away the sheriff seems to be the psycho killer, obesessed with Ms. Crane.

Marion does buy a new car and drives back to her hometown. Along the way a rainstorm causes her to stop at a old motel, the Bates Motel. There she meets a rather sheepish-looking fellow named Norman. He is gawky and somewhat strange, but appears to be harmless. He asks her to eat dinner with him, and she agrees. He runs up to the house to fetch it, and we hear him and his mother arguing about the girl. Awhile later Marion and him talk, and she realizes he is trapped here by his over-bearing mother. Marion decides to return and fess up to what she stole and did. They say goodbye, but moments later Marion steps into the shower. A shadow emerges with a knife and kills her. Back at the house Norman sees blood in the water and figures out what happened. He disposes of the body. At this point it appears the mother may be the killer. \

A P.I., Detective Milton, tracks Marion down here. He talks to Norman, and becomes even more suspicious. He tells Marion's lover and her sister he is here and is going to talk to the old mother. He doesn't get that far as he is killed by a woman in a robe, all the while her face is never shown. He doesn't return, and the other two are still worried about Marion and now him. They show up to the motel as a married couple and rent a room. They dupe Norman and Marion's sister, Lila, goes to the house to look for the mother. Norman realizes this and goes to find her. Lila goes into the fruit cellar and sees the mother facing the wall. She taps her on the shoulder, and BAMMM!, it's a skeloton. Just then Norman prances in the room dressed as his mother with a knife, looking to kill Lila. Sam comes in behind him and manages to hold him back.

At the end they are in the police station, learning why Norman has become a schizo. His mother married a man he disliked very much, so he killed both of them in bed and made it looked like it was the mother's fault. It shows Norman sitting in the room, only his mother's voice is talking for him. He has permently become his mother. There is a fly on his hand, and she says to himself that he won't hurt, so they will say "he wouldn't even hurt a fly."

Psycho is an awesome movie. It's not only a thriller, but also a mystery. The twists and turns Alfred puts in are intense to watch unfold. It is totally worth anyone's time. Watch it, preferably tonight.