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Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles, and John Gavin Genre: Horror Length: 110 minutes Cinema: 1960 Rating: R The Halloween marathon continues. The old classic films keep playing in my VHS tape player and after you see Alfred Hitchcock’s name the title PSYCHO appears! As you might tell, I enjoy watching movies from the 50’s and 60’s. Classics. The first time I saw this thrilling movie is when I was right around the age of 10. You’d say that at that age you find black and white movies to be boring. It’s completely the opposite with me. The instant I saw this film I was unable to take a shower in motels for some years. Even now I make sure that every door is locked securely before I can “risk” taking a motel shower. Hitchcock’s film has that much power. The attractive blonde Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is an unhappy camper at her office job at a Phoenix, Arizona real estate office and unhappy in her romance with hardware store manager Sam Loomis (John Gavin). When one afternoon the trusted Marion is given $40,000 in cash to be deposited in the bank, she impulsively goes on the run with the stolen company money thinking this will give her enough of a head start to begin her life over again somewhere else. Becoming exhausted and increasingly more frightened after being on the lam for over a day, the neophyte criminal stops for the night at the secluded and deserted Bates Motel. She's greeted by the friendly but nervous motel keeper Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), who cheerfully mentions that she's the first guest in weeks. As the lonely Norman serves her a meal he talks about his beloved mom, and in further conversation he also gets her thinking about life's traps. The paranoic woman decides that stealing the money wasn't such a good idea, and decides to get a good night's sleep and tomorrow to give back the stolen money in Phoenix. But things take a different turn when she gets into the shower, the most famous slasher scene ever filmed. After the unfortunate heroine is dispatched with in a most hygienic Gothic way, the film turns its attention on the sick mind of Norman and the chilling conversations he has with the domineering specter of his mother about loose women. Hitch's mordant humor shines at its most playful when Perkins says "Mother's not herself today." I can go on and on all day about just how good this movie is (how this film invented slasher films) but I’ll leave it like this. Grade: A+

Happy Birthday, DK!!! Hope you have a good one.

I thought it was some sort of a flying object. Bin Laden is a f***ing pussy. Excuse my language. If we ever do find him he better be killed slowly and in very gory fashion.

Real interesting fact right there. I’ve thought about going to see The Grudge, which I’ve heard many mediocre thoughts about it, but since this movie, Ju-On, is the one that started it all, I might as well check this one out before viewing The Grudge. Superb review, Kip. Keep up the good job!

The problem is that your stupidity and creation of more stupid posts is killing me.

Vote Bush!

I also heard that Red Sox pitcher, Curt Schilling, is campaigning for Bush. I can tell you this. Both Schilling and the Terminator are supporting the right person.

You better celebrate a lot because you might have to wait another 86 years!

IT'S THE CURSE OF THE BLACK SOX! :puke

Wow, awesome man.

If only the White Sox can win a World Series. :headshake

Man, you must feel very good to know that your team is only 1 game away from winning the World Series.

What if it's Duffman!?

I am in no hurry to buy this game. I am very excited but I’m not going to go all crazy. I’ll probably buy it this Saturday or Sunday.

If I were you I'd have my eyes on the GTA game and not on the computer screen.

The Cards have won all games played at their home in the postseason. I don’t expect that to change. Boston has a very good chance of winning the WS, though the force tells me that the curse still lives.

The Simpsons has been down the drain for a while.

Damn, I thought I was the only one.

Schilling is doing good, again. Though the Red Sox defense has been s***.

How can a movie rating ruin the film itself? :headshake When someone goes to see a movie they’re looking for a good plot, good acting, etc. I could care less if the movie had too much violence and language and still had the PG-13 rating. Ratings do not make a difference when it comes to deciding whether a movie is good or not.

1.) The Grudge $40,000,000 2.) Shark Tale $14,300,000 3.) Shall We Dance $8,614,000 4.) Friday Night Lights $6,962,000 5.) Team America: World Police $6,600,000 Sarah Michelle Gellar led the North American box office with the opening of the new horror film The Grudge which sprinted past industry expectations to deliver a spectacular bow at number one. After three weeks at the top, the animated comedy Shark Tale slipped to second place while the new Ben Affleck holiday tale Surviving Christmas was dead on arrival in seventh place with a miserable opening.

Pujols grounds out to end the threat. Still... this game is far from over.

Tim Wakefield walks the bases loaded. No outs. This guy can't find the strike zone. Opportunity for the Cardinals to do some damage.