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''[[Psycho]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], was released in 1960, and is now one of the most famous thriller films of all time. |
''[[Psycho]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], was released in 1960, and is now one of the most famous thriller films of all time. |
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It has two big famous plot twists; at the time, Hitchcock went to great lengths to keep them secret (including an ad pleading "Don't give away the ending -- it's the only one we have"), but these days, most people know about both through [[Popcultural Osmosis]] [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"|even if they know nothing else about the film]]. |
It has two big famous plot twists; at the time, Hitchcock went to great lengths to keep them secret (including an ad pleading "Don't give away the ending -- it's the only one we have"), but these days, [[It Was His Sled|most people know about both]] through [[Popcultural Osmosis]] [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"|even if they know nothing else about the film]]. |
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''Psycho'' begins as a crime thriller: Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) steals a large amount of cash from her employer and sets out for California, where she plans to hook up with her lover and start a new life. She stops for the night at the out-of-the-way Bates Motel, run by [[Momma's Boy]] Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), who lives with his domineering mother in a house behind the hotel. |
''Psycho'' begins as a crime thriller: Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) steals a large amount of cash from her employer and sets out for California, where she plans to hook up with her lover and start a new life. She stops for the night at the out-of-the-way Bates Motel, run by [[Momma's Boy]] Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), who lives with his domineering mother in a house behind the hotel. |
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Twist #1: As Marion has a shower in her hotel room, a dimly-glimpsed knife-wielding maniac suddenly appears and stabs her to death in the film's most famous and oft-parodied scene. |
Twist #1: As Marion has a shower in her hotel room, a dimly-glimpsed knife-wielding maniac suddenly appears and stabs her to death in the film's most famous and [["Psycho" Shower Murder Parody|oft-parodied]] scene. |
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The rest of the film follows the investigation into Marion's disappearance, first by a detective hired to recover the money she stole, and then, after he also falls victim to the knife-wielding psycho, by Marion's lover and her sister. It appears that Norman's mother may be killing off any woman he shows an interest in (the local sheriff mentions two other unsolved disappearances of young women in the area). This leads into... |
The rest of the film follows the investigation into Marion's disappearance, first by a detective hired to recover the money she stole, and then, after he also falls victim to the knife-wielding psycho, by Marion's lover and her sister. It appears that Norman's mother may be killing off any woman he shows an interest in (the local sheriff mentions two other unsolved disappearances of young women in the area). This leads into... |
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