Review #234: Psycho (1960)
This review was originally written in October 2022. Gabe's 100 Bucket List Horror Films Review #88: Psycho (1960) I'll be perfectly honest: I was not at all expecting to enjoy this movie. I'd seen the remake years ago (which was pretty accurate to my recollection) and wasn't impressed by it, so considering I already knew the big twist of this one I was expecting it to just be another slow, dry slog. But boy was I mistaken! This one moves at a nice clip, it's paced really well (even if a bit strange and unconventional) and there's enough going on that it never overstays its welcome. Psycho starts off following Marion Crane, a secretary who decides to steal a big thing of money from her employer and run away to live with her boyfriend. On the way she stops at a roadside motel, where the creepy innkeeper, Norman Bates, has an unhealthy relationship with his mother and a penchant for taxidermy. After he watches Marion in the shower, an unseen figure (presumably Norm...