Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Psycho

Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was created in 1960 which was considered the beginning of the horror film era. At this time it was considered the scariest film of all time, because of all it's suspense due to eye-line matches, and music.
The shower scene was definitely the scariest scene in the film and the most suspenseful due to the way it was shot and the music that played during. The scene at a length of three minutes included medium shots, and extreme close ups. The score consisted of all string instruments that gave the scene an eerie and suspenseful lead into the murder and a consistent feeling of freight during the murder.
Specifically this shot was the shadow figure we began to see through the shower curtain which increased the suspense level in the scene and foreshadowed that something bad was going to happen.
What considers a film horror? Does this live up to today's standards of horror or a thriller?
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 12, 2014 at 5:15 PM

    Great post! There are a lot of interesting ideas that were brought up, and I completely agree. I think that to be a horror film, there has to be the element of suspense and surprise. This was created well in this film particularly by the use of music. I think that today, it isn't as much of a "horror" as it was back in the day because of the technology we have to make things more realistic.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 12, 2014 at 5:16 PM

    I think that for it's time, Psycho was very scary, but for today's world it had been out dated because of all the new films and events that are even scarier as time has evolved.

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