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  • Actors: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles, John Gavin
  • Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
  • Format: Black & White, PAL, Special Edition
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Oct 2005
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000AOGMMQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,928 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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For all the slasher pictures that have ripped off Psycho (and particularly its classic set piece, the "shower scene"), nothing has ever matched the impact of the real thing. More than just a first-rate shocker full of thrills and suspense, Psycho is also an engrossing character study in which director Alfred Hitchcock skilfully seduces you into identifying with the main characters--then pulls the rug (or the bathmat) out from under you. Anthony Perkins is unforgettable as Norman Bates, the mama's boy proprietor of the Bates Motel; and so is Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, who makes an impulsive decision and becomes a fugitive from the law, hiding out at Norman's roadside inn for one fateful night. --Jim Emerson

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For all the slasher pictures that have ripped off Psycho (and particularly its classic set piece, the "shower scene"), nothing has ever matched the impact of the real thing. More than just a first-rate shocker full of thrills and suspense, Psycho is also an engrossing character study in which director Alfred Hitchcock skillfully seduces you into identifying with the main characters--then pulls the rug (or the bathmat) out from under you. Anthony Perkins is unforgettable as Norman Bates, the mama's boy proprietor of the Bates Motel; and so is Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, who makes an impulsive decision and becomes a fugitive from the law, hiding out at Norman's roadside inn for one fateful night. Psycho gets the masterpiece treatment it deserves on DVD. --Jim Emerson
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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Special edition? More like a joke edition!, 12 Aug 2007
By R. Green "Greensleeves" (UK) - See all my reviews
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To call this 2 disc set a 'special edition' is to insult all those film lovers who revere this film as one of the greatest movies ever made. The first disc contains a poor quality, worn print of the feature presented in an unfamiliar format and an even poorer quality trailer. The second disc contains extracts only from Hitchcocks American Film Institute Life Acheivment Award ceremony and a couple of short interviews. The 2nd disc runs all of 49 minutes! It's shocking that this appears to be the best that Universal can give us as a 'special edition'. What a joke!
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars we're all caught in our private traps..., 20 Oct 2007
By H. Serkan SILAHSOR (Ankara, TURKEY) - See all my reviews
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"We're all caught in our private traps, we scratch and claw at the air, at each other, but for all of it, we never budge an inch".

Yes, "Psycho" is missing the vibrancy of "North by Northwest", vividity of "Vertigo", ambiguity of "The Birds", and claustrophobia of "Rear Window", but it is a unique movie in its very own league. With Hitchcock's sharp eye with little details, genius camera angles, and keen sense of generating suspense and tension, "Psycho" is multi-layered and richly-textured film, Master's last great picture.

The film starts out very slowly. During the first hour, Hitchcock focuses on a single specific event and takes the viewer somewhat familiar point mostly seen in classic film noirs: a confused woman, being stuck in an impasse with a lover bogged down in financial woes, steals money off her employer. Things becomes to go awry en route California (where her lover lives), while she encounters some "MacGuffins" such as a mysterious patrolman and suspicious used-car salesman, both are the harbingers of incipient tension and terror. Her edgy trip ends in a sleazy motel off the main highway in a rainy night. Hitchcock startles the viewer while central female antagonist dies half-way through the film, and takes us another sinister place where the real secret is revealed. From this point, Anthony Perkins lead the show as twitchy motel keeper with peculiar idiosyncrasies. This is the role of his life, as everybody is waiting horrified whenever this schizoid time bomb will go off.

From the very beginning, Hitchcock imbues the film with a heavy atmosphere of impending doom. Blood-chilling strings of composer Bernard Herrmann adds greatly to the overall moodiness. Today's horror/thrillers depend too much on graphic violence, where blood, gore, decapitations, and dismembered bodies galore. Not overly violent and with almost no blood and gore, the unshakable effectiveness "Psycho" mutters up comes from what is implied, but not shown. He always used to make the audience use their imagination. This is the greatness of Hitchcock.

Now for the downside, I found the second half of the film somewhat forced. Private eye Arbogast's insatiable obsession with Norman and his ill mother is totally unconvincing. Lila's (Marion's sister) intuition about something bad had happened in the motel is groundless. Sam and Lila's visit to the motel and their sureness about Marion's stay in room number 1 is totally implausible. Also, the secret of the film is predictable half-way through, as soon as all the pieces are put in proper places. But, neither of these weak points undermine the cleverness and effectiveness of this great piece of cinema. "Psycho" is definitely a classic and deserves to be called so.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible! The best film of all time - easily., 15 July 2004
By Mr. D. PMartin (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psycho (1960) [DVD] (DVD)
I am nearly thirteen years old and first saw the Alfred Hitchcock film 'Psycho' about 18 months ago. Hearing the opening violin music sent shivers down my spine and I instantly knew I was going to love the film. It has a storyline so magnificent that it will not be an anticlimax. The soundtrack by Bernard Hermann is amazing, completely revolutionary for its time. I loved the film and it is my all-time favourite.
For my 12th birthday I invited my friends over. We went shopping and then they wanted to watch a film at my house. I picked 'Pschyo.' At first the group of girls were scornful - comments such as 'it's in black and white, how boring,' were thick on the ground.
However within ten minutes of the film beginning my friends were bewitched by its magic. They watched spellbound as Janet Leigh's character died in the shower and I had to rewind the second murder and play it again at least three times before they were satisfied. The ending shocked and dazed them and as the film drew to a close (with Marion Crane's car being dragged from the lake) they were all declaring this 'SO the scariest film ever!'
Needless to say, none of them were happy about the light being turned off that night leaving them in the dark with Norman Bates's face grinning menacingly at them in their mind...
A great film! Classic, classic movie suitable for anyone - it will shock you, but you will never again be able to resist the 'high' of adreneline watching 'Psycho' gives you.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Money
This review is of the Universal 2-DVD release of Psycho which has been cheekily subtitled as the "Special Edition". My advice is not to waste your money on it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by A. Griffiths

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy then very SCARY!
This is such an old film...and as it starts,you seem to think 'another old movie'..this is captivating..Norman Bates Wow!...simply cannot give the ending away.. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Anthony Cox

4.0 out of 5 stars Hitchcock at his best
What is so captivating about this movie is the central performance of Janet Leigh. The psychology of her character, who suddenly decides to steal a large amount of money, is... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jonathan Carr

5.0 out of 5 stars A refeshing slash of horror and drama
Marion Crane (Leigh) runs away from her job and life with a huge amount of money at her disposal when she stops at the Bates hotel and meets troubled Norman (Perkins)... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Stampy

5.0 out of 5 stars scarey
i normally dont get scared of horror films but this is well scary and is now my all time favorate horror film so much investigation
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. D. Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars Hitchcock is the Evangelist of our psychotic cosmos
This black and white film needs that black and white artistic elaboration to find its complete value. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jacques COULARDEAU

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly amazing
I am not a fan of horror films, but this is truly amazing, great story, great acting, great... film. A classic that belongs in everyones collection.
Published 14 months ago by M. Blair

5.0 out of 5 stars She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?
Psycho may well remain one of Hitchcock's most famous movies, nearly 50 years after it first hit our screens; it also remains one of his best. Read more
Published 17 months ago by IWFIcon

4.0 out of 5 stars Creepy!
I didn't know the plot of this film at all (apart from seeing the infamous shower scene on all the top 10 horror movies lists)

Basically, Marion Crane (Janet Leigh)... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Good day sunshine

5.0 out of 5 stars Reasons Not To Use A Shower
This simply is one of the greatest films ever, containing one of the greatest scenes ever, the infamous `shower scene'. Hitchcock referred to it as his `first horror film'. Read more
Published 19 months ago by KPA Lowe

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