Psycho (1960)
Hitchcock’s adaptation of Robert Bloch’s novel about a woman who steals from her employer and stops at the wrong motel.
This page collects the films featuring Janet Leigh reviewed at Master of Worlds: “Psycho (1960)”, “The Fog (1980)”, and “Touch of Evil (1958)”. Each review examines the performance and the role it plays in the film’s larger design, approaching the work as storytelling first. The collection grows as further titles are added.
Hitchcock’s adaptation of Robert Bloch’s novel about a woman who steals from her employer and stops at the wrong motel.
John Carpenter directs the story of a California coastal town haunted by the vengeful ghosts of mariners killed a century earlier.
Orson Welles’ 1958 border noir. Three-minute opening tracking shot. Welles as corrupt cop. The genre’s late masterpiece.