After the death of Norman's father, the pair lived as if they were the only people in the world. When his mother found a lover, Norman went insane with jealousy and murdered them both. Consumed with guilt, Norman "erased the crime" by bringing his mother back to life in his own mind. He stole her corpse and preserved the body. When he was "Mother", he acted, talked and dressed as she would, and when Norman's own personality felt affection toward another person, such as Marion, the "Mother" side of his mind would become extremely jealous; he killed Marion (and two other women) as "Mother". The psychiatrist concludes that the "Mother" personality now has complete control of Norman's…
The story is about a young woman who steals a sum of money from her boss and when hiding in a motel she is brutally murdered by the psychotic hotel owner. The film is in black and white to add to the suspense with the music which originally Hitchcock wasn’t going to have. Psycho was considered Hitchcock’s best movie and is an inspiration to most horror films today.…
Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960. The movie stars Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, and John Gavin as Sam Loomis. The film began with Marion Crane and Sam Loomis in a hotel room together. The two were discussing their strong desire to get married, but are unable to do so as a result of Sam’s financial difficulties. Later that day, Marion goes to work and her boss asks her to deposit $40,000 at the bank for him. However, despite her boss’s wishes she instead decides to selfishly keep the money and use it to start a better life for her and her…
The director of the 1960 film Psycho was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, born 13th August 1899, in London. He died 29th April 1980 aged 80. He was a British filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in the United Kingdom in both silent films and early sound films, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship.…
Hitchcock’s film Psycho is a ruthless exposition of American Puritanism and exaggerated Mom-ism. Norman (Anthony Perkins) the victim and the victimiser is an overprotected child alienated of affection and succumbs to madness. He feels lonely when his widowed mother marries a hotel man from the East. A mamma’s boy, Norman was under the protective cocoon of mother’s care, feels dejected and kills both Mrs. Bates and his step father. Norman later kills Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) disguised as Mrs.Bates and blames his sick mother. At last Norman is in a mental asylum and a complete annihilation of Norman’s personality forever swallowed up in his own death-in-life with Mother the only victor and the victimiser finally turns victim. Hithcock…
There are many different themes in Psycho. The first one being, good versus evil which is portrayed by the main characters Marion and Norman. As she is escaping town with the money you could tell that she is having conflicting thoughts of rather she should keep going to give the money to her beloved boyfriend or if she should do the right thing and bring back the money to her boss. Norman displays this theme of good vs evil as he feels very bad for murdering his mother throughout the movie he desires to please his mother. It is a psychological thriller as well as Norman has a psychological disorder and the audience must watch his crazed split personality bring terror throughout the movie. Another theme in the movie was film noir which can…
It is often said we are who we chose to be and that our actions shape our personalities, but what would you do if you were no longer in control of yourself? In the movie Psycho, by Alfred Hitchcock the antagonist suffered from childhood isolation and was triggered by an oedipal complex, which caused him to become morally blinded, and develop dissociative identity disorder. The movie is about a young, motel manager named Norman Bates. He lives alone with his mother in a deserted area and runs an abandoned motel, which barely makes any profits. The story starts to unravel when Marian Crane the protagonist of the movie, who had ran off with stealing $40,000,…
“Psycho” is a 1960 suspense/horror directed by Hitchcock and staring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Janet Leigh. The screenplay is by Joseph Stefano, based on the 1959 novel Psycho by Robert Block loosely inspired by the crimes of Wisconsin murderer and grave robber Ed Gein (Rebello). The film centers on the encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane, who ends up at a secluded motel after embezzling money from her employer and motel’s disturbed owner-manager, Norman Bates. “Psycho” initially received mix reviews, but outstanding box office returns prompted reconsideration that led to four Academy Award nominations. It is now considered one of Hitckcock’s bets films and praised as a work of art by critics. Ranked among the greatest films of all times, it set a new level of acceptability for violence and deviant behavior in American Films (Rebello).…
The 1960 psychological thriller, Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, challenge of social, film conventions and audience expectations at the time. The scene reveals an underlying uneasiness in the character of Norman Bates.…
In the Intro of Psychology course, I learned many concepts that relate to the real world and what we do in our everyday life. The psychology concept that I learned was social psychology. Social psychology is the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate it to one another. We can relate to social psychology because we interact with others daily. We understand the behavior of our friends and families individually when in a social concept. The prime examples of social psychology are in-group, out-group, personal identity and social identity. The in-group is known as “Us”, people with whom we share a common identity. The out-group is “Them”, those perceived as different or apart from our in-group. These factors are what people mainly based their social thoughts on one another. Social identity theory states that the in-group will discriminate against the out-group to enhance their self-image. Social identity is the “We” aspect of self-concept, the part of our answer to “Who am I?” that comes from our group memberships. For example, if you have categorized yourself as a student, the chances are you will adopt the identity of a student and begin to act in the ways you believe students act. Personal identity is our sense of self, according to Erikson, the adolescent’s task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles.…
American Psycho is a cult movie based on the much controversial novel by Brett Easton Ellis. Directed by Mary Harron, it is a dark comedy and a clever satire of America in the 1980’s that artfully connects conformity, materialism, misogyny, narcissism, classism and superficiality.…
In the movie, “Shutter Island,” I recognized two possible disorders, Delusional Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Although this movie is not listed in Delusional Disorder category, I see some symptoms associated with this disorder. According to the DSM4-TR, Delusional Disorder involves non-bizarre (real life situations) delusions for at least a month’s duration, the disturbance is not due to the effects of medication,and hallucinations may be present if they’re related to theme. In the movie a man is clearly suffering from psychological issues because he has flashbacks of the war and hallucinations of a woman and dead children. He is an ex solider and U.S Marshal whose wife had psychological issues of her own, and murdered their three children. As a result of that, he murdered his wife, and he has been living at a mental facility for prisoners for the past 24 months. He has created a persona, who is a U.S. Marshal investigating the disappearance of a patient and that’s his reason he is there. In the end, it turns out the doctors were playing along with this persona with hopes of bringing him back to reality. The truth is finally presented to him, and it turns out the children are his own, and his daughter is the child asking him why he didn’t save them. He also suffered from Posttraumatic Stress disorder from both the war and finding his children dead in the lake. According to DSM4-TR, he is suffering from frequent recollection of the event, dreams, feeling detachment from others, and acting or feeling and if the traumatic even were…
This extract of ‘American Psycho’ conveys most of the wider themes of the text, with similar stylistic techniques that are seen throughout the novel.…
Diseases and ailments of all sorts are things not alien to the human society, so much so that they are often regarded as part of the many experiences of being a living being. As such, these diseases have been studied extensively by medical practitioners over the years and have been labeled, characterized and classified.…
Independent film director Gus Van Sant attempts a first in American film history: a shot-by-shot remake of the classic 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho. With a few minor, modern-day changes (including filming it in color), his version is essentially the same film with a different cast and the same Bernard Hermann music. Psycho was and still is the story of Marion Crane (previously played by Janet Leigh and now by Anne Heche), an adulterous woman who steals a stack of money from her boss and ... More…