Psycho, written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock is arguably ranked among the best horror movies ever made. This is no surprise considering Hitchcock is well known for his horror movies, all of which he wrote and directed. The movie is about Marion Crane, a young woman who stole a large amount of money from the business she worked for. She left town, and along her journey she stayed at a hotel run by a young man and his elderly mother. That night she was murdered. When people went there to look for her, they were killed as well. Finally, Marion’s sister and boyfriend solved the case and found that the killer was the young man from the hotel, who was psychotic, and had acquired his mother’s personality upon her death. It appeared that his “mother” was jealous and killed Marion
In his column, Hatch begins by stating that he feels the subject matter of the movie is offensive and should not be used for entertainment. First of all, I do not understand how one could think that this movie is making fun of mental illness. It simply has a psychotic person as a murderer. Nowhere in that movie is the impression implied that psychotic people are funny, weird, or that all psychotic people are murderers. Secondly, I believe that Hitchcock’s unique use of a psychotic character was a positive action. Audiences at that time had not been exposed to characters such as Norman Bates, and it opened up many new possibilities for moviemakers.
I felt that the plot of this movie was very entertaining. Hatch, however, wrote “Anyone with a Sunday-supplemented knowledge of psycholo
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