Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, made in 1960, is one of the most widely recognized horror films to date. Working around the tight constraints of censorship laws, Hitchcock managed to create a film that marked a massive change in American cinema, being one of the first films to depict violence and sexuality in a graphic way. ... The shower scene where Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is murdered comes at about forty minutes into the film. ... Psycho is one of Hitchcock's greatest films, a classic horror that was ahead of its time both narratively and cinematically. I believe that this parti...

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In film, the male gaze develops when the audience is put in place of the heterosexual male behind the lens and displays the female as a sexual object for both the characters in the film, as well as the audience watching the film. ... Films today, especially action and horror, push us to look at these women as attractive and sexually appealing; clearly with the male audience in mind. ... This is not apparent specifically in films alone, this is apparent in art, film, music, videos, and especially in advertising. ... Many horror films have a leading female character, which fights and comes out t...

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 Alfred Hitchcock's film "Psycho" is a black and white horror film produced in the 1960's, Hitchcock based this film of a book he had read, "Psycho", by Robert Bloch. "Psycho" is an American psychological thriller horror; the centre of this film is based around a secretary, Marion Crane, who embezzles forty thousand dollars cash from her boss's client, Mr Tom Cassidy. ... Throughout this film the themes of 'good and evil' are explored through Hitchcock's use of use of duality, characters actions. All these themes together create a...

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