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How Does Hitchcock Create Tension and Suspense In "Psycho"? The film "Psycho" was one of the first Horror movies to have used a human for the killer. Whereas before "Psycho", people were used to seeing "Super naturals" as the killer in horror based films. Before even seeing the film Hitchcock had created tension and suspense in the audience by, making the audience think that Hitchcock is hiding something from them. We see this in the fact that Hitchcock would not let people into the film after it had started and because there were lots of rumours about the cinemas not opening the doors until the ending of the credits. The following analysis of "The Parlour Scene", "The Shower Scene" and "Lila's Discovery of Mrs Bates" will show the tension and suspense. The Parlour Scene is were Marian and Norman are sitting down to have tea. In this scene Hitchcock uses shots...

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