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How does Alfred Hitchcock create suspense and tension in psycho? Focus particularly on the ‘shower scene’ and ‘arbogast’s murder.
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How does Alfred Hitchcock create suspense and tension in psycho? Focus particularly on the 'shower scene' and 'arbogast's murder. Alfred Hitchcock 1960 horror film ´Psycho` is one of the most celebrated and scary films of its time. Hitchcock's psychological thriller, psycho was and still is the mother of all modern day horrors. It cost Hitchcock around $800,000 to make the film. Psycho broke all film conventions by showing a leading lady having a lunch time affair in her underwear and also in the shower scene it was rejected on the grounds of nudity but was later with no alterations was accepted. The film stars Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, Janet Leigh and Marion Crane and Vera Miles as Lila crane. Psycho differs from other horrors because the audience starts off identifying with the main character we are shown what her life is about, her job, her boy friend and just her...
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