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'Psycho' is a unique film this is because it cost $850,000 to make and has earned more than $40 million. Also the film style is film noir which is a group of films released in the late nineteen forties and fifties, The style of lighting used in film noir is low- key this is used to give the film a sharp look with some strong areas of contrast between light and dark. The films usually were set in big cities and the characters normally were detectives and plots with sleazy motives were used. It is a dark and disturbing tale because the film is based on Robert Bloch's novel, which was inspired by notorious serial killer Ed Gein. Gein was also the inspiration for Hannibal Lector (The Silence of the Lambs) and Leather Face (Texas Chainsaw Massacre). Also the use of low key lighting, Jump cuts and shrieking and repetitive...

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