# Psycho (1960)

> A desperate embezzler's stop at an isolated motel unleashes a landmark descent into psychological horror, hidden identity, and murder.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/424

## Facts

- Runtime: 109 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Frank Albertson
- TMDB rating: 8.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: foreboding, claustrophobic, paranoid, classic horror night, halloween viewing

## Synopsis

A desperate woman finds herself at the mercy of a sinister motel and its mysterious owner.

## Movies like Psycho

- [Don't Bother to Knock (1952)](https://ember.film/movie/14129)
- [Sisters (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/13334)
- [Vertigo (1958)](https://ember.film/movie/340)
- [Marnie (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/400)
- [Strangers on a Train (1951)](https://ember.film/movie/690)
- [Spellbound (1945)](https://ember.film/movie/2415)
- [Psycho III (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/7291)
- [The Bad Seed (1956)](https://ember.film/movie/27207)
- [Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/25646)
- [Rope (1948)](https://ember.film/movie/1036)

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