Psycho

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film psychological horror film thriller film

Psycho is a landmark 1960 psychological horror-thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its shocking plot twists, innovative editing, and iconic shower scene.

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Label	Occurrences
Psycho canonical	33
Psycho (1960 film)	12
Psycho franchise	6
Psycho (1998 film)	2
Psycho (novel)	2
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho	1
Psycho (1960 film) cast	1
Psycho (Bates house design, commonly cited)	1
Psycho II	1
Psycho III	1
Psycho film series	1
Psycho franchise (for "Bates Motel")	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ psychological horror film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Robert Bloch ⓘ
basedOn	Psycho self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Psycho (novel)
castMember	Anthony Perkins ⓘ Janet Leigh ⓘ John Gavin ⓘ Martin Balsam ⓘ Vera Miles ⓘ
cinematographer	John L. Russell ⓘ
composer	Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalStatus	landmark of horror cinema ⓘ preserved in the United States National Film Registry ⓘ
director	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
distributor	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editingFeature	rapid montage in shower scene ⓘ
editor	George Tomasini ⓘ
filmFormat	black-and-white ⓘ
followedBy	Psycho self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Psycho II Psycho self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Psycho III Psycho IV: The Beginning ⓘ
genre	mystery ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ thriller ⓘ
hasAward	Academy Award nominations ⓘ
influenced	slasher film genre ⓘ
initialBudget	low-budget production for Hitchcock ⓘ
mainCharacter	Lila Crane ⓘ Marion Crane ⓘ Norman Bates ⓘ Sam Loomis ⓘ
musicBy	Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
musicFeature	screeching violins in shower scene ⓘ string-only score ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of early on-screen toilet flushing in American cinema ⓘ influential use of editing in horror ⓘ plot twist revealing Norman Bates as the killer ⓘ subversion of star billing by killing off lead early ⓘ
notableScene	shower murder scene ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
productionCompany	Shamley Productions ⓘ
publicationDate	1960 ⓘ
ratingAtRelease	Rated R in later classifications ⓘ
releaseStrategy	strict no-late-admission policy ⓘ
remadeAs	Psycho (1998 film) ⓘ
runtime	approximately 109 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Joseph Stefano ⓘ
setting	Bates Motel ⓘ Fairvale, California (fictional) ⓘ
starredActorNominatedFor	Janet Leigh for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards ⓘ

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