Psycho
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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.
All labels observed (12)
| 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 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T787714 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Psycho Context triple: [Alfred Hitchcock, notableWork, Psycho]
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A.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir psychological drama starring Tyrone Power as an ambitious carnival worker whose ruthless pursuit of success leads to his downfall.
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B.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro, adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt mentalist.
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C.
Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly is a 1955 American film noir thriller directed by Robert Aldrich, renowned for its hard-boiled style and influential, apocalyptic ending.
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D.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Psycho Target entity description: 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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A.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir psychological drama starring Tyrone Power as an ambitious carnival worker whose ruthless pursuit of success leads to his downfall.
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B.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro, adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt mentalist.
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C.
Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly is a 1955 American film noir thriller directed by Robert Aldrich, renowned for its hard-boiled style and influential, apocalyptic ending.
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D.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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psychological horror film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Robert Bloch ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Psycho
self-linksurface differs
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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
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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
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Marion Crane ⓘ Norman Bates ⓘ Sam Loomis ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bernard Herrmann ⓘ |
| musicFeature |
screeching violins in shower scene
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string-only score ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of early on-screen toilet flushing in American cinema
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Psycho Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Psycho (1960 film)
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Psycho franchise
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho
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Psycho (1960 film) cast
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Psycho (1960 film)
this entity surface form:
Psycho franchise
subject surface form:
Fairvale, California
this entity surface form:
Psycho (1960 film)
subject surface form:
Fairvale, California
this entity surface form:
Psycho franchise
this entity surface form:
Psycho (1960 film)
this entity surface form:
Psycho (1960 film)