A Sense Of Fear In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

Horror; an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust, these are a few feelings one experience while watching a horror film. However, why do people like to continue watching something that puts fear in them? Think of a roller coaster. Yes they are frighting however many ride it for the thrill. The thrill makes one feel alive. Just like a roller coaster, horror films have brought a sense of excitement into ones personal enjoyment. Horror films tap into the fears of many by using certain phobias such as Arachnophobia, Ophidiophobia, Acrophobia and Agoraphobia. Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock was one of the few horror films in 1960’s to become a classic. Psycho tells a story of a woman who steals forty thousand dollars in order for the man whom she loves can afford a divorce. However, not all goes as plan. She is killed by a creepy motel owner that suffered with a double-personality disorder. This horrifying the audience, Psycho uses the illness of the motel owner, Norman Bates, to introduce the taboo of which at the time mental illness where
The cameras is angled in a lower position which gives Norman the appearance of tall and dangergous. Soon Norman introduces his strange interest in stuff birds. Spoto compared Norman stuff birds to his victimes. Norman strange behavior continues when he claims, “A boy’s best friend is his mother.” (Psycho) However, this remark brought a sense of uncertainty because Norman in the beginning of the scene spoke ill of his mother. The stuff birds made Marion and the audience feel unsettling.The birds followed Marion around which compares to the her being hunted by Norman. Marion had no chance, at the end she just became one of Normans stuff bird to show off in his collection room. The audience became horrified when discovered that Mother had fallen victim to Norman Horrific actions when discovering Mothers dead body in the