Psycho

 Alfred Hitchcock's film "Psycho" was something new for its time of release.

"Psycho" was released in the 1960s. I am not really aware of the horror genre from around that time or earlier. I know there were some films, but there were other genres that were more popular. "Psycho" brought new possibilities to the world of film. All other film films followed the same "rules", "Psycho" started to break barriers. In Hitchcock's film introduced a new level of violence in film and produced a really well known scene that many if not most people know of. This would set standards for other film makers to go into new directions and extremes with film.

Also, on a side note, the violence in "Psycho" would be seen as extreme in the 60s and following years, but compared to modern times, it seems trivial. With modern CGI, in many movies we see heads flying off with blood flying everywhere and bone. Modern horror is really gruesome and makes violence from the 1960s seem cheesy in a way.

"Psycho" would pave the way for future film.

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  1. astra medeirosApril 10, 2021 at 12:02 PM

    This film definitely brings narrative cinema into question with its 'rules' as you say. It doesn't follow the traditional format of focusing on two main characters. We switch between character's stories often. Also, I definitely agree with how regularized the graphic nature of films has become, I feel most are becoming rather unresponsive to gore.

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  2. UnknownApril 11, 2021 at 2:58 PM

    I enjoy your last point about the use of CGI and gore. Some of the modern slashers just have insane amounts of exaggerated gore and it interesting to see how the acceptable amount of gore in a film has changed from the time of Psycho. -Davis Wukovits

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  3. GwenApril 11, 2021 at 8:12 PM

    This film was a first for its time. I like how you compared how it was viewed when it first came out as to how people view it now. How it was so ground breaking then, and how far special effects have come. It almost makes you think what would have happened if Hitchcock didn't make psycho and where movies would be now.

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  4. charlieJune 1, 2021 at 9:25 AM

    Yes, I really think Psycho introduced the whole genre of psychological horror to film and paved the way for so many other horror movies about mental illness to come. It kind of reminded me of a recent movie I have seen called "they look like people" about a crazy man who thinks there are demons living among us planning an apocalypse. Although the premise sounds completely different many of the shots and themes are the same. The movie gave off a very similar vibe.

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