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Psycho 1961
It's amazing when you think about how influential this movie was. It changed the definition of horror, and single handedly revived an almost dead genre. The 50's were really lean when it comes to horror. Unless it was some gimmicky William Castle flick, or some sci-fi movie with irradiated bugs, there was nothing going on in horror for the entire decade. Psycho also forced Horror movies to "grow up", become more realistic.
It had been awhile since I last watched it, and forgot just how uncomfortable parts of the movie make me. The one scene where marion and norman are having a bite to eat in the motel parlor still makes me cringe. The way it starts off as average chit chat and slowly spirals downward, getting more uncomfortable as it goes on. It leaves you feeling totally tense, and then it's shower time! Such a great movie.
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