Psycho
1960 · 109 min · Horror / Thriller / Mystery · TMDB 8.4
The short version:Still shocking in structure. The shower scene has almost no visible wound. Psychological, witty, black-and-white.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary3
Not scaryExtreme
Dread4
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares2
NoneConstant
Disturbing2
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim3
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreBriefeditorial
Children & pregnancy
- Child abuseModerateinferred from keywords
Sexual content & violence
- Sex & nudityBriefeditorial
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedBriefinferred from keywords
Mental health & grief
- Mental illnessModerateeditorial