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Film reviews of "Psycho" and "Sons and Lovers"

Read the Empire Movie review of Psycho. Timeless classic. Superb performances and the infamous shower scene make this the perfect...

Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror thriller Psycho is one of the most celebrated films in history

R • 1 hour 49 min • 1960

"It wasn't a message that stirred the audiences, nor was it a great performance...they were aroused by pure film."

Still crazy after all these years.

Where would we be without ‘Psycho’? Fifty years on and Hitch’s delicious cod-Freudian nightmare about a platinum-blonde embezzler (Janet Leigh) who neglected to

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Producer-director Hitchcock is up to his clavicle in whimsicality and apparently had the time of his life in putting together "Psycho."

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Psycho’s power is not just that of a showman’s calibrated scare machine.

On June 16, 1960, Alfred Hitchcock premiered his iconic mystery thriller Psycho in New York.

The Daily News gave “Psycho” four stars in 1960.

Alfred Hitchcock, 1960

It was 50 years ago this week, Alfred Hitchcock taught the world to shriek. Sunday morning June 16, 1960, Psycho...