Describe how Suspense is created and maintained in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho.

Title: Describe how Suspense is created and maintained in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho.
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Describe how Suspense is created and maintained in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho.

Alfred Hitchcock’s name is synonymous with suspense. He has produced many films and short television serials that go down in history as the bench mark for directors since his time that have used him as an example. To many he is the master of suspense, no one before or after him has been able to weave intricate plots using dramatic lighting, music full of dynamics, long pauses, unexpected events that have made generations of …showed first 75 words of 825 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 825 total…splendidly frightful shower scene, the detective's murder in the Bates mansion and the discovery that Mrs. Bates is not quite who she appears to be. Looking back, "Psycho" is magnificently well written with witty symbolism and subtle sinister conversations setting up the horror magnificently. I feel that the greatest aspect of this film is the echoing observation that "We all go a little mad sometimes" after the implicating voyeurism of this dark and disturbed masterpiece.

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