Fear in Film: Psycho Psycho is a 1960 American horror thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which was based on a novel that was inspired by the crimes of Wisconsin murderer and grave robber Ed Gein. Deming explains how the movie Psycho differentiates from other movies while including a specific scene he thought was greatly done; he states his opinion of how suspenseful movies are supposed to be specific terms Deming uses throughout his review were, " acceptable, battle, palpable, tension, frightening, suspense, and asunder." When using these terms, he shows that he enjoyed the different techniques the producer used in the film. There were no bad comments that the critic made while writing this review. - Discusses how the film was different …show more content…
He uses words like, “impact", insinuating, thriller, horror, mystery, surprise, fears, and immortal" which makes me suppose that this is a good review. Ebert also uses great details in which he describes the whole movie and certain scenes that stood out to him. In the overall message, Ebert is impressed by the works of Hitchcock's because he never implied anything that did not make the movie look good. The two reviews were similar in that they both described at least one particular scene they thought was outstanding and how the film was different and extraordinary from other films. Both critics did mention what techniques they liked that the producer used. The differences between the two reviews were that Deming's review was short and was not descriptive like Ebert. Deming's review did not mention where the film was created and how the producer wanted it to be. Ebert’s review was quite lengthy and can be used when doing a report/ analysis on the movie while Deming's cannot. After reading various reviews about the movie, I have shown interest in watching Psycho because of the description and use of words the critics used to describe the overall movie. Now that I know why the producer did what he did, I know certain techniques that he used to make this film successful. Critiques are very helpful when you need to know how well a movie seems and I will now start to use it to my