Suspense In Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

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Hitchcock is called a master of suspense for a reason. He is able to execute it perfectly all throughout his films, especially Psycho. Viewers can see this right off the bat when they watch Marion Crane 's face get more worried each shot as she drives towards Fairvale. She becomes distressed almost to the point where the audience can feel her about to break down as she is followed by the police officer. Another perfect example of suspense is as Norman drives Ms. Cranes car into the swamp after cleaning up her body. He watches it as it slowly sinks and his various disturbed and concerned facial expressions as the car stops. The audience is almost appalled that Norman would chuckle to himself at what was happening as we see the car slowly go under