A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
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Movie1998·104 min
Psycho
Directed by Gus Van Sant
A horror mystery film directed by Gus Van Sant.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 91%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
5.1/10
1K ratings
About Psycho
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Approachable (4 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Unsettling, Stylized
- Story Tags
- obsession, trauma recovery, supernatural, hotel transit, isolated dwelling, strangers forced together, villain protagonist, everyman, mystery disappearance, slow burn reveal, serial killer, white collar crime, gothic horror, slasher