I've watched Psycho numerous times including in film school and have never noticed how Marion's grin and stare in the car was a perfect mirror. Great work and breakdown!

I read Marion's smirk in the car as her coming to terms with her deed and her satisfaction with it. Just as Norman in the end comes to terms with his deed and his satisfaction with it.

One other thing: Tony Perkins was a much better actor than he was given credit for.

And I'd also say that hotels themeselves (inclinding motels of course) can be considered "uncanny double": they look like home, but there are many details like too starched sheets, aseptic smell, which may make you feel unease. It is no coincidence that Norman is a motel keeper.

When Norman's face fades to Marion's car at the very end I never noticed the third, skeletal image during the transformation. It's quite creepy.

7:19 is summed up in the line: "we all go a little mad sometimes"

Tony Perkins, with his great voice, gestures and sense of timing was perfect for that role. I couldn't imagine any other actor at that time who would have brought the character of Norman Bates to life as well as he did.

I noticed Marion's grin whilst driving and it always sent a chill down me (except the very first time I watched the film). But I never drew the connection.

You gotta love how Janet Lee ends up being mother to Jamie Lee Curtis another horror film queen🏼

If you look at the windshield wipers in the rain that is foreshadowing Bates' knife stabbing Marion with the shower water coming down.

He was going to shoot the picture in colour but the studio (Universal?) thought all that red blood would be a step too far! Actually I prefer it in B+W, gives it a darker quality..

i was 13 when i watched this movie for the first time, and i would not keep my eyes shut while taking a shower or look in the window, i always imagined someone in the grandma clothes gonna murder me and that person is not gonna be a ghost but a real human. this is how effective that movie was.

Great analysis of this classic movie. I might add that at the very end where we see the Anthony Perkin's stare, the stare itself registers as a highly delusional, almost catatonic stare which is seen, albeit rarely, in patients who have suffered a psychotic break. To have captured that was pure genius. For the movie goer leaving the theater, it will be forever tucked away in their own unconscious.

His best film. And the first film to show a flushing toilet.

movies like this always impress me more over the little details

Very thorough, except for one thing: Mother's mummy face is superimposed on Norman's for a brief second -- you have to forward and reverse to really see it. It's like the red explosion of the gun in "Spellbound."

Great work. Nice to see someone interpret the film in a new light. So much has been said about it, it's nice to hear something new and insightful for a change!