12. Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960’s classic Psycho could not be overlooked. Anthony Perkins’ role as Norman Bates was both eerie and fantastic, considering he played the role of two people. Audiences everywhere were convinced that the elderly mother Norma Bates, being mentally ill, was behind all the gruesome killings in the black and white classic.
But when the truth was revealed that Norma Bates had been dead for some time, and her son Norman had been responsible for all the killings, it sent shivers down people’s spines. Perkins’ impersonations of his mother added to his insanity as viewers put the pieces together in this horror classic.
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