Norma Bates

She meets a man, Norman Bates, who acts as her mentor. Together, they discuss the trials and struggles of life. After this brief profound council, Mary Crane decides to return the money. However, before she has the chance to redeem herself she is brutally murdered in the memorable shower scene. Her story is cut short before she has the chance to finish her heroic journey. Hitchcock also exemplified the Heroic Journey format by ultimately following the 12 steps, even if the journey follows multiple characters instead of one main character. Continuing from where Mary Crane left off, Lila Crane and Sam Loomis assume the role of protagonists. We observe Sam Loomis’s Ordinary world, working at a small hardware store. Lila’s sudden appearance with information to Mary’s disappearance spurs the two into action. The two show reluctance and fear that Mary may not be alive, however Sam is tenacious in reassuring himself that Mary must be alive. Milton Arbogast acts as a mentor who ultimately gives Sam and Lila information regarding Mary’s last known whereabouts. However, after his disappearance the two embark on their own journey, entering the new world. They begin their road of trials with a visit to…

This scene, as well as the journey she has on her way to the Bate Motel, goes hand in hand in creating confusion for the viewers. Before this scene begins the viewers are already aware of the type of job she has, and that she also is involved in an affair with a married man who is working on a divorce with his current wife. On this particular day Marion has a headache so she is sent home. Before she gets home, however she has to deposit an associate’s cash into the bank. As the next scene…

liked it or not; however, the answer to this statement is based off how the producer directs the movie. Did the film look realistic, is it exciting? Movie watchers look for this, they want to watch something interesting, not something that will bore them. Furthermore, the movie Psycho, was a black and white slasher produced in 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock. Psycho shows many scenes that will leave the audience confused, a motel owner Norman Bates cares for Marion a girl who arrives during a storm.…

sequels, 3 in fact, along with two TV series, one that is about to start its X season. The fourth in the series, the one that is on review today, is titled Psycho IV: The Beginning. Written by returning screenwriter of the first Psycho is XXX. Anthony Perkins also returns as Norman Bates, along with Henry Thomas playing the younger Norman in flashbacks. The movie attempts to tell the tale of how Norman grew up to be a killer disguised as his mother. Does it succeed? Read on to find out. I…

The cheapest way to garner a scream is that of the “jump scare”, which is the sudden change in either audio or visuals usually through a loud noise to elicit fear, yet the Norman Bates reveal takes an opposite approach. Rather than using a “jump scare”, the reveal of Norma Bate’s corpse and Norman Bates himself are all forewarned early through audio cues or the slow movements. When Lila enters the basement and sees Norma Bates sitting on the chair, the audience senses that something is off due…

This film depicts the 1978 struggles and triumphs of Norma Rae Webster, a hardworking, straight to the point, all-American woman. Norma Rae is a textile worker for O.P. Henley Textile Mill in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina; she works in the weaving room as a loom operator. Being an outspoken individual, she is very intent on changing the poor working conditions of the mill such as the excessive noise, the long hours with short breaks, the overall physical stress from standing for long periods…

Psycho. A movie that will never really leave your mind and may possibly haunt you for the rest of you life. This 1960 thriller/horror film was directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. If you are a fan of interesting, suspenseful, and just plain good movies, this is a wonderful choice. It is full of twists, turns, and unexpected events one after another. Psycho was one of the best films I have watched because it kept my attention the whole time, and I was never bored. The storyline centers…

The movie Norma Rae is about the struggle of a union employee and a factory worker, whom the movie is named after, to bring fair treatment to a factory that had been taking advantage of its workers. A factory on the brink of unionization and the conflict brought about from the struggle for a job that treated the workers like people and not just disposable parts is what drives this movie. The organization in this movie, the textile factory, shows us an insight into the different metaphors in…

The movie Norma Rae was a great movie to watch in regards to labor relations and put in perspective why people in the 70’s and 80’s fought so hard to unionize industries where the textile mill in the movie was part of. There are a number of issues that the movie brings up such as safety issues, why the textile mill needed a union, the role of not only management, but a union organizer and the struggle of trying to bring a union to a nonunion town are just a few examples. Right from the…

Watching someone get murdered on screen is startling, but it’s even more startling when the audience does not expect it to happen. Psycho, a film by Alfred Hitchcock is an American classic, because of one specific scene, the scene where Marion Crane is stabbed to death in the shower. Psycho starts with Crane stealing the money of a client at the bank she works at, and leaving town to give the money to her boyfriend. On the way, she stops at Bates Motel to stay the night. At the hotel, she meets…