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Topic	Snake Ranks Anything Horror Related Vol. 2 THE RANKINGS - Part 2
Snake5555555555 12/23/17 11:41:14 AM #37:	jcgamer107 posted... Great Psycho write-up, truly one of the greatest horror films ever, and probably the best of its time. The moment that's scariest for me is right after the Norma Bates corpse-reveal. Marion's sister is in a traumatized state having just discovered the person she thought was alive was actually a corpse. She swings her arm into a dangling lightbulb out of distress and recoil, causing the scene to become visually disorienting, matching her psychological disorientation. Then, with no time to process or recover from this at all, we hear loud, fast footsteps coming down the stairway toward her, leading to the basement. That is scary as hell to me - here's this dead person I've just discovered, now some unknown presence is coming at me, fast, as I stand here shocked and defenseless. The effect is incredible. The visual reveal of Norman in his mother's clothes, holding a large knife with a devious smile on his face is about as terrifying as the corpse reveal, but it's the sound of the footsteps that really gets me. Just an unforgettable ending to cap off an all-time classic. And that all-string score.....Bernad Herrmann's as much a genius as Hitchcock is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWHYmNrAFlI You're absolutely right, wish I had touched on it a little myself. The score is the most important part I think, it definitely makes that scene as effective as it is. --- The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself. http://tinyurl.com/zqwzc9a - http://i.imgur.com/e6kIv3X.png - https://i.imgur.com/ecJSilM.png <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:892738811] in Snake Rank... [t:76116731]...</cite> <quote><cite>jcgamer107 posted...</cite> <quote>Great Psycho write-up, truly one of the greatest horror films ever, and probably the best of its time. The moment that's scariest for me is right after the Norma Bates corpse-reveal. Marion's sister is in a traumatized state having just discovered the person she thought was alive was actually a corpse. She swings her arm into a dangling lightbulb out of distress and recoil, causing the scene to become visually disorienting, matching her psychological disorientation. Then, with no time to process or recover from this at all, we hear loud, fast footsteps coming down the stairway toward her, leading to the basement. That is scary as hell to me - here's this dead person I've just discovered, now some unknown presence is coming at me, fast, as I stand here shocked and defenseless. The effect is incredible. The visual reveal of Norman in his mother's clothes, holding a large knife with a devious smile on his face is about as terrifying as the corpse reveal, but it's the sound of the footsteps that really gets me. Just an unforgettable ending to cap off an all-time classic. And that all-string score.....Bernad Herrmann's as much a genius as Hitchcock is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWHYmNrAFlI</quote> You're absolutely right, wish I had touched on it a little myself. The score is the most important part I think, it definitely makes that scene as effective as it is. --- The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself. http://tinyurl.com/zqwzc9a - http://i.imgur.com/e6kIv3X.png - https://i.imgur.com/ecJSilM.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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