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Psycho, written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock is arguably ranked among the best horror movies ever made. This is no surprise considering Hitchcock is well known for his horror movies, all of which he wrote and directed. The movie is about Marion Crane, a young woman who stole a large amount of money from the business she worked for. She left town, and along her journey she stayed at a hotel run by a young man and his elderly mother. That night she was murdered. When people went there to look for her, they were killed as well. Finally, Marion’s sister and boyfriend solved the case and found that the killer was the young man from the hotel, who was psychotic, and had acquired his mother’s personality upon her death. It appeared that his “mother” was jealous and killed Marion