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'Psycho' turns 50 today, but it's the most eternal of all thrillers -- the one that changed movies, and the world

. . . its power is not just that of a showman's calibrated scare machine, but of a somber fugue on the trapped 20th-century creatures who inhabit its world, clawing but never budging an inch.

What makes "Psycho" immortal, when so many films are already half-forgotten as we leave the theater, is that it connects directly with our fears:

Words from the Critics

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