Date: 02/04/2010 Time: 20:45 2-15 Apr. The music, the setting, the ramshackled motel, the shower scene, the domineering mother, Hitchcock's seminal slasher is a milestone in cinema history - he didn't just create modern horror, he validated it. Hitchcock's one full-on foray into Grand Guignol territory is a milestone in cinema history; in various ways it changed how people made, watched and thought about movies, and its brilliance remains undimmed. The Master of Suspense brought the realm of horror to a recognisably contemporary America - somewhere between Phoenix, Arizona and rural California over a December weekend - all the while upping the dramatic ante in terms of shocking surprises. If few filmgoers are now unaware of what befalls Marion Crane at the Bates Motel, the film still boasts more than enough richly nuanced details to keep us constantly amused, intrigued and pleasingly ill-at-ease. Full marks to Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins et al for unforgettably fine performances; Bernard Herrmann's unsettling score and Joseph Stefano's witty script work wonders, too. In the end, however, demonstrating all his expertise in mischievous audience manipulation, this masterpiece is Hitchcock's through and through. Producer: BFI Southbank Price: TBA Get ready for cinematic history. Bring along your mother. Surf to http://www.bfi.org.uk See you at BFI Southbank [Belvedere Road, SE1 8XT]

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