Screenplay Archive
Psycho — Screenplay1960
- Writers:
- Joseph Stefano
- Length:
- 138 pages (Hollywood standard format)
The blueprint for Hitchcock's shocker — killing the protagonist midway and weaponizing audience expectation.
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