Alfred Hitchcock shocked audiences by killing his protagonist in the first act, inventing the modern slasher genre. Made for $800,000, Psycho grossed over $50 million in its original run and introduced Bernard Herrmann's iconic shrieking strings score, which remains the most recognizable horror soundtrack in cinema history.
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