'Psycho' Poster Analysis

After researching many DVD covers and posters for psychological thrillers, I have found that they do have many similarities between them.
Alfred Hitchcock is the director of the very well known 1960's film 'Psycho' in which a young woman steals money from her employer's client and encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the dominationj of his mother. I have decided to look at this cover because the film is a very well-known psychological thriller.



From this cover, you cannot really tell that it is a psychological thriller apart from the title 'Psycho'. The font of the title 'Psycho' is broken up which does create an uneasy atmosphere because you can tell that there are going to be 'weird' parts in the film. The images of the man and woman do not really seem 'scary' as such but do make the audience feel a little curious. The writing at the top says 'A new- and altogether different- screen excitement!!!' which attracts the audience because the director claims that this is different from the rest so the audience would definitely want to watch it. I think they decided to make the cover like this because it does not give too much away however provides a hint of horror in the film.