Parents Guide for
Psycho (1960) More at IMDbPro »

Sex & Nudity: 3/10

A man and a woman are shown lying in bed in their underwear. (It is implied the couple just had sex.)

A woman takes a shower. Her breasts are partially shown.

Violence & Gore: 7/10

NOTE: The film is in Black & White

A woman is stabbed repeatedly with a kitchen knife in various areas while showering. Very brief shots of the knife penetrating the women are shown but they are hard to see as the scene changes a lot, and plenty of blood is shown running down the drain.

A man cleans up a bathroom where a woman was murdered, we see him wiping up a large amount of blood.

A man is stabbed in the chest, not shown, but we do see blood splatter on his face. We then see him fall down a staircase, and he is stabbed repeatedly while on the ground (not shown).

Two men struggle across a room for a moment until one man knocks the other unconscious by hitting him with a glass vase.

A man's face briefly appears with a skeleton trim as the camera fades away from him.

Profanity: 1/10

A few sexual references/innuendo. Maybe a few damns or hells.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: 1/10

A man is drunk in one scene.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: 8/10

Both murder scenes are quite terrifying, especially the famous shower murder. These scenes are both accompanied by suspenseful/intense music.

The scene in which a woman unexpectedly finds another woman's decaying corpse is very startling and may be considered disturbing. Most audiences will also be startled when the killer appears in the doorway behind the woman as well.

The whole second half is intense.

0-5: Suitable for everyone (Care Bears). 5-10: Take some caution with young children. (The Incredibles). 10-20: Suitable for children 8 years and over (THIS). 20-25: Recommended for mature audiences (THIS). 25-30: Suitable for children over 13 (The Dark Knight). 30-40: Recommended for people 17 years and over (Saving Private Ryan). 40-50: Absolutely Adults Only (Cannibal Holocaust).

Total Explicit Content: 20/50

Suitable for children 8 years and over/Recommended for mature audiences