8 Horror Movies With Deeper Meanings Than You Realise

Any film student worth their relish will be able to tell you countless representations you can find all over Alfred Hitchcock's seminal horror Psycho. Norman Bates's taxidermy birds are predatory symbols giving away his true intent, the mirrors that continually surround Marion are a reflection of her duplicitous nature, and even the choice of paintings in the background double down on the voyeuristic pastimes - Susanna and the Elders a particular indicator that tells the story of men who watch a woman bathe without her knowing.

So it comes as no surprise that I've got one more for you right here. Apparently, it's very important that Norman Bates's grand house has three floors - as each one is a representation of Sigmund Freud's idea of psyche. That would be superego on the top floor, which is where his mother lived and controls his moral choices as a voice in his head, ego in the middle, where Norman attempts to wrestle between his split personality, and id on the bottom, the primitive part of the mind that Norman's dead mother now resides in and takes over as his instinct in the end.

Hitchcock was a master of sneaking in ridiculous detail into all parts of his movies - so this is just another lovely tier to the endless layer cake he's cooked up.