Old Movies

I often turn on T.C.M. to get a break from the flash but no substance that so many of today's movies and T.V. shows are made of. I mean how many car chases, explosions and brutal killings does a show need to be successful? Alfred Hitchcock only requires two in his thriller "Psycho" but subjects the observer to the terror of his protagonist without overshadowing with excessive blood and gore.
It is the unknown, the psychological aspects of the murders in these movies that only some modern ones are able to approach, if not always equal. One that does is Silence of the Lambs, in which Dr. Lecter plays the FBI, his psychiatrist - Dr. Chilton and the distraught Senator Martin to his own ends. He voyeuristically gets Starling to share details of her own traumas, plays the F.B.I. against Dr. Chilton for a chance at a transfer to another facility and wallows in the details of the murders and kidnapping done by Buffalo Bill.
The suspense builds throughout these movies, building like a symphony to a crescendo and then like a dam bursting leaves you drenched in sweat ass you shiver in your seat. these movies and a few others are what elevates these from the mundane and makes them into works of art.