An alternative film is a film produced out of a major film studio. Alternative films are often divergent by their movement and style and the way in which the director vision is understood. More than often, an alternative film is made with a low budget. “Psycho” is a 1960 American psychological thriller-horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film follows a secretary by the name of Marion Crane who, after embezzling money, finds herself at an isolated motel with the motel 's troubled owner/manager