Play Misty for Me is not the artistic equal of Psycho, but in the business of collecting an audience into the palm of its hand and then squeezing hard, it is supreme. It doesn’t depend on a lot of surprises to maintain the suspense. There ARE some surprises, sure, but mostly the film’s terror comes from the fact that the strange woman is capable of anything. — Roger Ebert

— Don’t you like me?
— You’re a nice girl.
— But who needs nice girls?
— I’m kind of hung up on one.
— And you don’t want to complicate your life.
— That’s exactly right.