Marion looked in the mirror at the young man who was sitting on the bed. She smiled at him sadly. 'I must get back to the office, Sam,' she said. 'My boss is beginning to get worried about these …

Following its release, Psycho was even blamed in court for being the cause of a number of horrible murders, stimulating a debate about the links between screen violence and anti-social …

Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American author, renowned for his contributions to crime fiction, science fiction, and horror, with his most famous work being *Psycho*.

Now, more than forty years after its release, “Psycho” is so famous that even people who’ve never seen it know that Marion is murdered and Norman is the killer.

Psycho was inspired by the Ed Gein murder case (Nov. 1957). Gein’s hometown was Plainsfield, Wisc. (Bloch was living 36 miles away, in Weyauwega.) Gein was arrested for the murder and …

PSYCHO 9 (Contd) main street. A cab pulls up at the curb. We see ·Mary get out of cab, pay driver, cross pavement to the office door. 5

It wasn’t the most appetizing notion in the world, but when Norman half closed his eyes, he could almost see the scene: this throng of painted, naked warriors wriggling and swaying in unison …