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Original Title:	Psycho
ISBN:	0747545251 (ISBN13: 9780747545255)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Psycho #1
Characters:	Norman Bates, Mary Crane, Lila Crane, Sam Loomis
Setting:	California(United States)

Psycho (Psycho #1) Paperback | Pages: 208 pages

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Title	:	Psycho (Psycho #1)
Author	:	Robert Bloch
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	January 31st 1999 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (first published April 10th 1959)
Categories	:	Horror. Fiction. Classics. Thriller. Mystery. Crime. Audiobook

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Nowadays, it seems like every horror movie is either a remake, a sequel or the kind of vile torture porn that makes you want to puke in your bag of popcorn. Filming one of these flicks requires tens of millions of dollars for a platoon of pretty actors, gallons of fake blood, special effects and a marketing campaign. Oddly, they don’t seem to spend any money on scripts for these things.

But Alfred Hitchcock only needed about nine grand to buy the rights to this book. Then it only took a blonde, a shower, and a butcher knife to create one of the defining scenes in horror history. There might be a lesson in that story somewhere, Hollywood.

Legend has it that Hitchcock had all the available copies of the book bought up after he obtained the rights so that he could keep the story secret for his version. If that isn’t true, it should be. I’ve often wished that I had a way to temporarily blank out my memory of certain stories so that I could read or see them for the first time all over again and be completely surprised. Unfortunately, alcoholic blackouts are extremely unreliable at this so I just have to try and imagine what it would have been like to read this book before the story became a classic. I bet it was a complete mind fuck for those poor bastards who did read it back in 1959.

It holds up remarkably well despite knowing the story and it being over 50 years old. Shifting narration to the inner dialogues of different characters was very effective, especially with Norman himself. My only real complaint is that I wished it would have been the sister Lila and not Mary who took the infamous shower because Lila is a shrill nagging harpy that annoyed the hell out of me.

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Dear Alfred Hitchcock, I understand you now! I understand, why you shot a movie based on this thriller! I can understand, how impressive, breathtaking and shocking this book had to be in 1959, when it was first published. Even now, even today - in 2018 this story keeps you tensed, fascinated and scared. What I liked about it? EVERYTHING - The characters, the plot and the twists. The horror movie "Psycho" is rightfully to be ranked as one of the greatest films of all times!

What strikes me most about this book is: the things for which its movie is known are ABSENT from these pages.The movie Psycho gave us that bedrock upon which all future slasher films were built - sex = death.The 'bad girl' - bad because she had premarital sex - will die. The virgin will live. (If you don't know these rules, you need to watch Scream.)Psycho the film actually opens in the bedroom, where our heroine is in her bra having just had sex with a man to whom she's not married.Norman Bates

Book bum club read "horrorween"Im one of the few who has never seen the movie. Im so glad that was the case. I loved this book! Straight out of the real serial killer zone, but I forget which one, Norman is a real creeper.

Nowadays, it seems like every horror movie is either a remake, a sequel or the kind of vile torture porn that makes you want to puke in your bag of popcorn. Filming one of these flicks requires tens of millions of dollars for a platoon of pretty actors, gallons of fake blood, special effects and a marketing campaign. Oddly, they dont seem to spend any money on scripts for these things.But Alfred Hitchcock only needed about nine grand to buy the rights to this book. Then it only took a blonde, a



I've been meaning to get around to reading this defining work of horror for quite some time. In fact, SK recommended it to me within Danse Macabre, and I just knew that someday, somehow, I'd come back around to it.Of course, this book was already old when I read that SK book back in '89 and now I feel kinda foolish for putting off this classic so damn long.What's my excuse? I thought the story would be kinda... you know... old. Out of date. Without tension.I really shouldn't listen to myself.

Horror is my "go to" genre, my bread and butter. Although more than 50 years have passed since the movie was made, Psycho remains at the top of the tree on my list of best horror flicks. It's dated, certainly. Filmed in black and white, complete with melodramatic music and exaggerated close-ups, but it works beautifully by leaving something to the imagination. The book, written in 1959, stands the proverbial test of time, as well. 'You do not want Mother using her keys.' Quite right. The