“Psycho” (1960)
Thanks to Alfred Hitchcock's masterful direction, Robert Bloch's modest suspense novel remains in print 56 years after its original publication. That's quite a feat for thriller that's short on thrills and slight on scares. While Anthony Perkins imbued the tormented Norman Bates with a tragic sense of damaged humanity, Bloch's book paints the character as an unlikable, short, pudgy, balding, drunken creep. As for the film's celebrated shower murder, Bloch dispatches the victim with one sentence.
“Psycho” (1960)Thanks to Alfred Hitchcock's masterful direction, Robert Bloch's modest suspense novel remains in print 56 years after its original publication. That's quite a feat for thriller that's short on thrills and slight on scares. While Anthony Perkins imbued the tormented Norman Bates with a tragic sense of damaged humanity, Bloch's book paints the character as an unlikable, short, pudgy, balding, drunken creep. As for the film's celebrated shower murder, Bloch dispatches the victim with one sentence.
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