Norman Bates

Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ Puts a Handsome Face On an Infamous Killer [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

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Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is arguably the first modern horror movie and an unrivaled masterpiece of genre filmmaking. Adapted from Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel, the story follows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) as she flees with $40,000 of stolen money before running afoul of a monster hiding in plain sight. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) is a solitary […]

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The Many Queer Readings of Norman Bates in ‘Psycho’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

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Baters It’s nearly time to close out the month of July, which has been another scorching hot one for Trace and me. We kicked things off with Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) to coincide with our coverage of The Red Door, then we talked about another sequel to celebrate the two-year anniversary of Adam Robitel’s Escape Room: […]

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