How many pages is Psycho by Robert Bloch?
[2010-07-18 10:05:05]

Q: I can't find out anywhere.. how many pages is it?

A: There must be a dozen different editions out there. I have two myself. One is about 160 pp. The other is fatter, with bigger gutters and margins and a different font.

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Can you give a brief description of the characters in the novel "PSYCHO" by Robert Bloch?
[2007-12-13 01:22:49]
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please not in wikipedia

The characterization of Norman Bates in the novel and the movie differ in some key areas. In the novel, Bates is in his mid-to-late 40s, short, overweight, homely, and more overtly unstable.

Psycho: A Novel (Paperback) | Horror Books

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Robert Bloch's Psycho captivated a nation when it appeared in 1959. The story was all too real-indeed this classic was inspired by the real-life story of Ed Gein, a psychotic murderer who led a dual life. Alfred Hitchcock too was captivated, and turned the book into one of the most-loved classic films of all time the year after it was released.

Norman Bates loves his Mother. She has been dead for the past twenty years, or so people think. Norman knows well-advised though. He has lived with Mother ever since leaving the hospital in the old house up on the hill above the Bates motel. One night Norman spies on a elegant woman that checks into the hotel as she undresses. Norman can't help but spy on her. Mother is there though. She is there to protect Norman from his filthy thoughts. She is there to protect him with her slaughter knife. Read more

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'Screaming Mimi' and 'The Couch': The 13 Days of Halloween 2011 - Day Seven

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As a newspaper reporter for about (gulp) 30 years now, I love the above bit of jesting from "Screaming Mimi," a 1958 mystery shocker based on a 1949 novel by the wonderful pulp writer, Fredric Brown.

But there are many, many reasons to love "Screaming Mimi" : The statueseque pneumatics of Swedish bomb Anita Ekberg, introduced emerging from the surf in a one-piece bathing suit that seems more choked with toothsome meat than a sausage casing; the presence of a Great Dane known as "Devil" and a nightclub named "El Madhouse"; the charming black-and-white noir cinematography of Burnett Guffey, a two-time Oscar winner (for "From Here to Eternity" and "Bonnie and Clyde" ); scenes of lurid voyeurism that offer plenty to eyeball for film-theory eggheads searching for examples of the objectifying

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Was Ed Gein the inspiration for Robert Bloch's book "Psycho"?
[2006-11-20 11:50:58]
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They try to say Ed Gein is the inspiration for any movie or order that involves a killer obsessed with flesh and necrophilia.

Really, the only similarity I see between Ed Gein and the engage is the main character's infatuation with his

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Any good novels you would like to recommend?
[2010-12-03 11:49:35]
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Psycho by Robert Bloch.

runaway jury by john grisham. Good good list. Completely different from the film. Both good though

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Storyteller: Jack Ketchum
Celluloïdz - May 26, 2012
Storyteller: Jack Ketchum Splatterpunk des premières heures, disciple de Robert Bloch (Psycho), ingredient d'Henry Miller, considéré par Stephen King comme étant le second meilleur écrivain vivant (après Cormack McCarthy), le parcours et la reconnaissance de l'écrivain ne pouvaient

Projekt “Wärmestrom” – Zur Kritik der Waffen der Kritik
Scharf-links.de - May 26, 2012
Projekt “Wärmestrom” – Zur Kritik der Waffen der Kritik (2) die begriffe “kältestrom/wärmestrom” in der philosophie von Ernst Bloch. die will bronsteyn für die (organisations)debatte der radikalen linken fruchtbar machen (noch in planung, vergl. dazu: (3) der versuch, psychoanalyse und marxismus miteinander

Göttingen: GÖTTINGER KULTURSOMMER 2012 / KABARETT UND MUSIK
Pressemeldungen und Nachrichten aus Niedersachsen (Pressemitteilung) - May 26, 2012
Lesung aus Hitchcocks´s Film "Psycho" am 18. August um 20.30 Uhr nach Göttingen. Brandt bringt dieses filmische Jahrhundertwerk nun auf die Bühne, um es neu zu interpretieren, und greift dabei auf die literarische Vorlage von Robert Bloch zurück.