Psycho (Bloomsbury Film Classics) (BBC Radio 4 S.) (Penguin Joint Venture Readers S.)

by Robert Bloch

Robert Bloch's novel which was later made into the classic chiller by Hitchcock is recognized as a masterpiece of the genre. From the opening pages, the scene is set for the menace to come: the lonely Bates Motel, the obsessional Norman Bates, the runaway secretary, the face at the rain-soaked window and at the end the terrifying stabbing in the shower. No wonder that Hitchcock chose the novel to make his best remembered film starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. The lonely Bates' Motel, the runaway secretary, the face at the window and the most chilling movie scene ever where Janet Leigh is stabbed in the shower, all this and more, makes up one of cinema's most shocking thrillers ever.

• ISBN10: 0709064349
• ISBN13: 9780709064343
• Publish Date: 31 May 1999 (first published 2 October 1975)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 8 June 2010
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
• Imprint: Robert Hale Ltd
• Edition: New edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 192
• Language: English

Reviews

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

The book is everything you expect it to be. If you’ve seen the movie or even know the basic story of the movie then you know what’s going to happen in the book. The only thing that set this apart from the movie is the shifting points of view, with Norman Bates’ point of view been chilling and creepy. Just what you want in a book about a Psycho