Robert Bloch
1) Psycho
Description
"Criminal on the run, Marion Crane (Anne Heche) takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn)--a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his 'mother.' Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts inquiries from her sister (Julianne Moore) and a private investigator (William H. Macy). They both soon discover the morbid bond linking Norman to his mysterious 'mother' at the Bates Motel"--Container...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
In the aftermath of Miss Watson's murder, Norman's innocence is buried under blackouts, suspicious characters, and his strange behavior. Meanwhile, Norma faces a dark truth of her own when family secrets begin to unravel while looming threats from local villains jeopardize Norma's stab at happiness.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Strait-jacket: "Lucy Harbin goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. Lucy axes the couple to death and spends twenty years in a mental institution for murder. After she is released, she moves in with family and hopes her nightmare is over ... but a string of ax murders suddenly start occurring in the neighborhood and police think Lucy has reverted to her old ways." -- Container.
Berserk: "Joan Crawford stars as Monica Rivers,...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
In Rear window: A photographer confined to his room with a broken leg suspects a murder has been committed in a nearby apartment.
Vertigo is an elaborately constructed murder story and a fascinating study in sexual obsession. A detective with a fear of heights is drawn into a complex plot in which a girl he loves apparently falls to her death. He then meets her double and tries to re-create the image of the woman he has loved but lost in death.
In...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Rear window: "A photographer ... becomes obsessed with watching his neighbors and discovers a possible murder"--Set container.
Vertigo: "[A] dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder involving an acrophobic detective and a mysterious blonde"--Set container.
North by northwest: "[An] adman ... gets plunged into a realm of spy and counterspy and is abducted, framed for murder, chased and crop-dusted"--Set container.
Psycho: "[An] unsuspecting...