Upon which author's best-selling novel was the film 'Psycho' based?
Psycho II (novel) Psycho II (novel) Psycho II is a 1982 novel by American writer Robert Bloch, a sequel to his 1959 novel "Psycho". The novel was completed before the screenplay was written for the unrelated 1983 film "Psycho II". According to Bloch, Universal Studios loathed the novel, which was intended to critique Hollywood splatter films. A different story was created for the film and Bloch was not invited to any screenings. Universal suggested that Bloch abandon his novel, which he declined and released anyway to good sales. Norman Bates has spent the last two decades locked up in a mental asylum after
Psycho (1960 film) listed the film as the twelfth best-edited film of all time based on a survey of its membership. American Film Institute has included "Psycho" in these lists: "Psycho" has become one of the most recognizable films in cinema history, and is arguably Hitchcock's best known film. In his novel, Bloch used an uncommon plot structure: he repeatedly introduced sympathetic protagonists, then killed them off. This played on his reader's expectations of traditional plots, leaving them uncertain and anxious. Hitchcock recognized the effect this approach could have on audiences, and utilized it in his adaptation, killing off Leigh's character at the