Tag: Psycho

Anthony Perkins Runs Away From “Mother”

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Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates sits in the Bates Mansion in a chair, leaning forward with his hands covering his mouth. “Mother” lays across the screen, her grey hair lit in a silhouette.

| Wil McMillen | It’s astonishing to realize now, but Anthony Perkins wasn’t even nominated for Best Actor for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s cultural earthquake Psycho. Horror films rarely get the attention they deserve, but one would expect… Continue reading

How Hitchcock Changed Horror: Psycho at Sixty-Six

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|Clare Brownlee| Hitchcock is considered one of the enduring masters of the horror genre, and his 1960 film Psycho is no exception to that renowned filmography. It not only started a new kind of horror movie entirely, but maintains a legacy as one of the greatest in the genre. I’m not… Continue reading