Tag: Psycho
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ANALYSIS: There’s No Place Like Home – the Unexpected Triumph of PSYCHO II (1983)
How do you follow-up one of the most game-changing horror movies ever made? With an under-rated cult sequel, that’s how. Johnny Restall goes back to the Bates Motel to investigate… Despite its initially lukewarm critical reception, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) went on to become one of the director’s most iconic works, frequently credited with reinventing the horror…
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ANALYSIS: A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother – Ed Gein in Horror Cinema
His crimes shocked America and became the morbid inspiration for some of the most iconic horror films of the 20th century. But who was Ed Gein, and what is his cinematic legacy? Kim Morrison investigates… In 1957 the small town of Plainfield, Wisconsin was rocked by the revelation that quiet resident Ed Gein had murdered…