You remember Norman Bates, the shy motel manager with the fatal mother fixation. Now, years after his horrific bout of butchery, Norman is at large again. Breaking free from the psycho ward, he cuts a shocking swath of blood all the way to Hollywood—where, it so happens, they are making a movie about Norman’s life and crimes. A movie that suddenly and terrifyingly becomes a lot like real life.
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"I remember reading this in junior high and came across it in a used bookstore along with the third book in the trilogy. I picked up both of them. It's good and has NOTHING to do with the movie sequels which is unfortunate because this would have made a good movie. Now on to the third - PSYCHO HOUSE." — Jackmillis (4 out of 5 stars)
"I remember reading this in junior high and came across it in a used bookstore along with the third book in the trilogy. I picked up both of them. It's good and has NOTHING to do with the movie sequels which is unfortunate because this would have made a good movie. Now on to the third - PSYCHO HOUSE."
“Perhaps the finest psychological horror writer…and never in finer form.”
" It's too bad this storyline wasn't used for the film Psycho II. I think it's actually a better book than Psycho. "
" Kind of a slasher novel. Pretty bad book, pretty bad movie. "
" interesting... Bloch gets on a high horse about Hollywood while continuing to be one of the most misogynistic writers I have ever encountered. I'm going to finish the trilogy only because it makes for easy audio book listening while at work. "
" Started off great but went downhill pretty fast after the halfway point. The ending was absurd. 2 stars because I enjoyed the beginning so much, otherwise it'd be a 1. "
" A wasted effort from an otherwise fine writer. Even the flawed PSYCHO II film (which thankfully wasn't an adaptation of this novel), was better, uh, executed. "
" Movie was way better. Alfred Hitchcock is an awesome director. "
" Not as good as the original. "
" Nothing like the film sequel - none of the book sequels are like the films - and also it's rather predictable. I didn't like the ending either. "
" So so so so bad. Bloch should have stopped at Paycho. I certainly should have. Lady who lost her copy on the train, you have no idea how lucky you are ... "
" Not as brilliant as the origial, but way good! "
Robert Bloch (1917–1994) was a horror, suspense, and science fiction writer and screenwriter, best known for the novel Psycho. Altogether, he wrote over 220 stories collected in over two dozen collections, two dozen novels, screenplays for a dozen movies, and three Star Trek episodes. His many awards include the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards (including Lifetime Achievement), and five Bram Stoker Awards. His autobiography, Once around the Bloch, was his last major work.
Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
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