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Tag Archives: Pulp Fiction
Psycho: Robert Bloch’s Modest Masterpiece
Author Robert Bloch (1917-1994) wrote, over the course of more than five decades, novels, stories, essays, and scripts for film and television. Best known for his novel Psycho, which was adapted into a feature film by director Alfred Hitchcock in … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, Author Profiles, Film History, Horror Literature, Literary History, Uncategorized
Tagged 1960s films, Alfred Hitchcock, American Heritage Center, Book contracts, Book translations, Ed Gein, Film rights, Halloween, Horror authors, Horror fiction, Horror novels, Literary adaptations, Literary archives, Lon Chaney, Milwaukee writers, Psycho, Pulp Fiction, Robert Bloch, Shamley Productions, Weird Tales
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Robert Bloch: From Pulp to Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho is based on a novel by Robert Bloch. It is the story of Norman Bates, a lonely motel caretaker who is seething with psychotic rage due to his mother’s domination. Robert Bloch was an author of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Authors and literature, found in the archive, motion picture history, Pop Culture, popular culture, science fiction, Screenwriting, Uncategorized, writers and poets
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, book to film adaptations, Classic Films, Ed Gein, Film Adaptations, Horror Literature, Norman Bates, popular culture, Psycho, Psychological Thriller, Pulp Fiction, Robert Bloch
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