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Title: Psycho by Robert Bloch, Kevin McCarthy ISBN: 0-88646-492-7 Publisher: DH Audio Pub. Date: 01 November, 1986 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (41 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Just another opinion
Comment: Some people say the movie was better, some people say the book was better. I'd say in terms of quality, they're about equal. The book is a bit different (for example Norman being a fat sweaty nervous guy and not a tall, thin, nervous guy). There is a little less about Mary in the novel, but I think there is more about Sam and Mary's sister. Unfortunately, as I was born long after Psycho become engrained in our culture, the end didn't surprise me, or really even disturb me, though I liked the way it was presented in the book more than the movie. It's a good, quick read if that's what your looking for, but I admit that watching the movie gives you the same disturbed feeling.
Rating: 5
Summary: Probably more like 4 and 1/2
Comment: Yes we all know that the book is not the same as the movie, yes Alfred Hitchcock was a wonderful and masterful director, and no the book isn't better then the movie. Admittedly so I did see the movie dozens of times before reading the book, and yes I think the book is great but the only reason why it is not better is because it does move a bit fast, if you ask me the best story would be a combo of both movie and the book, because the movie had such wonderful memorable lines where the book was more of a narrative, but the in depth look into the psyche of the psycho is portrayed so much better in the book, all in all both are wonderful and the book is a must read.
On one final note when they did the remake I was so upset that they remade the movie word for word that was ludicrous they should have made the remake a combination of the movie and the book throwing in all the missing pieces the book brings in, and still keeping all of the extra's that the movie added
Rating: 4
Summary: Bates is open for buissness
Comment: This was an interesting piece of late 50s pulp fiction that is not bad, and ordinarily would not have been really remarkable, except it was the basis for one of the greatest horror movies of all time. I know what you are thinking; but this is Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho"! Well, no it isn't. It is Robert Bloch's novel. The plot is the same as the movie; Marian Crane steals money from her boss, and runs away to be with her boyfriend. She ends up in a small rundown motel run by shy but odd Norman Bates (who is described as fat with glasses here). Well, the rest is history. The book is a little different in the level of violence that was in the book that was missing in the movie, and I thought that was pretty cool. The problem is that almost everyone in the world has seen the movie, so the end is kind of ruined. But it dose offer a little more insight into Norman; he likes books on voodo and hypnotism, as well as adult magazeens. He is a lot less sympathetic here than he was in the movie, but that is ok. It is a fast read, and it offers a little more insight into the movie.
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Title:Psycho - Collector's Edition ASIN: 0783225849 Publisher: Universal Studios Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $16.38 |
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Title: Psycho II by Robert Bloch ISBN: 0743474724 Publisher: Ibooks Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello ISBN: 0312207859 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS by Jack Finney ISBN: 0684852586 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 06 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title:Psycho ASIN: B00000IQVC Publisher: Universal Studios Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.48 |
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