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(From the [publisher][1]) The nightmare continues . . . 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. ([Wikipedia][2]) Psycho II is a 1982 novel that Robert Bloch wrote as a sequel to his 1959 novel Psycho. The novel was completed before the screenplay was written for the unrelated 1983 film Psycho II. According to Bloch, Universal Pictures loathed the novel, which was intended to critique Hollywood splatter films. A different story was created for the film and Bloch was not invited to any screenings. Universal suggested that Bloch abandon his novel, which he declined and released anyway to good sales. [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Psycho-II-Trilogy-Book/dp/1433257181 [2]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_II_(novel)
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Norman Bates (Fictitious character)FictionpsychosequelsFiction, horrorBates, norman (fictitious character), fiction
About the author
Robert Bloch
5 April 1917 – 23 September 1994
**Robert Albert Bloch** was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of German-Jewish Americans. During the 1930s, he was an avid reader of Weird Tales magazine and H. P. Lovecraft in particular. He wrote to Lovecraft, who responded with advice on writing, and Bloch sold his first published short story, "The Feast in the Abbey" to Weird Tales when he was just seventeen. He continued to write for Weird Tales and went on to become one of its most popular authors, while also contributing to other magazines. In 1946, his first published novel, The Scarf, was released. He received the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1959 for “That Hell-Bound Train” (1958). Also in 1959, he published one of his best-…
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