Psycho

The classic chiller that inspired the spine-tingling Alfred Hitchcock film.

Everyone was scared to death when they saw the movie Psycho.

But before the film was even a glint in Alfred Hitchcock's eye, award-winning author Robert Bloch put real fear into the minds of readers with his unforgettable portrait of a very polite young man who proves that evil lurks just beneath a smile.

When the Bates Motel loomed up out of the storm, Mary Craine thought it was her salvation.

The rooms were musty but clean and the manager Norman Bates seemed like a nice enough fellow, if a little strange...Then Mary met Norman's mother - and the butcher knife.

The nightmare had just begun...