Psycho (franchise)

Edward Theodore Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety in 1957 after authorities discovered that he stole corpses from local graveyards and fashioned keepsakes from their bones and skin. He also confessed to killing two women: tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.

novel by Robert Bloch (1959)

novel by Robert Bloch (1990)

1993 film by Douglas Gordon

novel by Robert Bloch (1982)

78/52 is a 2017 American documentary film written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe. Its an analysis of the shower scene in the 1960 horror film Psycho. 78/52 received positive reviews from critics.

American horror franchise