Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 206. Chapters: Psycho (film), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Don't Look Now, Grindhouse (film), Halloween (1978 film), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film), Zodiac (film), Hannibal (film), Manhunter (film), The Lovely Bones (film), Scream 2, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film), Dirty Harry, Halloween II, Hot Fuzz, The Last House on the Left (2009 film), Tenebrae (film), Nightbreed, Natural Born Killers, Seven (film), American Psycho (film), The Strangers, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The Silence of the Lambs (film), Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, The Exorcist III, M (1931 film), The Hitcher (1986 film), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Death Proof, Psycho II (film), Red Dragon (film), Cruising (film), Wolf Creek (film), The Hills Have Eyes (2006 film), The Last House on the Left (1972 film), Orphan (film), Disturbia (film), The Devil's Rejects, Magnum Force, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Peeping Tom (film), The Unjust, Twitch of the Death Nerve, Urban Legend (film). Excerpt: Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Janet Leigh. The screenplay by Joseph Stefano is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The novel was loosely inspired by the crimes of Wisconsin murderer and grave robber Ed Gein, who lived just 40 miles from Bloch. The film depicts the encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane (Leigh), who goes to a secluded motel after embezzling money from her employer, and the motel's disturbed owner and manager, Norman Bates (Perkins), and the aftermath of their encounter. Psycho initially received mixed reviews, but outstanding box office returns...