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: 185. Chapters: Psycho (film), The Shining (film), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Saw 3D, Grindhouse (film), Halloween (1978 film), The Exorcist (film), Hannibal (film), Saw (film), Let Me In (film), Black Swan (film), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film), Saw III, Jaws 2, Halloween II, Alien vs. Predator (film), Sleepy Hollow (film), The Last House on the Left (2009 film), Halloween (2007 film), The Mummy (1999 film), The Brute Man, The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film), Paranormal Activity, Manos: The Hands of Fate, Red State (2011 film), The Grudge 2, The Wolfman (2010 film), Carrie (1976 film), Dawn of the Dead, Drag Me to Hell, The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film), Halloween II (2009 film), The Exorcist series. 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 prompted a re-review which was overwhelmingly positive and led to four Academy Award nominations. Psycho is now considered one of Hitchcock's best films and is highly praised as a work of cinematic art by international critics. It is often ranked among the greatest films of all time and is famous for bringing in a new level of acceptable violence and sexuality in films....