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Lila Loomis (née Crane) is a fictional character created by American author Robert Bloch in his 1959 thriller novel Psycho; she is the sister of Norman Bates's victim Marion Crane. She is revealed as the real protagonist of the novel in the final chapters, after several false protagonists , including her sister, who gets murdered.
Psycho is a 1959 horror novel by American writer Robert Bloch. The novel tells the story of Norman Bates, a caretaker at an isolated motel who struggles under his domineering mother and becomes embroiled in a series of murders. The novel is considered Bloch's most enduring work and one of the most influential horror novels of the 20th century. [2]
Also changed is the novel's budding romance between Sam and Lila. Hitchcock preferred to focus the audience's attention on the solution to the mystery, [31] and Stefano thought such a relationship would make Sam seem cheap. [28] Instead of having Sam explain Norman's pathology to Lila, the film uses a psychiatrist. [32]
Marion was conceived by Bloch as a false protagonist, and is the sister of Psycho's true protagonist Lila Crane. Leigh's portrayal of the character is the best known, establishing the actress as one of the first scream queens and the character as culturally significant ; Leigh also won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award .
Filmmaker Tom Holland looks back on "Psycho II" on the sequel's 40th anniversary. 'Psycho II' screenwriter says making the sequel to Alfred Hitchock's horror classic was nearly a 'career-ender ...
In 1959, the novel Psycho was published. It was marketed as being loosely based on the Wisconsin serial killer and cannibal Ed Gein, after author Robert Bloch, who lived 40 miles away from Gein's farmhouse, learned of the killings shortly before finishing the novel, having independently liked the idea of somebody being able to kill people in a small community and get away with it for years ...
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Norma Bates (née Spool or Calhoun, also known simply as Mrs. Bates) is a fictional character created by American author Robert Bloch in his 1959 thriller novel Psycho.She is the deceased mother and victim of serial killer Norman Bates, who had recreated her in his mind as a murderous alternate personality.