Psycho House

Psycho House
First hardcover edition
Author	Robert Bloch
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Suspense
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	1990
Media type	Hardcover & paperback
ISBN	0-312-93217-0
OCLC	20391667
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Class	PS3503.L718 P75 1990
Preceded by	Psycho II

Psycho House (sometimes referred to as Psycho House: Psycho III) is a 1990 novel that Robert Bloch^[1] wrote as a sequel to his 1959 novel Psycho and 1982 novel Psycho II.^[2]

The novel is not related to the 1986 film Psycho III or the 1990 film Psycho IV: The Beginning. However, it may have been inspired by the telefilm Bates Motel.

Plot summary

Ten years after Norman Bates' death, a local entrepreneur has rebuilt the Bates Motel in Fairvale as a tourist attraction. Amy Haines travels to the infamous "Psycho House" to write a book about Bates when mysterious murders begin to occur. Haines faces resistance from the community when she enlists the help of a group to investigate the murders.

Review

Bloch's latest horror story is a disappointing effort, despite his attempt to exploit the character of Norman Bates of Psycho fame. Having decided to write a book about Bates, Amy Haines travels to Fairvale for material. She arrives in the wake of a young girl's knife-murder at the "Psycho House," a tourist trap re-creation of both the infamous Bates Motel and "mother's house." ... Though Bloch provides all the elements of a horror story, they fail to coalesce into a truly frightening yarn.

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—Publishers Weekly

References

↑ "Psycho House (Psycho #3) by Robert Bloch". goodreads.com. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
↑ J/Metro (August 31, 2011). "Psycho House by Robert Bloch". Midnite Media. midnitemedia.blogspot.ru. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
↑ "Psycho House by Robert Bloch, Author". Publishers Weekly. publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

External links

Psycho House & Bates Motel Timeline

Robert Bloch

Novels	Psycho American Gothic Psycho II Night of the Ripper Psycho House

Short story collections	The Opener of the Way Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares The Early Fears Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Short stories	"That Hell-Bound Train" "The Shambler from the Stars" "A Toy for Juliette"

Screenplays	The Cabinet of Caligari Strait-Jacket The Night Walker The Skull The Psychopath Torture Garden The Deadly Bees The House That Dripped Blood Asylum

Teleplays	"What Are Little Girls Made Of?" "Wolf in the Fold" "Catspaw" "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" The Dead Don't Die The Return of Captain Nemo

Adaptations	Psycho (1960) Psycho (1998) Bates Motel

Anthologies edited	Robert Bloch's Psychos

Related Articles	De Vermis Mysteriis "Out of the Aeons" The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World Robert Harrison Blake Star vampire

Psycho

Novels

Psycho (1959)
Psycho II (1982)
Psycho House (1990)

Films

Psycho (1960)
Psycho II (1983)
Psycho III (1986)
Psycho (1998)

Television

Films	Bates Motel (1987) Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)

Series	Bates Motel (2013–present)

Characters

Miscellaneous

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
Hitchcock (2012)
Robert Bloch's Psychos
The Psycho Legacy (2010)
"The Murder"
Psycho: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture

Psycho

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