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Blow Out (1981) | Brian De Palma
John Travolta stars as Jack Terry, a sound effects engineer for cheapie horror exploitation flicks. When a producer deems the victim's screams and wind effects used in their slasher film as substandar
Dressed to Kill (1980) | Brian De Palma
Angie Dickinson stars as Kate Miller, a housewife so unsatisfied sexually that she often finds herself having vivid and wild sexual fantasies, with violent overtones. She has been seeing a psychiatri
Bates Motel (1987) | Richard Rothstein
The events of 1987's Bates Motel take place 27 years after schizophrenic serial killer Norman Bates is arrested and found guilty by reason of insanity for his crimes. While in the institution, Norman
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) | Mick Garris
Psycho IV: The Beginningis the fourth and final film in Universal'sPsychofranchise, and the last to portray Anthony Perkins in his most famous of roles. It's the first of the series not to be rele
Psycho III (1986) | Anthony Perkins
The events ofPsycho IIItake place not long afterPsycho II, as Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), still the sole caretaker of the Bates Motel, ends up hiring a temporary new assistant in the wily rogue
Psycho II (1983) | Richard Franklin
Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) finally gets his release from a California mental institution after he is found guilty by reason of insanity for the heinous murders he committed over 22 years prior. Li
Psycho (1960) | Alfred Hitchcock
Janet Leigh starts off the film as Marion Crane, a clerk in a real estate office engaged in a romantic fling with Sam Loomis (John Gavin), the manager of a hardware store in Phoenix, Arizona. When sh
Motel Hell (1980) | Kevin Connor
Motel Hellfollows the exploits of Farmer Vincent Smith (Rory Calhoun), who has three basic jobs: farmer, motel owner, and purveyor of the best straight-from-the-farm smoked meat products sold in the
The Shining (1980) | Stanley Kubrick
A dysfunctional family is hired as the caretakers for an empty, isolated Rocky Mountain hotel, the Overlook, during the snowy season. Young Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd) is gifted with ESP, his father
The Changeling (1980) | Peter Medak
The Changeling concerns an esteemed New York pianist/composer named John Russell (George C. Scott) who accepts a lectureship position in Seattle for solitude and restoration following the deaths of hi