
Psycho is a movie directed by Gus Van Sant in 1998 and based on the book of the same name by Robert Bloch, first published in 1959. The movie features Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, Robert Forster, and others.
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Storyline
Phoenix office worker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. One Friday, Marion is trusted to bank forty thousand dollars by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam’s California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into the Bates Motel.
Movie vs Book

Year
1998
Minutes
105
Movie Rate
4.60
Source: IMDb

Year
1959
Pages
208
Book Rate
8.20
S: Goodreads
Book
Psycho
Author: Robert Bloch
Country: USA
First published in: 1959
Length: 208 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Psycho
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Alfred Hitchcock
TV Series by Anthony Cipriano
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