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Psycho Thrillers: Cinematic Explorations of the Mysteries of the Mind

Psycho Thrillers: Cinematic Explorations of the Mysteries of the Mind

Indick, William

Paperback

Film Studies

ISBN10: 0786423714
ISBN13: 9780786423712
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Mar 10 2006
Pages: 195
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.92 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Mind control, madness and altered states of reality can make for exciting nights at the movies--which explains the enduring popularity of a film genre that might be called the psycho thriller. Psychiatry and film came of age simultaneously, and characters such as the evil psychiatrist and the pathological killer were often developed in direct reference to the psychological themes that inspired them. For example, the penchants of Hitchcock's famously creepy Norman Bates represented real psychological disorders, and his actions were explained through psychoanalysis. The psycho thriller presents a world where psychology represents a dimension of supernatural and metaphysical wonders.

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