In the novel (spoiler)

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Cerridwen — 5 years ago(April 20, 2020 06:20 PM)

Violence in film really escalated shockingly quickly between the 60s and 70s. We evolved from cartoonish, rubber-knifed shower stabbings to crucifix masturbation in
The Exorcist
, revenge-based torture porn through
I Spit On Your Grave
, and head-decapitating, leg-severing, halved-man chewing monsters via
Jaws
.
Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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Cheeky — 5 years ago(April 20, 2020 09:59 PM)

I Spit On Your Grave was graphic but funny
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Platonic_Caveman — 5 years ago(April 21, 2020 07:33 AM)

Plus Hitchcock played up the shower scene for its sexuality - a wet beautiful naked woman. A decapitation would have meant too much unnecessary gore.
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MonkRabbi — 5 years ago(April 21, 2020 08:28 AM)

name of the novel?
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glynnpadraic — 5 years ago(April 21, 2020 09:24 AM)

Psycho

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glynnpadraic — 5 years ago(April 21, 2020 12:39 PM)

Alma Reville read that part of the book out in the film Hitchcock

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Quickcircle — 5 years ago(April 24, 2020 08:56 AM)

You just can't imagine that cute Anthony Perkins doing anything as gross as cutting someone's head off, can you?

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glynnpadraic — 5 years ago(April 24, 2020 10:02 AM)

His character did, though

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MissMargoChanning — 5 years ago(April 24, 2020 01:48 PM)

He was an interesting choice for the role in the film. The complete opposite of the Norman in the written story.
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glynnpadraic — 5 years ago(April 24, 2020 02:10 PM)

That's right. Norman in the novel was fat, balding and wore glasses.

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MissMargoChanning — 5 years ago(April 24, 2020 02:38 PM)

Reading the book again also made me realize that Sam wasn't as nice as he was in the movie. Sam seemed to have a bit of a roving eye in the book. It was just a subtle thing. The 90s movie also picked up on that.
What I mean, is that he didn't really seem to be as into Mary as Mary was into him.
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