After the scene where Norman has a conversation over a late supper with Marion, she decides to return the money. However Mother intervenes, leaving a bloody mess for Norman to clean up. After he s scrubbed down the bathroom, the dutiful son places the corpse in the trunk of Marion s rented car and sinks all the evidence in a nearby swamp. Alfred Hitchcock s suspense thriller was inspired by the life of the demented, cannibalistic Wisconsin killer Ed Gein . Psycho s importance to the horror genre cannot be overestimated.
Psycho borrows and incorporates different aspects or crime fiction.
The character of Norman Bates is inspired by a real life serial killer and through his character the movie explores the psychology of the mind and the role of mother-son relationships. The murder of Marion is unmotivated, where we loose the story line of the stolen money. Hitchcock s Psycho has many twists to it, and the final twist, through a psychiatrists account leaves us stunned to find Norman behind the murders, driven by his deceased mother of ten years who lived in his head, eventually taking over his mind.