Literary draft of the most iconic horror film of all time
Mary Crane feels like her life is slipping through her fingers - until she finds herself holding a substantial sum of money with which to help her loved one and make a fresh start. However, a storm and fatigue catch up with her on the run with the money. She is rescued from her wanderings by a lonely motel run by Norman Bates, a shy, seemingly harmless, bespectacled fat man who lives with his sick mother in an old house nearby. But this is not a story of dreams come true, but a nightmare...
Robert Bloch
He was born in Chicago but grew up and studied in Maywood and at the University of Milwaukee. At the age of seventeen, he sold his first short story to Weird Tales magazine. His debut novel was The Scarf (1947), in which, as in his most famous work, he described the mindset of a psychopath whose hobby is murdering women. His fame came with the film adaptation of the thriller Psycho (1959), directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins, which earned the writer a screenwriting job in Hollywood. During his lifetime he wrote over 400 short stories, 20 novels and several dozen screenplays, some of which he developed into novel form. He is also known for his fantasy and horror prose (he received the Hugo Award for his short story "Train to Hell" in 1959). With his novel Strange Eons (1978), he was also one of Lovecraft's successors.
Kajetan Pisarovic
After studying at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava, he worked and still works on many stages throughout the country, e.g. at the Petr Bezruč Theatre, Těšín Theatre, Komedia Theatre, Theatre on the Balustrade, Minor Theatre and Švand Theatre, among others. Currently he performs in the performances of the ensemble Venuše in Švehlovka and in the Drama Studio Ústí nad Labem. He appeared on television in the films Jan Hus and The Last Sacrifice, as well as in the TV series Novaks, Insurance of Happiness, Up to Your Ears and The Waste Land. He often collaborates with radio.
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