Ron Clinton wrote:
> Doug wrote:
> > I've never been a fan of Robert Bloch's work,
and I've
> > long thought that the acclaim he enjoyed was
mainly
> > due to Hitchcock's PSYCHO, a far better work of
art
> > than the original book.
> I'd sure have to disagree on both points. While
Hitchcock's movie had a
> fine visual style and it certainly more memorable
because of it, it didn't
> capture the sociopathic menace of the character the
way the book did. The
> book of course was based on real killer Ed Gein and
I think captured the
> true spirit of the evil mind more than the film,
which - while an admirable
> effort - seemed at times almost cartoonish and
two-dimensional.
I'd like to agree with Doug. Bloch's "Psycho" was at the time
I read it a rather flat and not very exciting book. Haven't
read it again, though, so my opinion is not very fresh one.
The same goes for "The Scarf". But I very much liked his
short stories at least in "Horror-7".
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi
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