I had never read the book that inspired the cult for its famous Hitchcock thriller of the same name. Recall the story: Robert Bloch, who, despite his name, is American, was inspired by a true real. Norman Bates, a fragile boy, overwhelmed by the personality of his mother, holding a seedy motel on a road that no longer sees one pass since a deviation was built. One evening, a young woman from the city, Mary, tired of his boss and his sad life, ran away, taking the 40,000 dollars it would take to the bank. Part regain her fiancé, she stops for the night (and for his misfortune) in the Bates motel. The owner seems to him well a bit special but not bad guy, and exhausted by eighteen hours away, she takes a room. While she is in the shower, it is pierced by a blade. From there everything is blurred. Who killed Mary Norman or mother? Or both? Or Norman haunted by the ghost of his mother already dead ... The nightmare continues when Norman gets rid of dead by drowning them in the mud of the swamp. This book is a horror story than a thriller. It will leave a bitter taste in the mouth especially as the preface is careful to say that the story is inspired by a true story. Besides, the Hitchcock movie is a tale for sensitive enfants.Âmes abstain. The book and the film have also inspired a remarkable series Bates Motel with Freddie Highmore, who is in his second season (3rd and final is in progress).
