Robert Bloch

Known for WritingBorn 1917-04-05Died 1994-09-23Chicago, Illinois, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. He was also known as an excellent standup speaker with a wry sense of humour. He many times remarked that he had "the heart of a little boy", quipping "I keep it in a jar on my desk." Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, usually crime fiction, science fiction and, perhaps most influentially, horror fiction (Psycho). He was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle. H. P. Lovecraft was Bloch's mentor and one of the first to seriously encourage his talent. Bloch was a contributor to pulp magazines such as Weird Tales in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter and a major contributor to science fiction fanzines and fandom in general. He was the recipient of the Hugo Award (for his story "That Hell-Bound Train"), the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He served a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America (1970) and was a member of that organisation and of Science Fiction Writers of America, the Writers' Guild, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Count Dracula Society.In 2008, The Library of America selected Bloch’s story “The Shambles of Ed Gein” for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American true crime. His favourites amongst his own novels were The Kidnapper, The Star Stalker, Psycho, Night-World and Strange Eons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Bloch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Fear in the Dark

The Mannikin

Bates Motel

The Horror of It All

Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

Psycho

Stephen King's World of Horror

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Star Trek

Night Gallery

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Ghost Story

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Tales from the Darkside

Darkroom

Monsters

Run for Your Life

Tales to Keep You Awake

Journey to the Unknown

Tales of the Unexpected

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Psycho II

Thriller

The Night Walker

How to Plan a Movie Murder

Strait-Jacket

The House That Dripped Blood

The Hunger

The Psychopath

Lock-Up

The Cabinet of Caligari

Torture Garden

The Couch

Three Dangerous Ladies

The Dead Don't Die

The Skull

Asylum

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Psycho III

The Amazing Captain Nemo

Hollywood Ghost Stories

The Cat Creature

Psycho

The Deadly Bees

El Muñeco

The Grim Reaper