Wega Arts Celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Robert Bloch's Psycho Saturday, October 24th at 5pm - Dinner and Hitchcock's Movie
While living in Weyauwega Robert Bloch penned the thriller, Psycho. He used various landmarks around Weyauwega and Waupaca County in the book. Hitchcock bought the rights for the movie and even though Bloch never worked on the movie script, Hitchcock did use the Waupaca area as a model for the movie sets. The 50th anniversary of the publication of the book is 2009 and WEGA ARTS plans a celebration of both the movie and the book. Bloch had heard about the Ed Gein murders and began to wonder what sort of character could commit such crimes. He dreamt up Norman Bates. The details of Gein’s crimes had not yet come out including his obsession with his mother. The Bates character turned out remarkably like Ed Gein,
"Robert Bloch wrote more than 200 stories (mostly fantasy, horror, and science fiction, but also mystery and crime), as well as 22 novels and a large number of non-fiction articles. He was also very active in Hollywood, penning a large number of teleplays and screenplays. He is best known to the general public for his novel "Psycho," which became the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same name. Bloch is regarded as one of the seminal authors of twentieth century fantastic literature, a successor to Poe and Lovecraft (by way of James M. Cain), but with a voice entirely his own." From the Unofficial website of Robert Bloch.
Wega Arts PSYCHO EVENT an Enthusiastic Success!
October 24th over 225 attendees celebrated Robert Bloch’s Psycho. In1959 while living in Weyauwega, Robert Bloch penned the thriller PSYCHO. Bloch was inspired by early stories of the Ed Gein murders 30 miles away in Plainfield. In 1960 Alfred Hitchcock released the movie based on Bloch's book. For the 50th anniversary of the publication of the book, WEGA ARTS hosted a dinner and showing
