B is for BATES

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B is for BATES.

Norman Bates, played by the late-great Anthony Perkins, is one of the definitive movie villains. The awkward, friendly motel owner with a penchant for taxidermy (and a few um, wild urges?) inspired a generation to stay away from the shower. Even if you've never seen Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, you ALL know that infamous scene...

chee chee chee chee chee chee
SCREAM!
STAB!
SCREAM!
STAB!
chee chee chee chee
a dugaa-duuuun, a dugaa-duuuuuuuunnn
swirly-in-the-drain

(The fact that the blood was chocolate sauce or something is entirely beside the point. Still CREEPEH. )


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