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Throughout the film we are shown all the little details that help in developing the plot. The house in which Norman lives is scary and all the things that are placed in it are scarier. As audience we feel a … Continue reading →

Due to the dissociative personality disorder, Norman is still entrapped in his childhood. This rare disorder develops due to the abuse he dealt with as a child; therefore, he still has an identity of a child. Throughout the film, he … Continue reading →

Norman Bates is isolated from the outside world and occasionally comes across guests at his motel. The rooms in his motel are usually vacant as he states, “we have 12 cabins and 12 vacancies.” When Marion asks him if he … Continue reading →

Norman Bates is portrayed as a psychopath who has emotional disability which developed from the abuse that he had to bear for a long time. This disability turns him into a violent criminal who commits one murder after another. In … Continue reading →

Gus Van Sant’s movie Psycho (1998) is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Psycho (1960). Both are based on Bloch’s novel about a true story of a serial killer. The plot revolves around Norman Bates’s life who was abused by … Continue reading →

Vivian kills Andre as he fooled them and betrayed her sister, Dorothy. When Vivian sees Andre kissing Renee, she gets infuriated. While Andre is busy performing his sharpshooter act, Vivian grabs the opportunity to end Andre’s life. She shoots Andre … Continue reading →

It is quite evident that the Siamese twins—Dorothy and Vivian—are not asexual. They have sexuality like any another woman. When they are getting ready for a date with Andre, Dorothy says that she should go shopping as she is now … Continue reading →

In Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932) and Harry L. Fraser’s Chained for Life (1951), we see the “abled-bodies” planning and plotting against the “disabled bodies” for the most part. It is only later that the characters with disability take upon themselves … Continue reading →

In the first half of the movie, when Vivian and Dorothy’s manager, Hinckley diplomatically persuades the conjoined twins for the publicity stunt, it shows how the “abled bodies” of McKenzie and Hinckley exploits the “disabled bodies” of the Hamilton sisters … Continue reading →

Chained for Life is a movie based on the life of Siamese twin sisters—Dorothy (Daisy) and Vivian (Violet) Hamilton who are into show business. The movie directed by Harry L. Fraser, depicts to some extent the exploitation that the sisters’ … Continue reading →