His Norman Bates is a killer ... Plus, there’s the superimposed, subtle skull that overtakes his face as it fades to the film’s final image. Before Midsommar there was The Wicker Man.

Is Norman Bates really a psycho ... we can spot a brief overlay of his mother's skull on top of Norman's face. It's incredibly brief, even when slowed down, but it's just enough of a flicker ...

His sick crimes inspired numerous horror characters including Psycho’s Norman Bates - who keeps the corpse ... on the farm and Henry was later found face down, apparently dead from inhaling ...

She is the mother of one of the most depraved killers of all time, the model for Norman Bates ... A human skull bowl. Gein’s ghastly objects included human face masks and cutlery made from ...

Stark lighting makes his gaunt face ... Norman, neither is an act: they’re both really him. It’s a portrait of truly unsettling madness, played to perfection by Perkins, who never escaped ...

Pokdeex entry (Silver): "It always wears the skull of its dead mother, so no one has any idea what its hidden face looks like." Norman Bates would be proud of this perpetually guilt-ridden beast ...

Lots of stuff starting to unravel on Bates this week—including ... As the fight escalated, Sam slapped Norma in the face. Without even thinking, Norman dumped the smoothie down the drain ...

The hat-tips begin with an opening sequence on Skull Island, home of King Kong ... before mother died and Norman Bates cracked. Shots like this one, the first exterior of the Cosgrove home ...

The original moment: Handsome if twitchy Bates Motel proprietor Norman laughs while talking to ... gothic-horror reaction of villain Jack Napier to his new face, following a dunk in caustic ...