Psycho
Appearance
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Psycho is slang for a person who is either psychopathic or psychotic. The term is often considered mildly offensive or derogatory.
Films
- Psycho (1960 film), directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Psycho (1998 film), a remake directed by Gus Van Sant
- Psycho II, a 1983 sequel to the first film (unrelated to the novel Psycho II)
- Psycho III, a 1986 sequel to the first film
- Psycho IV: The Beginning, a 1990 prequel to the first film
Novels
- Psycho (novel), a 1959 novel by Robert Bloch
- Psycho II (novel), a 1982 novel by Bloch
- Psycho Barlas Karahocaoglu (novel), a 1991 novel by Sedef Işım
- Psycho House
Music
- "Psycho", a song by country and western songwriter Leon Payne, covered by Elvis Costello and released as a bonus track on the CD ''Almost Blue''. This is a tongue-in-cheek storyline song loosely based on the Norman Bates character.
- "Psycho (song)", a song by Puddle of Mudd from their album Famous
- "Psycho", a song by System of a Down from the album Toxicity
- "Psycho", a 1965 song by The Sonics
- "Psycho", a song by Infected Mushroom from The Gathering
- Psycho, an album by Element of Crime
- Psycho Killer, a song by Talking Heads
- Baltimore Psychobilly - Internet radio show featuring psychobilly music
Others
- Psycho, a horror comic magazine from Skywald Publications
- Psycho, an automaton invented and displayed on stage by the Victorian illusionist John Nevil Maskelyne
- Psycho (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
See also
- A view into the mind of a sociopath
- Stuart Pearce, an English football player and manager nicknamed "Psycho"
- Steve Lyons (baseball), a utility baseball player nicknamed "Psycho"