Who Is Norman?"Who is Norman?" is a tricky question to answer because Norman Bates' personality is split in two. He has an alter ego. He's like Clark Kent/Superman. Except instead of a mild mannere...

Like Norman, our gal Marion seems to be split between the Dark Side and the Light Side of the Force. She's a good girl gone bad. She's a bad girl with a heart of gold. Like the color palette of Psy...

Not MarionThere's not a whole lot to Lila… except that she's not Marion. (In Psycho, being "not Marion" is a good thing.)Marion's an interesting character. She's got depths. She seems professiona...

Our Hero, ArbogastMilton Arbogast is less a character than a way to fake-out the audience for the second time.Detective Arbogast is a private investigator hired by Cassidy and/or Lowery (it's never...

Richman is the psychiatrist who explains the twisted inner workings of Norman Bates' mind at the end of the film. He's the voice of reason; he explains the seemingly random and perverse events of t...

For a main character, Sam Loomis is surprisingly… absent. He just isn't given a whole lot to do onscreen.But Sam's the trigger for the plot; he's in debt in part because of his ex-wife, and as a...

California Charlie (John Anderson)The chipper used car dealer is all hearty enthusiasm, which of course only freaks Marion out more. His sunny, above-board extroversion contrasts sharply with Norma...