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Total quotes: 5

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Robert Bloch

Birthname

Birthday: April 5, 1917

Death: September 23, 1994

Manner of Death: Natural Causes

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Science Fiction Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer

Total quotes: 5

“That's what's wrong with the present day horror films. There's no realism. Not like the old ones, the great ones. Frankenstein. Phantom of the Opera. Dracula—the one with Bela Lugosi of course, not this new fellow.”

— Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak"), The House That Dripped Blood

Tagged: dracula, frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera, Bela Lugosi, Realism

“Mary started to scream, and then the curtains parted further and a hand appeared, holding a butcher's knife. It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream.

And her head.”

— Robert Bloch, Psycho: A Novel

Tagged: Death, Blood, Murder

“Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.”

— Robert Bloch, Psycho: A Novel

Tagged: Friendship, Love, emotions

“I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.”

— Robert Bloch, Psycho: A Novel

Tagged: crazy, Sanity

“Horror is the removal of masks.”

— Robert Bloch, Radiant Vermin

Tagged: Horror, Why things scare us

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