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S04 E21 Psycho Killers


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psycho killers in film and television**, specifically psychological thrillers. “police procedural horror films” .



### Film Discussions


* **_Frailty_** (2001), Paxton’s convincing and “subdued” performance as a serial killer with a “caring fatherly quality”


* **_Psycho_** (1960), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is a classic film the hosts discuss in detail. Perkins’s performance as Norman Bates, praising his ability to be both likable and disturbing.


* **_Copycat_** (1995), starring Sigourney Weaver, is a film about a criminal psychiatrist who becomes homebound due to agoraphobia and PTSD after being attacked by a serial killer.


The hosts mention several other films in passing, such as **_American Psycho_**, **_Happy Death Day_**, and **_Switchback_**, as examples of good psycho killer films.

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