Horrific genius: How Alfred Hitchcock impacted the horror genre, on the 125th anniversary of his birth

Before Ghostface, Leatherface, Michael Myers, Pennywise or Chucky took knife in hand, we had Norman Bates. He was the original slasher — the deadly inspiration for a slate of horror films in decades since — and a character brought to life on the big screen by director Alfred Hitchcock. Read More