Biography
Robert Bloch penned of dozens of suspenseful mysteries, sci-fi novels and scores of short stories. In the early 1960s, after his best-selling book
Psycho was adapted into Hitchcock's film, Bloch himself became a screenwriter of mystery, suspense, and horror movies, including such chillers as
Strait Jacket (1964),
The Skull (1965) and
The House That Dripped Blood (1971). Bloch has also penned many television scripts for series such as
Boris Karloff's
Thriller. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide