PSYCHO, Alfred Hitchcock

Horror stories

Thriller

Thrilling = exciting

Fear (n) / (v)

Fear-provoking elements

Thunder, a clap of thunder, a storm (tempest)

Moonlight

Murder = killer

Murderer = killer

The victim

Violent

Horrible = dreadful

Investigation (n)

Private Investigator (PI)

Look for = search

The culprit (n)

Evidence = proof

Clues (fingerprints, footprints, blood)

Fright (n) = scare

Scare (v) = frighten

Be scared = frightened

Afraid (adj) ¹ unafraid

Scary (adj) = frightening

Horrifying = terrifying

Worry (v) / worrying (adj) / be worried

It gives you the creeps

Creepy (adj)

Eerie

Sinister

Dark (n/adj) / darkness (n)

A freak

The living dead

The location

Movie maker, director

A motel

Quiet

Little

Isolated

Scene of the crime/crime scene

House

Stairs

Old

Empty

Bedroom

Wardrobe

The manager

Manage (v) (a hotel)

The office

The parlour

Hideaway = hiding place

Cabin

Vacancy (n)

The bathroom

Tidy up

Tidy ¹ untidy

The shower / take a shower / the shower curtain

Taxidermy

Hobby

A pastime

Uncommon = strange

Thread, sawdust, needles

Chemicals

Cheap ¹ expensive

Stuff (v)

Night birds

Predatory

Crow

Owl

Eagle

Beast

Chimps (chimpanzees)

Trap (v) / be trapped

Fall into a trap

Norman

Nice = gentle, kind

Prepare = fix (dinner)

Uncomfortable = ill-at-ease

Stammer (v)

Compare (with/to)

Eat like a bird

Passive

Weak ¹ strong

Rape (n) / rapist (n)

Morbid world

Solitary (adj) / solitude

Lonely (adj)

Look after = take care of

Split personality

Angry = furious, mad

Reproachful (look)

Lunatic asylum = mental hospital

Grave (n) = tomb

Cold

Damp = humid

Dominated

Marion

Long drive

Park (v)

Young woman

Steal (v) / A thief = robber

Hide (v)

Unpack (v)

Apologize (for doing)

Tired = exhausted

Undress (v)

Be stabbed to death

Knife

Norman’s mother

Widow (n) / be widowed

Raise (v)

By herself

Lover

Die (v) / death (n) / be dead

Loss (n) / lose (v)

Trauma (n) / traumatic (adj)

Authoritarian

Shout (at)

Illness = disease

Ill = sick

Harmless

Mentally ill

Compound Ajectives

Harmless-looking

Sinister-looking

Strange-looking

Ordinary-looking

Good-looking

Hard-working

Beautifully-preserved

Well-known

Star-shaped

Pale-faced

Bad-tempered

Blue-eyed

Dark-blue

Verbs

Talk sb into doing = convince, persuade

Talk sb out of sth = dissuade

Menace sb into doing

Creep in ¹ creep out

Run in ¹ run out

Walk in ¹ walk out