Screenplay: Robert Bloch
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Robert Bloch. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 33
Psycho
1960 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Anthony Perkins · Janet Leigh · John Gavin · Vera Miles
Synopsis Psycho (1960) follows Marion Crane, a secretary who embezzles money and flees to start a new life. Exhausted during her journey, she stops at the secluded Bates Motel, run by the enigmatic Norman Bates and his overbearing mother. As Marion...
8.4
106K votes
8.4
106K votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)
1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock · Robert Stevens · Paul Henreid · Herschel Daugherty
Cast Alfred Hitchcock · Harry Tyler · John Williams · Patricia Hitchcock
Synopsis Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1955) is a classic anthology series hosted by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock. Each episode presents a self-contained story, often blending suspense, mystery, and dark humor. Hitchcock introduces and concludes the tales with his signature wit...
7.8
6K votes
7.8
6K votes
Thriller (TV Series)
1960 · Series · 49 min. · United States
Direction Herschel Daugherty · John Brahm · Ida Lupino
Cast Boris Karloff · Richard Peel · Henry Daniell · David Frankham
Synopsis Anthology series hosted by Boris Karloff that originally told ordinary tales of crime and mystery, but later became a showcase for gothic horror stories, many of which were based on works by authors such as Cornell Woolrich, Robert Bloch and...
7.2
23 votes
7.2
23 votes
Bates Motel (TV Series)
2013 · Series · 48 min. · United States
Direction Anthony Cipriano · Tucker Gates · Ed Bianchi · Tim Southam
Cast Freddie Highmore · Vera Farmiga · Max Thieriot · Olivia Cooke
Synopsis TV Series (2013-2017). 5 Seasons. 50 Episodes. This film intends to give viewers an intimate understanding of how Norman Bates' psyche developed from his childhood through his teen years. Fans will have access to the dark, twisted backstory and learn...
7.1
6K votes
7.1
6K votes
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)
1979 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graham Evans · John Gorrie · Alan Gibson · Herbert Wise
Cast Roald Dahl · John Houseman · Andrew Ray · Joan Collins
Synopsis TV Series (1979-1988). 9 seasons. 112 episodes. A British anthology of mystery, suspense, horror and black comedy, highlighted by plot twists and surprise endings (in the early seasons, all by Roald Dahl), with lots of prestigious guest stars starring in...
6.8
49 votes
6.8
49 votes
El muñeco (Historias para no dormir) (TV)
1966 · Movie · 53 min. · Spain
Direction Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Cast Narciso Ibáñez Menta · Fernando Delgado · Teresa Hurtado · Nélida Quiroga
6.5
401 votes
6.5
401 votes
Strait-Jacket
1964 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction William Castle
Cast Joan Crawford · Diane Baker · Leif Erickson · Howard St. John
Synopsis Lucy Harbin has been in an asylum for 20 years after axing her husband and his mistress during a crime of passion, witnessed by her young daughter, Carol. While trying to renew ties with Carol, who is now a young...
6.5
716 votes
6.5
716 votes
Star Trek (TV Series)
1966 · Series · 47 min. · United States
Direction Gene Roddenberry · Marc Daniels · Joseph Pevney · Vincent McEveety
Cast William Shatner · Leonard Nimoy · DeForest Kelley · Grace Lee Whitney
Synopsis TV Series (1966-1969). 3 Seasons. 80 Episodes. Capt. Kirk and the crew of the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise explore space and defend the United Federation of Planets. It is the 23rd century and together with the crew of the Federation starship...
6.3
16K votes
6.3
16K votes
The Cabinet of Caligari
1962 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Roger Kay
Cast Glynis Johns · Dan O'Herlihy · Richard Davalos · Lawrence Dobkin
Synopsis Jane's car breaks down and she makes her way to a nearby estate, owned by a mysterious man named Caligari...
6.1
76 votes
6.1
76 votes
The House That Dripped Blood
1971 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Duffell
Cast Peter Cushing · Denholm Elliott · Jon Pertwee · Christopher Lee
Synopsis A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house: 1) A writer encounters a strangler of his own creation, 2) Two men are obsessed with a wax figure of a woman from their past, 3) A...
6.0
408 votes
6.0
408 votes
Asylum
1972 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Roy Ward Baker
Cast Patrick Magee · Robert Powell · Geoffrey Bayldon · Barbara Parkins
Synopsis You have nothing to loose... but your mind. This top-notch British horror anthology contains four tales of madness and murder that are told to the new doctor assigned to a mental institution.
6.0
795 votes
6.0
795 votes
Tales from the Darkside (TV Series)
1984 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Frank de Palma · John Harrison · John Strysik · Theodore Gershuny
Cast Catherine Battistone · John Marzilli · Karen Shallo · Neil Kinsella
Synopsis TV Series (1984-1988). Each episode of this TV series depicts a short, strange tale...with a twist! With eerie stories vaguely reminiscent of 'The Twilight Zone,' viewers learn to appreciate that things are often not as they seem. The usual plot...
6.0
88 votes
6.0
88 votes
The Night Walker
1964 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction William Castle
Cast Robert Taylor · Barbara Stanwyck · Judi Meredith · Hayden Rorke
Synopsis A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
5.8
105 votes
5.8
105 votes
The Psychopath
1966 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Freddie Francis
Cast Patrick Wymark · Margaret Johnston · John Standing · Colin Gordon
Synopsis Four men who were involved in the investigation of a German millionaire at the end of WW II are found murdered with tiny dolls left next to their corpses.
5.8
41 votes
5.8
41 votes
Monsters (TV Series)
1988 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Ernest D. Farino · Bette Gordon · Jeffrey Wolf · Gerald Cotts
Cast John Bolger · Pamela Dean Kelly · John Saxon · Lisa Waltz
Synopsis A horror anthology show in a similar vein to Tales from the Darkside, it shared the same producer, Richard Rubenstein, and in some ways succeeded the show (which had ended the same year in which Monsters began). It differed in...
5.8
42 votes
5.8
42 votes
The Skull
1965 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Freddie Francis
Cast Peter Cushing · Christopher Lee · Patrick Wymark · Jill Bennett
Synopsis A collector of esoterica, Dr. Maitland, buys an unusual skull from his ordinary source of artifacts. The skull is what remains of marquis De Sade. Much too soon he discovers how the skull affects him: by turning him into a...
5.7
326 votes
5.7
326 votes
Torture Garden
1967 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Freddie Francis
Cast Jack Palance · Beverly Adams · Burgess Meredith · Peter Cushing
Synopsis A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to the showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. The skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding.
5.5
160 votes
5.5
160 votes
The Cat Creature (TV)
1973 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Curtis Harrington
Cast Meredith Baxter · David Hedison · Gale Sondergaard · John Carradine
Synopsis When a rich man dies, some items from a collection of his are stolen- an ancient Egyptian gold amulet and the mummy that was wearing it. The police consult scholars from the local University to help with the investigation, which...
5.2
27 votes
5.2
27 votes
The Deadly Bees
1967 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Freddie Francis
Cast Suzanna Leigh · Frank Finlay · Guy Doleman · Catherine Finn
Synopsis Trouble strikes when an exhausted pop singer, sent on a vacation to a farm, realizes that the farm's owner grows deadly bees.
4.6
21 votes
4.6
21 votes
The Return of Captain Nemo (TV)
1978 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Alex March
Cast José Ferrer · Burgess Meredith · Mel Ferrer · Horst Buchholz
Synopsis Two US Navy divers discover the Nautilus trapped underwater, with Captain Nemo in suspended animation inside for the last century. Once Nemo is revived, the government makes a deal with him to refit his ship with a few modern technologies...
4.2
37 votes
4.2
37 votes