Screenplay: Robert Bloch

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Robert Bloch. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


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

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

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

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