'I Won’t Have You Bringing Some Young Girl In For Supper!'
Norma Bates
Do you ever wonder about your last time? Your last day, your last shower, your last time having sex. Most of us, below the age of 80, don't necessarily think anything is our last, but for some of us, it is. Marion Crane never thought her last shower would be the final rinse, but as we all know, that's exactly what it ended up being.
One of the reasons Marian's murder was so shocking went beyond just the brutality of the murder itself. The blood and mystery murderer was horrific enough, but the real horror came from her hope. Most run of the mill slasher movies don't really go too far into the victim's life, but in Psycho, we learn everything we need to know to make Marion's slaughter harder than most movie killings to take.
For the first forty-five minutes of Alfred Hitchcock's film, we learn about Marion's life, about her job, her lover and her hope for the future. We know she's so passionate about being with Sam she takes an enormous risk to secure their future together. She's frantic, she desperate, she's deeply in love and lust. This builds so a climatic crescendo making the shower scene as iconic as it's become.
In this shower scene our Marion is Adrian, who experiences the desperation when he begins to understand that this rinse off will become his last. Adrian senses something's up as soon as he turns on the water and steps into the shower.
A few minutes into his shower, Adrian see's a shadowy hand in the reflection of the glass, turns around just in time to see the blade begin to slice his skin. It goes in so smoothly there's no blood right away, but it comes, it gushes out as quickly as the realization of the horror that is happening quickly overtakes him.
As soon as I saw this series from Studio1x I knew I wanted to use it for my salute to Psycho. The concept as well as Adrian's movements and poses are exactly as Marion was depicted on the 1998 poster art for the film.
If 'Adrian' looks familiar, I'm guessing you took a close look and noticed his long penis and it's beautifully distinctive curve. I'll keep it a bit of a mystery, but if you check out my previous pieces featuring the work of Studio1x, the puzzle isn't really that difficult to solve and put together. Special thanks to my special effects guy for assisting in bloodying poor Adrian up!
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