Jose Cruz

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The addiction began for me when I was very young. I was only in the second grade when I was exposed to the terrors of a masked madman causing havoc in a theater in a little film called The Phantom of the Opera (1943). From there I was hooked. The monsters of the classic Universal Horror films became close companions, and I enthusiastically replicated their gruesome adventures in home-made movies.

Hammer films, sleazy slashers, Grindhouse gems, Italian giallos, Gothic Euro horrors, silent masterpieces, spooky television, and everything in between became my passion over the years. I was the only kid who would sit out during recess just so I could read my latest book in the "Goosebumps" series. Yeah, that bad. I'm not completely obsessed. Other passions include writing short fiction, theater acting and watching, singing badly in Rock Band so nobody will judge me, literature and film analysis, comic books, cheesy 90's club music, and other forms of geekery.

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Cold Reads: Psycho by Robert Bloch

Psycho by Robert Bloch
Submitted by Jose Cruz on Mon, 2010-03-01 15:11

When Classic-Horror.com returns from its hiatus in May, we'll be featuring a number of regular columns tracking different aspects of the horror genre. Here's a preview of one such column, Jose Cruz's study of horror in literature, Cold Reads. 

"Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him." And so begins this timeless tale, a story that is guaranteed to send a few jolts of nervousness through your veins as well. Overshadowed by its celluloid counterpart, Psycho the book has all the creeping chills of the movie along with the great privilege of having Mr. Robert Bloch to guide us through the long, dark corridors of both the Bates house and the minds of its inhabitants.(read more...)

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