The inception: Stephen Rebello, From Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho -- Early reception: Bosley Crowther, Hitchcock's 'Psycho' bows at 2 Houses ; Psycho entry for "ten best films" -- The building of a reputation: Jean Douchet, Hitch and his audience ; Robin Wood, Psycho ; Raymond Durgnat, Psycho -- Psycho's music: Royal S. Brown, Herrmann, Hitchcock, and the music of the irrational -- Psycho and the gaze: George Toles, "If thine eye offend thee ...": Psycho and the art of infection -- Psychoanalytical approaches: Robert Samuels, Epilogue: Psycho and the horror of the bi-textual unconscious -- Gender, reception, and the postmodern: Linda Williams, Discipline and fun: Psycho and postmodern cinema -- The man who knew more than too much: Robert Kolker, The form, structure, and influence of Psycho.