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Psycho-Somatic

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How Sam in ‘Psycho’ melted mine and Marion's minds

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Jan 04, 2024
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I decided to post this essay from Jan 2020 on my Subby after watching Saltburn last week - another homme fatale movie, and a surprisingly good one. Even if you haven’t seen it, you’ve probably heard about the plughole-rimming scene. And if you have seen it, you may have realised the plughole is also a bit… Psycho. (Which is 64 years old this year.)

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