Is Norman Bates Filmdom's Most Notorious Closet Case?????????????????????????????

                                    Alfred Hitchcock made a smart decision in casting good looking Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates.  Serial killers hide in plain sight, and if Norman were to venture in public among a crowd, heads might turn, but no one would suspect this young man to be a serial killer.

                                     Those having seen "Psycho" know Norman is a serial killer, because, while he is seen murdering Marion (Janet Leigh) and Pendergast (Martin Balsam) it is revealed he has killed other girls and tossed their bodies into the swamp, which is a landkill.

                                          But I am here to write about Norman as a closet case.  From my experience, I have found them to be the most dangerous gays alive. Now, Norman was raised in isolation with his mother, Norma.  That does not necessarily make one homosexual, but she instilled in him a hatred for other women, and if he found himself attracted, well, after her death, we know what happened.

                                           And how about that bedroom, with the messy bed, teddy bears, dolls and other antiquities?  This is the bedroom of a deranged child, and one can only guess what Norman fantasizes about when in bed.

                                               Norman has never had a sexual experience in his life.  Now, take a good look when he and Sam Loomis (John Gavin) are chatting at the hotel front desk, while Lila (Vera Miles) goes on to search the house.  As Loomis talks to Norman, he becomes more and more nervous, and Perkins as an actor does this thing with his one hand where he is continually tapping the hotel desk while he talks, almost as if he was doing this unconsciously.  I maintain his suppressed homosexuality is looming, because, I mean, John Gavin, hubba hubba!  And the idea of he and Perkins, hubba hubba.

                                                  I think this scene shows Norman nursing and trying to fight off a hidden attraction to men.  This ends when he realizes Lila is gone, and cleverly figures out where, and knocks Gavin out to look for her.

                                                    The next time you watch "Psycho," darlings, pay close attention to this scene.  Not only does it reveal Norman as a closet case, but I maintain it demonstrates that if Norman was not caught and institutionalized he, as "Mother," would not only go on to kill  more young girls, or, if that supply should run out, then attractive young men would suddenly vanish.

                                                        Yes, Norman is a closet case.  And if I had been that fly at the end, I would have gotten off that hand fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!