Crically analysing how Norman Bates is represented as the socio-cultural “Other” in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960). In this essay I will be analysing Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), discussing how the character of Norman Bates can be considered as ‘Othered’ through the cultural fears and anxiees held by society at the me of the film’s release. I will also be looking at the impact of the film itself on society and how cinema can be the cause of a moral panic. Film theorist Stephen Greenbla tells us of literature’s relaonship to culture; suggesng that works of ficon have a certain “resonance” with elements in culture at the me (Greenbla, 1982: 3-6). While an influenal horror film, such as Hitchcock’s Pyscho, may not necessarily create socio-cultural anxiees, elements within the film itself can resonate with trends inside the broader philosophy experienced by the current society. Shock and anxiety is caused, not only through the introducon of a new and unfamiliar monster, but also through a systemac violaon of rules. Theorist James Ursini tells us: “Horror is based on recognising, in the unfamiliar, something familiar” (Ursini, 2000: 5), which is to say that we all have an inherent fear within us of the ‘Other’ and the unknown. By drawing on and projecng our anxiees, horror films can be a vitally important tool in regards to the broader cultural polics of their day. Considering the concept as a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ideology it can we imagined that we, as a society, are Dr. Jeykll as we are in control, we have power and knowledge. While the Mr. Hyde of the situaon is the absolute epitome of “Othering” as he is everything that Dr. Jekyll has supressed within himself, all the evil and aggression that we have been taught, by ‘normal’ societal expectaons, to keep hidden away.