This one of the scenes that is very Ed Gein-like in nature,
with Norman dressing up as a woman like the serial killer Ed Gein did due to
his schizophrenia. Norman in this scene plays the role of psycho killer and is
revealed to be the villain behind the whole film. Lila is also in front of
Norman playing the role of the final girl. She also fits the stereotype of the
final girl as she is not blonde and tries to get things done herself. Sam, who
bursts in after plays the archetypal role of the male hero who saves Lila from
Norman. In Janet Steigers ‘Interpreting Films’ she talks about different
audience members reacting in different ways to films, a concept known as Polysemy. The audience in 1960 would have reacted much more strongly than an
audience today due to the much more recent Ed Gein murders, which happened in
1957.
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