{"id":7842,"date":"2016-04-22T11:01:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/?p=7842"},"modified":"2016-04-22T11:01:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:01:47","slug":"review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#039;Psycho: Sanitarium&#039; by Chet Williamson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Robert-Blochs-Psycho-Chet-Williamson\/dp\/1250061059\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1461336562&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=psycho+sanitarium\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sanitarium-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"Sanitarium\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>Psycho: Sanitarium\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Chet Williamson<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Thomas Dunne Books (April 2016)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>288\u00a0pages; $19.73 hardcover; $11.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankMErrington\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Michaels Errington<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Norman Bates has been institutionalized with the deaths of four people on his hands, four murders that we know about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;ve never read Robert Bloch&#8217;s 1959 novel <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psycho<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not to worry, Chet Williamson provides an excellent synopsis to get the reader up to speed on the events which precede <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psycho: Sanitarium<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Personally, I went back and read the original work so it was fresh in my mind as I read this new volume. I&#8217;m glad I did as this gave me a feel for the writing in both books. If I didn&#8217;t know better, I could easily see how the two could have been written by the same author.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psycho Sanitarium<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> takes place at a time when Fuller Brush men still fooled around with other men&#8217;s wives. It tells the chilling tale of Norman Bates&#8217; struggle to keep his mother from taking over his mind and, just when it looks like she&#8217;s gone, a shocker, a game changer. From here, the tale goes in delightfully new directions. To say anything more would reveal too much and I certainly don&#8217;t want to spoil any of the multiple surprises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psycho: Sanitarium<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> succeeds on many levels. The depiction of life in the asylum rings true, with patients running the gamut from calm to violent, and a professional staff made up of both caring individuals and a few that should be committed themselves. The tone and pacing of the story matches up well with Robert Bloch&#8217;s original work. All of the characters are well developed, and the story features a number of delicious twists, all within the realm of possibility. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Published by St. Martin&#8217;s press, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robert Bloch&#8217;s Psycho: Sanitarium<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is available in hardcover, e-book, and audible formats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I give this new book my highest recommendation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psycho: Sanitarium\u00a0by\u00a0Chet Williamson Thomas Dunne Books (April 2016) 288\u00a0pages; $19.73 hardcover; $11.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Frank Michaels Errington Norman Bates has been institutionalized with the deaths of four people on his hands, four murders that we know about. If you&#8217;ve never read Robert Bloch&#8217;s 1959 novel Psycho, not to worry, Chet Williamson provides an excellent synopsis &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: &#039;Psycho: Sanitarium&#039; by Chet Williamson&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80],"tags":[675,42,676,677,79,678],"class_list":["post-7842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-chet-williamson","tag-featured","tag-psycho","tag-psycho-sanitarium","tag-reviews","tag-robert-bloch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: &#039;Psycho: Sanitarium&#039; by Chet Williamson - Cemetery Dance Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cemetery Dance Online\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cemetery Dance Online\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/30439c850dbb0e44ac4d2ddd09fb2d61\"},\"headline\":\"Review: &#039;Psycho: Sanitarium&#039; by Chet Williamson\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-22T15:01:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":324,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/cemeterydanceonline.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/Sanitarium-200x300.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chet Williamson\",\"Featured\",\"Psycho\",\"Psycho: Sanitarium\",\"Reviews\",\"Robert Bloch\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Reviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/\",\"name\":\"Review: &#039;Psycho: Sanitarium&#039; by Chet Williamson - Cemetery Dance Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/cemeterydanceonline.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/Sanitarium-200x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-22T15:01:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/30439c850dbb0e44ac4d2ddd09fb2d61\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/cemeterydanceonline.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/Sanitarium-200x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/cemeterydanceonline.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/Sanitarium-200x300.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reviews\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/reviews\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Review: &#039;Psycho: Sanitarium&#039; by Chet Williamson\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cemetery Dance Online\",\"description\":\"Free Horror Reads, News, Interviews, Comics, and More!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/30439c850dbb0e44ac4d2ddd09fb2d61\",\"name\":\"Cemetery Dance Online\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/18103e6727693901d2722149c60f9ba733e3aed66126d844f9b43b26a6496345?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/18103e6727693901d2722149c60f9ba733e3aed66126d844f9b43b26a6496345?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/18103e6727693901d2722149c60f9ba733e3aed66126d844f9b43b26a6496345?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Cemetery Dance Online\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cemeterydance.com\\\/extras\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Review: &#039;Psycho: Sanitarium&#039; by Chet Williamson - Cemetery Dance Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cemetery Dance Online","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/"},"author":{"name":"Cemetery Dance Online","@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/#\/schema\/person\/30439c850dbb0e44ac4d2ddd09fb2d61"},"headline":"Review: &#039;Psycho: Sanitarium&#039; by Chet Williamson","datePublished":"2016-04-22T15:01:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/"},"wordCount":324,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sanitarium-200x300.jpg","keywords":["Chet Williamson","Featured","Psycho","Psycho: Sanitarium","Reviews","Robert Bloch"],"articleSection":["Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/","url":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/","name":"Review: &#039;Psycho: Sanitarium&#039; by Chet Williamson - Cemetery Dance Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sanitarium-200x300.jpg","datePublished":"2016-04-22T15:01:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/#\/schema\/person\/30439c850dbb0e44ac4d2ddd09fb2d61"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sanitarium-200x300.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sanitarium-200x300.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-psycho-sanitarium-by-chet-williamson\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reviews","item":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/reviews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Review: &#039;Psycho: Sanitarium&#039; by Chet Williamson"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/","name":"Cemetery Dance Online","description":"Free Horror Reads, News, Interviews, Comics, and More!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/#\/schema\/person\/30439c850dbb0e44ac4d2ddd09fb2d61","name":"Cemetery Dance Online","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18103e6727693901d2722149c60f9ba733e3aed66126d844f9b43b26a6496345?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18103e6727693901d2722149c60f9ba733e3aed66126d844f9b43b26a6496345?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18103e6727693901d2722149c60f9ba733e3aed66126d844f9b43b26a6496345?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Cemetery Dance Online"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/"]}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p81cXa-22u","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}