Norman Bates is very different from most of the other movie psychos, as he is portrayed as a complete human being and not just a monster. If you take away the murders, he is a very likeable character who has become the victim of his own damaged mind, which is much more scary than if he had simply been a purely evil creep that you just wanted to die.
But I have to say that although I know he lost his mind because of the supernatural powers around him, Jack Torrance from "The Shining" is the psycho that frightens me the most.
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