Podcast Show Notes Episode 5 - Throwback 60's

Rob and Michelle discuss current books and movies set in the 1960's. 

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Psycho Sanitarium by Chet Williamson

The legendary Norman Bates returns… The original Psycho novel by Robert Bloch was published in 1959 and became an instant hit, leading to the classic Alfred Hitchcock film a year later. Norman Bates's terrifying story has been seared in the public consciousness ever since. It took Bloch 23 years to write another Psycho novel, revealing that Norman had been in a mental institution the entire time. But what happened in that asylum during those two decades? Until now, no one has known. It's 1960. Norman Bates is in the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and it's up to Dr. Felix Reed to bring him out of his catatonic state. Dr. Reed must face both twisted patients and colleagues who think of the institution as a prison rather than a place of healing. And the greatest obstacle is the building itself, once a private sanitarium, rumoured to be haunted. A delicate peace is disturbed by the arrival of Robert Newman, Norman's twin brother, taken away at birth after a doctor pronounced him brain damaged. As Robert and Norman grow to know each other, Norman senses a darkness in Robert, perhaps even deeper than that which has lurked in Norman himself. Psycho: Sanitarium is an intense psychological thriller of murder and deranged madness, and marks the first new appearance of Norman Bates as a main character in over 30 years.

Available on Hoopla

https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11610019

The Girls by Emma Cline

Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, charged -- a place where she feels desperate to be accepted. As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life, and as her obsession with Suzanne intensifies, Evie does not realize she is coming closer and closer to unthinkable violence.

Available in our branches

https://catalog.hmcpl.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=319608

Ebook available on Overdrive or Libby

https://dmz.overdrive.com/dmz-huntsville/content/media/2526102

Audiobook available on Overdrive or Libby

https://dmz.overdrive.com/dmz-huntsville/content/media/2399067

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

In 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, TV star Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore.

Available in our branches

https://catalog.hmcpl.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=384963

Bad Times at the El Royale

Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption; before everything goes to hell.

Available in our branches

https://catalog.hmcpl.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=371222