As with previous incidents, television's psycho-babblers have rushed to condemn the American child's diet of horror movies and war-like video games.

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Worst director was Gus Van Sant for his extraordinary scene-for-scene remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

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The character was reportedly based on serial killer Ed Gein, who also inspired Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

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In 1998, he played a journalist in glam rock drama Velvet Goldmine opposite Ewan McGregor, but it was his role in 2000's American Psycho that drew the most attention since his Spielbergian debut.

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Kind of looks like Ronnie from "Jersey Shore" at certain angles with the muscle tee and the hair, except he's not a psycho rage beast?

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Ferrell isn't breaking new ground, but one day -- when he's branching out to play psycho killers and getting in touch with his inner Thespian -- we'll look back on his clowning period and wonder why he would want to do anything else.

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Salford's reputation was sullied by reports of how Kiaran "Psycho" Stapleton shot Indian student Anuj Bidve on Boxing Day 2011 in a random attack.

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