query: occupation emma spool
supports: Roberta Maxwell (born c. 1942, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. Emma Spool is a fictional character in the Psycho film series , created by Tom Holland for the screenplay of the 1983 sequel to the 1960 film Psycho , Psycho II. More attention is given to her character in Psycho III , although she only appears as a corpse . In Psycho II , she was played by Claudia Bryar . She serves as the primary antagonist in Psycho II. Psycho III is a 1986 American psychological horror film. It is the second sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho", and the third film in the "Psycho" series. It stars Anthony Perkins reprising the role of Norman Bates, who also directs the film, and co-stars Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey and Roberta Maxwell. The screenplay is written by Charles Edward Pogue. The original electronic music score is composed and performed by Carter Burwell in one of his earliest projects. The film was a financial failure, becoming the lowest grossing film in the "Psycho" series. It was followed by the television film "". "Psycho III" is unrelated to Robert Bloch's third "Psycho" novel, "Psycho House", which was released in 1990. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899  29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, at times referred to as "The Master of Suspense". He pioneered many elements of the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He had a successful career in British cinema with both silent films and early talkies and became renowned as England's best director. Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939, and became a US citizen in 1955. Emma Spool is a fictional character created by director Tom Holland for the screenplay of the 1983 sequel to the 1960 film "Psycho", "Psycho II". She serves as the primary antagonist portrayed by Claudia Bryar, and is related to serial killer Norman Bates. More attention is given to her character in "Psycho III", although she only appears as a corpse and a voice. Norman Bates is a fictional character created by Robert Bloch as the main antagonist in his 1959 novel "Psycho", and portrayed by Anthony Perkins as the principal antagonist of its 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock, its sequels, and the television series "Bates Motel" portrayed by Freddie Highmore. The character was inspired by Wisconsin murderer Ed Gein. Diana Elizabeth Scarwid (born August 27, 1955) is an American actress. Her performance in the 1980 film "Inside Moves" garnered her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The following year she portrayed the adult Christina Crawford in "Mommie Dearest" (1981). Scarwid has over 70 film and television credits, including "Pretty Baby" (1978), "Silkwood" (1983) "Psycho III" (1986), "Extremities" (1986), "Brenda Starr" (1989) and "What Lies Beneath" (2000). She received an Emmy Award nomination for the 1995 TV movie "Truman". Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917  September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, horror, fantasy and science fiction, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known as the writer of "Psycho", the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. His fondness for a pun is evident in the titles of his story collections such as "Tales in a Jugular Vein", "Such Stuff as Screams Are Made Of" and "Out of the Mouths of Graves". Jeffrey David "Jeff" Fahey (born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. He has portrayed Captain Frank Lapidus on the ABC series "Lost" and the title role of Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride on "The Marshal". He is also known for his humanitarian work with orphans and refugees. Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932  September 12, 1992) was an American actor. Claudia Bryar (May 18, 1918  June 16, 2011) was an American actress who mostly specialized in television. Active from the 1950s to the 1980s, she is perhaps best known for her role as Mrs. Emma Spool in "Psycho II". Charles Edward Pogue Jr. (born January 18, 1950) is an American screenwriter, playwright and stage actor. He is best known for writing the screenplays of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1983), "Psycho III" (1986), "The Fly" (1986) and "Dragonheart" (1996). Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1955) is an American composer of film scores. He has frequently collaborated with the Coen brothers, having scored 15 of their films. Burwell has scored three of Todd Haynes' films, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for Haynes' "Carol" (2015). Other notable films scores include the Spike Jonze films "Being John Malkovich" (1999), "Adaptation" (2002) and "Where the Wild Things Are" (2009), David O. Russell's "Three Kings" (1999), "Olive Kitteridge" (2014), and "Anomalisa" (2015). Psychological horror is a subgenre of horror literature, film, television, and video games (as a narrative) which relies on the character's fears and/or psychological instability to frighten readers, viewers or players. On a few occasions, Psychological horror overlaps with the psychological thriller subgenre, making whatever story of the genre more unpleasant as well as terrifyingly suspenseful.
candidates: actor actress antagonist captain composer deputy director master murderer playwright screenwriter serial killer stage actor television writer
answer: serial killer