When thinking of iconic killers from horror movies, most people think of Norman Bates from Psycho. He is played by Anthony Perkins. His son is also involved in the genre, although he doesn’t want to watch them.
Who is Osgood Perkins? The actor and director is the son of Anthony Perkins, the performer of the legendary Norman Bates from Hitchcock’s Psycho. Like his father, he is also active in the horror genre. For example, he appeared in Nope by Jordan Peele.
He is also working as a director and currently quite successful. His film Longlegs with Nicolas Cage is currently the horror hit in the USA. According to Variety, the indie film grossed $22.6 million (approximately €20.7 million) in its opening weekend. After Despicable Me 4, it is the strongest film in the USA.
However, despite having such success, he doesn’t watch modern horror films himself. This is due to his father.
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He was well-paid to go to Europe and make crap
What does Osgood Perkins say about his father? In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Perkins spoke about his father and his career. He believes that his father created one of the most indelible characters in film
as Norman Bates.
However, he doesn’t only have good words for him. His father made many bad horror films. They were well-paid, but they were rubbish. He even says that it affected his mother as well.
As an example, he mentions the film Split – Edge of Sanity from 1989. A rather unknown film that has just under 1800 ratings on IMDb. The film only has a rating of 5.3 stars. Through such films, Osgood Perkins developed a certain aversion to the genre:
On one hand, I want to identify with my father or atone by taking the same path and representing the good name in that genre, but on the other hand, I also feel a kind of aversion to it.
Osgood Perkins, on why he makes horror films (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
In this context, he also mentions that he does not watch modern horror films. He has never seen MaXXXine and Pearl, only accidentally saw the film X. Although he believes that these films are good, he still doesn’t want to watch them. Interestingly, he only mentions films by Ti West, whose film MaXXXine is currently showing.
Still, he loves the genre. Although he does not watch modern horror films, it shows that he loves the genre. He likes horror because it allows for most inventions and promotes most poetry. It is a guessing and reaching for what one fundamentally cannot know.
However, he also speaks negatively about films like Terrifier. No one interests him, who pretends to be a serial killer
. He is interested in films like Dracula by Tod Browning from 1931. He praises the grandeur and splendor of such works. Both Pearl and Terrifier 2 made it onto our horror list: 5 horror films for 18+, not for the faint of heart
