Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.

"Mob struggles hard through his first marathon, nearly making it all the way before passing out! He doesn't feel too bad headed back home...but finds while he was gone, something terrible has happened there. If Mob believed he was through with the shadowy organization Claw, he was wrong...and with Mob's emotions and strength at max, it's superhuman war in the streets as Claw plans a terrorist attack the authorities can't stop-because it'll be carried...

"Mild-mannered Mob has never realized that his younger brother Ritsu, who enjoys all the social success that Mob lacks, nurtures a hidden, desperate envy for the thing Mob possesses that he doesn't-- Mob's psychic superpowers. But when Ritsu's own powers awaken at long last, the story turns towards a shocking new direction!"--Provided by publisher

"Mob knows what it means to be withdrawn and afraid of his own powers, yet he overcame that to make real friends. Can he convince Serizawa the same is possible for him, or will their standoff end only in destruction? Meanwhile, Claw's leader has Sho, the son who turned against him, at his mercy, and reveals the secret of his ability as an esper that can turn anyone into one of his psychokinetic soldiers...and him into their unbeatable commander!"--Publisher....

"Mob and the others have made their way deep into Claw's hideout, only to be captured. Unexpectedly, they find that someone without any power at all (but plenty of chutzpah), Reigen, has followed them into this dangerous situation. Mob would prefer to run, but must to fight to protect his friends. Under all this stress, Mob finally explodes...in front of his master!"--Page [4] of cover.

"Teru journeys deep into the branches of the Divine Tree in search of the force attempting to control Seasoning City, only to be overcome by a strange mannequin of Mob. Meanwhile back in town, the real Mob gradually realizes that no one, not even his master Reigen, may prove immune to the brainwashing of Psychohelmetism--so it's up to Mob personally to confront the dummy of himself inside the Divine Treeand the all-too-familiar spirit pulling its...

"The basis for one of the most iconic horror films of the 1960s . . . [Bloch's] unique true-crime slant to storytelling set the tone." -Sublime Horror The story was all too real-indeed this classic was inspired by the real-life story of Ed Gein, a psychotic murderer who led a dual life. Alfred Hitchcock too was captivated, and, the year after it was released, he turned the book into one of the most-loved horror films of all time. Norman Bates...

The new Bates Motel is a tourist attraction, a re-creation of the infamous murder site, and the developers are already counting their profits. But there's a new exhibit that nobody expected: the bloody corpse of a teenage girl crumpled in the front hall, stabbed to death. Among the avalanche of press and publicity is reporter and true-crime book writer Amelia Haines, who is studying the original Psycho killings. To her, the new murders are a golden...

MPD-Psycho has earned praise for its complex, shocking story arcs and artist Sho-u Tajima's stark, arresting art style, which draws comparison with artist Charles Burns's work. Adult fans of the Death Note and Paranoia Agent anime series, the Takashi Miike MPD-Psycho television adaptation, and nihilistic parables like The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Monster, and the Death Note manga will be surprised by the inventive murders, mysterious sci-fi...