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'''Psycho''' is slang for a person who is either [[psychopathic]] or [[psychotic]]. The term is often considered mildly offensive or derogatory.
== Films ==
* [[Psycho (1960 film)|''Psycho'' (1960 film)]], directed by Alfred Hitchcock
* [[Psycho (1998 film)|''Psycho'' (1998 film)]], a remake directed by Gus Van Sant
* ''[[Psycho II]]'', a 1983 sequel to the first film (unrelated to the novel ''Psycho II'')
* ''[[Psycho III]]'', a 1986 sequel to the first film
* ''[[Psycho IV: The Beginning]]'', a 1990 prequel to the first film
== Novels ==
* [[Psycho (novel)|''Psycho'' (novel)]], a 1959 novel by Robert Bloch
* [[Psycho II (novel)|''Psycho II'' (novel)]], a 1982 novel by Bloch
* [[Psycho (novel)|''Psycho Barlas Karahocaoglu'' (novel)]], a 1991 novel by Sedef Işım
* [[Psycho House]]
== Music ==
* "Psycho", a song by country and western songwriter [[Leon Payne]]. This is a tongue-in-cheek storyline song loosely based on the Norman Bates character
* "[[Psycho (song)]]", a song by Puddle of Mudd from their album ''Famous''
* "Psycho", a song by [[System of a Down]] from the album ''Toxicity''
* "Psycho", a 1965 song by [[The Sonics]]
* "Psycho", a song by Infected Mushroom from ''[[The Gathering (album)|The Gathering]]''
* ''Psycho'', an album by [[Element of Crime]]
* "[[Psycho Killer]]", a song by Talking Heads
* "Psycho Girl", a song by [[Busted]]
* "PSYCHO", an 80's punk/thrash/noise/crust/grind band from Cambridge MA
== Sports figures ==
* [[Stuart Pearce]], an English football player and manager nicknamed "Psycho"
* [[Steve Lyons (baseball)]], a utility baseball player nicknamed "Psycho"
* [[Peter Ebdon]], English snooker cueist nicknamed "Psycho"
== Others ==
* ''Psycho'', a horror comic magazine from [[Skywald Publications]]
* Psycho, an automaton invented and displayed on stage by the Victorian illusionist [[John Nevil Maskelyne]]
* [[Psycho (company)]], a Japanese visual novel studio
* [[Psychiatrist (game)]], also known as Psycho, a party game
* [[Psyco]], a just-in-time compiler for the Python programming language
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