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Proxima Midnight

Proxima Midnight is a Marvel Comics supervillain, member of Thanos' Black Order, created by Jonathan Hickman (first appearance New Avengers Vol. 3 #8, 2013); wife of Corvus Glaive, wielder of a spear that never misses, also in the MCU Infinity War.

Prudence Farrow

Prudence Farrow (Prudence Anne Villiers Farrow Bruns, born 1948, Los Angeles) is an American film producer, Sanskrit scholar, and Transcendental Meditation teacher, sister of Mia Farrow, whose intense meditation at Maharishi's 1968 Rishikesh ashram inspired John Lennon's song "Dear Prudence".

Prue Halliwell

Prue Halliwell (Prudence Halliwell), oldest Charmed One in the TV series Charmed (1998-2006), played by Shannen Doherty in seasons 1-3; Warren witch with telekinesis and astral projection, killed by Shax in 2001 and replaced by half-sister Paige.

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Pruitt Taylor Vince, born 1960 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an American character actor with nystagmus known for twitchy roles. He won the 1997 Emmy for Murder One, starred in Heavy and Identity, and plays Pa Kent in Superman (2025).

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales (1932–2025), English actress, played Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, Elizabeth Mapp in Mapp & Lucia, and Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution; married to Timothy West, CBE 1992, died aged 93.

Psi Cops

Psi Cops is a Canadian adult animated comedy about two incompetent paranormal investigators, created by and starring Bart Batchelor and Chris Nielsen, premiering in 2023 on Adult Swim.

Psi Factor

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian sci-fi drama (1996-2000, 88 episodes) hosted by Dan Aykroyd, about OSIR investigators of paranormal cases; the term also names the unquantifiable unknown factor in anomalistics.

PSV Garuda Vega

PSV Garuda Vega (PSV గరుడ వేగ), aka PSV Garuda Vega 126.18M, is a 2017 Telugu action spy thriller directed by Praveen Sattaru, starring Rajasekhar as an NIA officer; released 3 November 2017, IMDb 7.6.

Psych

Psych is a USA Network comedy-detective series (2006-2014) created by Steve Franks, starring James Roday Rodriguez as fake psychic Shawn Spencer and Dulé Hill as Gus, running 121 episodes over eight seasons plus three Peacock movies.

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home is a 2020 Peacock TV movie, sequel to Psych: The Movie, following Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter's shooting and stroke recovery, written around Timothy Omundson's real 2017 stroke; directed by Steve Franks, premiered July 15, 2020.

Psych Siddhartha

Psych Siddhartha (సైక్ సిద్ధార్థ) is a 2026 Telugu comedy drama directed by debutant Varun Reddy, starring and produced by Shree Nandu with Yamini Bhaskar; released January 1, 2026, a box-office flop that streamed on Aha from February 4, 2026.

Psych-Hunter (心宅猎人)

Psych-Hunter (心宅猎人, Xin Zhai Lie Ren), also Haunted Houses Handbook, is a 2020 iQiyi Republican-era Chinese mystery drama, 36 episodes, directed by Li Zelu, adapted from Er Shi San's novel 凶宅笔记, starring Hou Minghao, Liu Dongqin, and Zhu Xudan.

Psych: The Movie

Psych: The Movie (2017) is a USA Network TV film reuniting the Psych cast, directed by Steve Franks, co-written with James Roday Rodriguez, rewritten in 72 hours after Timothy Omundson's stroke, with Zachary Levi as villain Thin White Duke.

Psycho (1960 film)

Psycho, also known as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, is a 1960 American suspense-horror film starring Anthony Perkins as motel keeper Norman Bates, adapted from Robert Bloch's novel.

Psycho (1998 film)

Psycho is a 1998 American horror film directed by Gus Van Sant, a near shot-for-shot remake of Hitchcock's 1960 classic starring Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche.

Psycho (2020 film)

Psycho (சைக்கோ) is a 2020 Tamil psychological thriller directed by Mysskin, starring Udhayanidhi Stalin, Aditi Rao Hydari, Nithya Menen, and Rajkumar Pitchumani, with Ilaiyaraaja's music; released 24 January 2020, based on the Angulimala tale, not related to Hitchcock's 1960 film.

Psycho (franchise)

The Psycho franchise is an American horror series built around Norman Bates, beginning with Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho, followed by three sequels and a 1998 remake.

Psycho II (film)

Psycho II is a 1983 American psychological horror thriller directed by Richard Franklin, in which Norman Bates returns to the Bates Motel twenty-two years after his institutionalization.

Psycho III

Psycho III, also known as Psycho 3, is a 1986 American slasher film, the third in the Psycho franchise, directed by Anthony Perkins, who also stars as Norman Bates.

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) is a Showtime television prequel to Hitchcock's Psycho, directed by Mick Garris, written by Joseph Stefano, starring Anthony Perkins in his final Norman Bates role, with Henry Thomas and Olivia Hussey.

Psycho Killer (film)

Psycho Killer is a 2026 American horror film directed by Gavin Polone and written by Andrew Kevin Walker, starring Georgina Campbell and James Preston Rogers.

Psycho Saiyaan (TV series)

Psycho Saiyaan (साइको सैयां) is a 2026 Hindi romantic thriller web series on Amazon MX Player, directed by Ajay Bhuyan, starring Ravi Kishan, Tejasswi Prakash, and Anud Singh Dhaka in six episodes about obsessive love.

Psycho shower scene

The Psycho shower scene: the 45-second murder of Janet Leigh's Marion Crane in Hitchcock's 1960 film, built from 78 setups and 52 cuts, scored by Herrmann, and studied in the documentary 78/52.

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (Turkish: Saykoterapi...) is a 2024 dark comedy by Tolga Karaçelik, his first English-language film, starring Steve Buscemi, John Magaro, and Britt Lower; it premiered at Tribeca 2024, won its Narrative Audience Award, and was released by Brainstorm Media in April 2025.

Psycho-Pass (サイコパス)

Psycho-Pass (サイコパス) is a 2012 Fuji TV noitamina original anime by Production I.G, directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani with story by Gen Urobuchi, set in 2112 Japan under the Sibyl System, with sequels, films, and games through Providence (2023).

Psycho-Pass: The Movie

Psycho-Pass: The Movie (劇場版 PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス) is the 2015 first theatrical anime film of the Psycho-Pass series, directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, executive-directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, written by Gen Urobuchi, and animated by Production I.G.

Psycho-Pirate

Psycho-Pirate is the name of two DC Comics supervillains, originally Charles Halstead in 1944 and later Roger Hayden, who used the Medusa Masks to control emotions and featured in the 1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Psychokinesis (염력)

Psychokinesis (염력) is a 2018 South Korean superhero black comedy written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho, starring Ryu Seung-ryong as a bank guard who gains telekinesis from meteor-struck spring water and helps his daughter fight a forced eviction; it opened at 264,659 admissions but finished under one million.

Psychological horror

Psychological horror, a horror subgenre also called psychological terror, frightens through characters' mental and emotional states, unreliable narration, and ambiguity rather than monsters or gore, contrasting with supernatural horror's external threats.

Psychoville

Psychoville is a BBC Two dark comedy mystery (2009–2011) created by and starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, whose characters receive letters reading "I know what you did"; two series plus a 2010 Halloween special.