From the “morning shed” to fitness advice from the manosphere, Christian Bale’s iconic morning montage in “American Psycho” has become par for the course for online influencers.

Patrick Bateman’s closest movie monster relative is Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) from Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), a film Bateman watches while doing ab crunches.

Patrick Bateman is no role model. “American Psycho” director Mary Harron told the Letterboxd Journal in a new interview for the film’s 25th anniversary that she disagrees with the fans who ...

Since its publication 25 years ago, Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho has remained one of the most graphic novels ever written.Its brutal depiction of wealthy Wall Street banker Patrick Bateman ...

25 years on, Patrick Bateman’s unsettling morning routine is normal By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN 5 min read Published 4:02 AM EDT, Tue April 15, 2025 Link Copied! Christian ...