Weird Barbie's equally weird house was inspired by the Norman Bates house in Psycho – and this doesn't surprise us one bit.
“One of my early references is that you go up the stairs, and there’s the Psycho house, and we brought in other elements.” production designer Sarah Greenwood told Variety. Alfred Hitchock's 1960s iconic horror thriller features the infamous Bates house has a creepy staircase that begins on the street and leads up to the house. "Its design was deliberately skewed with everything pushed out of shape and out of order."
