The film centers on an encounter between a secretary, marion crane. Psycho is a 1960 american psychological horror film directed and produced by alfred hitchcock, and written by joseph stefano. Psycho is a 1960 horror film directed by alfred hitchcock. Despite being a paramount pictures film, psycho turned to universal pictures, with whom hitchcock already had a relationship. Minutes later, impulse has taken over and marion takes off with the cash, hoping to leave phoenix for good and start a new life with her purloined nest egg. Bates motel is a prequel to alfred hitchcocks psycho, so the tv show and the movie were bound to collide at some point. Psycho is a 1960 american psychological horror film directed and produced by alfred hitchcock. Although hitchcocks movie may have not been popular among critics initially, it certainly spawned a legacy in which the bates motel could live on.
Technically, there was already a psycho prequel movie, as well as a tv show called bates motel. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into the bates motel. It was filmed on a tight budget, and accordingly, the exterior sets built for. The film premiered as part of nbc monday night at the movies on july 5, 1987 the film is about alex west, a mentally. Psycho isnt just any horror movie, it is a world renowned classic that still is attracting a large fan base. Norman bates from bates motel a prequel tv series of the movie psycho is a kindhearted, polite and caring person who unknowingly suffers from dissociative identity disorder. Seeking a fresh start after her husbands tragic death, norma bates buys a motel on the outskirts of an idyllic coastal town. Our database currently contains 684 articles and 2,502 images. It stars anthony perkins as norman bates, janet leigh as marion crane and vera miles as lila crane. Consumed with thoughts of her misdeeds, marion janet leigh comes upon the bates motel. Norman bates killed marion crane in the shower all because he was a schizophrenic psychopath, a madman horribly obsessed with his mother, even after he killed her. At this future point the bypass was built and accounts for why the bates motel has 12 rooms and 12 vacancies. The infamous shower scene and bates motel interiors were shot on stage 18. The film centers on an encounter between a secretary, marion crane leigh, who ends up at a secluded motel after stealing.
Both the book and movie set psycho in the fictional town of fairvale, ca, with the bates motel around 20 miles away via the old highway. Bloch and hitchcock truly revolutionized horror with their development of norman bates. The psycho house and bates motel were originally built close to singapore lake now jaws lake during production. The bates motel is a fictional motel situated approximately 20 miles from the town of fairvale, california, on an old highway and first seen in alfred hitchcocks 1960 film psycho.
So, lets dive into some interesting facts and trivia about this television series. At the end of psycho which undoubtedly has the best twist endin. This series is only the latest attempt to revive the psycho brand, fitting well into the schema of demystifying iconic villains. The swamp, where norman bates anthony perkins disposes of marions car, was intended to be filmed on location at a place called grizzly island near fairfield, north of san francisco, but the budget constraints forced hitch to use falls lake on the universalrevue backlot. Bates motel the alfred hitchcock wiki the hitchcock zone. Psycho 1998 remake gus van sants controversial remake of alfred hitchcocks classic thriller is an almost shotforshot replica of the original. The show is an adaptation of the original horror film, psycho, by alfred hitchcock. Aug 18, 2018 psycho 1996 marion checks into bates motel and meets norman bates.
Feb 22, 2020 hitchcock adapted his 1960 hit movie from robert blochs 1959 novel. In 1960, alfred hitchcock was already famous as the screens master of suspense and perhaps the bestknown film director in the world when he released psycho and forever changed the shape and. Apr 14, 2020 bates motel is one of the most exciting horror shows on netflix, based on the emblematic hitchcocks movie, psycho 1960. After the commercial success of north by northwest, hitchcock made his most shocking movie, psycho 1960. In 1960, alfred hitchcock was already famous as the screens master of suspense. Psycho 1960 janet leigh in psycho 1960 john gavin and janet leigh in. He questions norman, whose stammering, skittishness and inconsistent. Aug 28, 2019 since the 1960 film, there have been three sequels, a remake, a tv movie, and a prequel tv series, bates motel, that was set in the modernday. It stars anthony perkins, janet leigh, john gavin, vera miles, and martin balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by robert bloch. Both norman bates and marion crane are fascinating characters that wonderfully display one of the main themes of the film. The house has been in three different locations around the backlot in total. The motel and the spookylooking house behind it still exist, and are seen by millions of people who go on the universal studi. With anthony perkins, janet leigh, vera miles, john gavin.
The motel has an adjoining house set on higher ground behind the main office and cabins, where norman bates lives in solitude with his mother, norma bates. Psycho house and bates motel alfred hitchocks 1960 cinematic masterpiece psycho, although originally distributed by paramount, was financed by hitchcock himself, and filmed at universal studios using the revue studios television crew from alfred hitchcock presents. Psycho 1960 deserves its places as one of the greatest horror films of all time. The bates motel shower scene was different from psycho. Marion janet leigh takes a shower at the bates motel.
Psycho 1996 marion checks into bates motel and meets norman bates. It is based on the book of the same name, written by robert bloch, which, in turn, was loosely based on the true story of serial. Throughout the show, there are many instances where depictions of dissociative identity disorders symptoms have been made. The minecraft map, bates motel and house, was posted by cassette. From the beginning to the end it was utterly engaging and beautifully shot. Psycho 1960 movie halloween wiki fandom powered by wikia. A phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employers client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Bates motel 1987 one of the most infamous murder locations in history reopens under new management in the chilling bates motel. Arbogast sleuths local motels and discovers marion spent a night at the bates motel. This defunct structure is known to locals as the bates motel because its on sunset boulevard and bates avenue and because it just might channel some of the creepiness embodied by the bates motel. My personal award for most attractive and handsome killer ever goes to norman bates in this movie. Other cool bonus material includes original newsreel footage on psychos theatrical release and behindthescenes stills.
Yes, the same psycho which inspired alfred hitchcock to create the cult movie of the same name. Bates motel is an american psychological horror drama television series that aired from march 18, 20 to april 24, 2017. In its visceral feel, psycho has more in common with noir quickies like detour than with elegant hitchcock thrillers like rear window or vertigo. She leaves her home in phoenix, arizona and ends up at the bates motel in fairvale, california. The motel has an adjoining house set on higher ground behind the main office and cabins, where norman bates lives in solitude with his mother, norma bates according to robert blochs source novel, it was originally. Mar 28, 2017 bates motel is a prequel to alfred hitchcocks psycho, so the tv show and the movie were bound to collide at some point. Some of the standout special features include featurettes called the making of psycho and in the masters shadow. Why did norman bates kill marion in the shower in psycho 1960.
Bates motel is a 1987 american madefortelevision supernatural horror film and a spinoff of the psycho franchise written and directed by richard rothstein, produced by ken topolsky and starring bud cort, lori petty, moses gunn, gregg henry, jason bateman, and kerrie keane. The character of norman was originally created by author robert bloch for his 1959 novel, psycho. In 1960, alfred hitchcock was already famous as the screens master of. One of the most infamous murder locations in history reopens under new management in the chilling bates motel. See more ideas about alfred hitchcock, bates motel and norman bates. The film is based on the screenplay by joseph stefano, who adapted it from the 1959 novel of the same name by robert bloch. In the aftermath of her husbands death, norma bates and her teen son move to a tiny town in coastal oregon, where they buy a roadside motel.
The novel was loosely inspired by the crimes of wisconsin murderer and grave robber ed gein, who lived just 40 miles from bloch. Since the 1960 film, there have been three sequels, a remake, a tv movie, and a prequel tv series, bates motel, that was set in the modernday. Stage 28 was used for the interiors of the bates house the psycho house. Norman bates is a lead character in psycho 1960 and was played by actor anthony perkins. Psycho, american suspense film and psychological thriller, released in 1960, that. The motel in psycho 1960 doesnt have an address because its a set on the backlot of universal studios in california. The directors mashup of psycho and its remake belongs to a strong tradition of movie reedits both official and otherwise and shines new light on the. It is a contemporary prequel to alfred hitchcocks 1960 film, psycho, based on robert blochs 1959 novel of the same name, and anyone can edit. Blochs main inspiration for norman bates was wisconsin serial killer ed gein who was arrested in 1957 and charged with the murder of two local women.
They did just that during episode six when the famous shower scene played. Plot this film opens in phoenix, arizona, where a young woman, named marion crane, and her boyfriend, sam loomis, meet for a secret romance in a hotel. But while the director was inspired by blochs book, the writer was inspired by the reallife story of ed gein, a psychotic murderer, grave robber, and body snatcher who lived a double life. A featurelength tv movie originally broadcast on nbc, bates motel is the rarest film in the psycho legacy the stuff that screams are made of. The motel has an adjoining house set on higher ground behind the main office and cabins, where norman bates. The true story that inspired norman bates screen rant. Bates motel is one of the most exciting horror shows on netflix, based on the emblematic hitchcocks movie, psycho 1960. Psycho 112 movie clip the bates motel 1960 hd youtube. Its not like my mother is a maniac or a raving thing. The lake is named for the artificial falls built in the studio. Psycho 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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