Psycho III
Norman Bates is back to normal. But Mother's off her rocker again!
Norman Bates is back to normal. But Mother's off her rocker again!
Horror, Thriller
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1986
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Norman Bates is still running his little motel, and he has kept the dressed skeleton he calls 'mother'. One day a nosey journalist comes to see him to ask questions about his past.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
93 min
Release date:
2 Apr 1986
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$8,400,000
Revenue:
$14,481,606
Awards:
2 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The movie was directed by Perkins, in his filmmaking debut. I was surprised by what a good job he does.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It has a cast of talented, self-effacing actors, who don't upstage the material, and an efficient screenplay by Charles Edward Pogue, who doesn't beat you over the head to prove that he has a sense of humor.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
The whole enterprise is dependent almost entirely upon self-referential incidents and attitudes for its effect, and it eventually becomes wearying.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
18 Jun 2008
rotten:
Perkins tries to imitate Hitchcock's visual style, but most of the film is made without concern for style of any kind, unless it's the bludgeoning nonstyle of Friday the 13th.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
21 Oct 2008