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
Psycho III
Norman Bates is back to normal. But mother's off her rocker again.
1986 · 1h 33m · R
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Anthony Perkins
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Psycho III
Overview
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.
Director and cast
- Anthony Perkins Director
- Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates
- Diana Scarwid as Maureen Coyle
- Jeff Fahey as Duane Duke
- Roberta Maxwell as Tracy Venable
- Hugh Gillin as Sheriff John Hunt
- Lee Garlington as Myrna
- Robert Alan Browne as Ralph Statler
- Gary Bayer as Father Brian
- Patience Cleveland as Sister Margaret
- Juliette Cummins as Red
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
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
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
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
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