Alfred Hitchcock’s films have been some of the iconic films that have shaped the genre of suspense thrillers. He is known as the Master of Suspense, and his filmography as a director has been an inspirational one. Films such as To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Psycho have been considered his best films.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is potentially the best suspense horror/thriller film
The latter is his most popular film featuring one of cinema’s most feared antagonists, Norman Bates, played by Anthony Perkins. The actor also managed to earn an Oscar nomination for the 1956 film Friendly Persuasion. However, he held one secret about his sexuality due to the regressive ideologies of the 50s.
Anthony Perkins Hid the Fact That He Was Gay Throughout His Life Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho
Anthony Perkins rose to fame when he starred...
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is potentially the best suspense horror/thriller film
The latter is his most popular film featuring one of cinema’s most feared antagonists, Norman Bates, played by Anthony Perkins. The actor also managed to earn an Oscar nomination for the 1956 film Friendly Persuasion. However, he held one secret about his sexuality due to the regressive ideologies of the 50s.
Anthony Perkins Hid the Fact That He Was Gay Throughout His Life Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho
Anthony Perkins rose to fame when he starred...
- 2/15/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Hollywood has always been a land of glitz, glamour, and larger-than-life personalities. But behind the dazzling smiles and carefully crafted images, many stars have harbored secrets, especially when it came to their love lives.
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho
In a bygone era where societal norms and career pressures dictated who could love and be loved openly, some chose to live their most intimate relationships in the shadows. The world witnessed a myriad of clandestine love stories, where actors, musicians, and other luminaries grappled with the challenge of keeping their romantic lives away from the limelight.
SUGGESTEDActors Whose Hollywood Career Was Affected By Playing Villains The Tragic Tale of Anthony Perkins: A Love Forbidden
One poignant example of the struggles celebrities faced is the tragic story of Anthony Perkins, renowned for his iconic portrayal of Norman Bates in Psycho. Perkins, married to actor Berry Berenson,...
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho
In a bygone era where societal norms and career pressures dictated who could love and be loved openly, some chose to live their most intimate relationships in the shadows. The world witnessed a myriad of clandestine love stories, where actors, musicians, and other luminaries grappled with the challenge of keeping their romantic lives away from the limelight.
SUGGESTEDActors Whose Hollywood Career Was Affected By Playing Villains The Tragic Tale of Anthony Perkins: A Love Forbidden
One poignant example of the struggles celebrities faced is the tragic story of Anthony Perkins, renowned for his iconic portrayal of Norman Bates in Psycho. Perkins, married to actor Berry Berenson,...
- 2/15/2024
- by Prantik Prabal Roy
- FandomWire
We here at Arrow in the Head try to keep up with the horror selections on the biggest streaming services around, and as part of that endeavor, we have gone through the horror options on Netflix US to put together a top 10 list of the Best Horror Movies On Netflix Right Now.
Take note of the “Right Now” part of the subject line, because some of these films are not Netflix Originals and therefore could be removed from the streaming service at any time. If you want to watch them, be sure to start streaming in a timely manner or they may be gone!
Blood Red Sky (2021)
The “vampire vs. airplane hijackers” horror action thriller Blood Red Sky is a project director Peter Thorwarth had been wanting to make for 16 years before it was finally released, and his dedication to the concept paid off: within a month of its Netflix debut,...
Take note of the “Right Now” part of the subject line, because some of these films are not Netflix Originals and therefore could be removed from the streaming service at any time. If you want to watch them, be sure to start streaming in a timely manner or they may be gone!
Blood Red Sky (2021)
The “vampire vs. airplane hijackers” horror action thriller Blood Red Sky is a project director Peter Thorwarth had been wanting to make for 16 years before it was finally released, and his dedication to the concept paid off: within a month of its Netflix debut,...
- 5/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Theo James will star in the latest feature film adaptation of a Stephen King short story. “The Monkey” will be adapted for the screen by Osgood Perkins, who will write and direct.
The film will be produced by Atomic Monster’s James Wan and Michael Clear, C2 Motion Picture Group’s Jason Cloth and Dave Caplan (Babylon). King, Wan and the man who helmed “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” seems like a true horror movie triple threat.
Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger, Chris Ferguson and Stars Collective’s Peter Luo and Nancy Xu will executive produce, alongside John Friedberg for Black Bear International. The project was developed with Atomic Monster and Stars Collective, with C2 Motion Picture Group boarding to fully finance. Black Bear International will introduce the project to buyers at Cannes. The deal was negotiated on behalf of Black Bear International by Jill Silfen.
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The film will be produced by Atomic Monster’s James Wan and Michael Clear, C2 Motion Picture Group’s Jason Cloth and Dave Caplan (Babylon). King, Wan and the man who helmed “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” seems like a true horror movie triple threat.
Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger, Chris Ferguson and Stars Collective’s Peter Luo and Nancy Xu will executive produce, alongside John Friedberg for Black Bear International. The project was developed with Atomic Monster and Stars Collective, with C2 Motion Picture Group boarding to fully finance. Black Bear International will introduce the project to buyers at Cannes. The deal was negotiated on behalf of Black Bear International by Jill Silfen.
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- 5/9/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Clockwise from top left: Staying Alive (Paramount), Jaws 3-D (Universal), Superman III (Warner Bros.), Octopussy (MGM/United Artists)Graphic: The A.V. Club
The word “sequel” doesn’t have as many negative connotations today as it did 40 years ago. Back in the day, sequels were often extruded like tasteless gruel with...
The word “sequel” doesn’t have as many negative connotations today as it did 40 years ago. Back in the day, sequels were often extruded like tasteless gruel with...
- 4/25/2023
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
Freddie Highmore’s recent trip to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was a cake walk compared to the time he had to hide in a closet to avoid a television host with a particular set of backstage rules. “The Good Doctor” actor revealed to Kimmel that he was once forced into a “dark broom closet” before a talk show appearance because the unnamed host was against seeing his or her guests before the on-air interview.
“I’m trying to avoid saying the name, but this host doesn’t like seeing guests beforehand,” Highmore said (via Entertainment Weekly). “So I was coming backstage with a couple of the producers and they looked up and they saw the host at the end of the corridor and they were really, really scared.”
“They grabbed me and they threw me into the next door that was right by the hallway and it was a broom closet.
“I’m trying to avoid saying the name, but this host doesn’t like seeing guests beforehand,” Highmore said (via Entertainment Weekly). “So I was coming backstage with a couple of the producers and they looked up and they saw the host at the end of the corridor and they were really, really scared.”
“They grabbed me and they threw me into the next door that was right by the hallway and it was a broom closet.
- 4/19/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
“They fuck you up, your mum and dad
They may not mean to, but they do
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.”
-“This Be the Verse,” Philip Larkin
“A boy’s best friend is his mother.”
–Norman Bates
Someone may want to start a Kickstarter for Ari Aster’s therapy bills.
In a mere two films, the 36-year-old writer-director has established himself as a next-gen horrormeister, and a genuine auteur in an age full of throne-seeking pretenders. Hereditary (2018), a family...
They may not mean to, but they do
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.”
-“This Be the Verse,” Philip Larkin
“A boy’s best friend is his mother.”
–Norman Bates
Someone may want to start a Kickstarter for Ari Aster’s therapy bills.
In a mere two films, the 36-year-old writer-director has established himself as a next-gen horrormeister, and a genuine auteur in an age full of throne-seeking pretenders. Hereditary (2018), a family...
- 4/11/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Dragged Across Concrete is currently the number two streaming movie on Netflix, meaning that an entire potential new audience is discovering writer-director S. Craig Zahler’s rough, take-no-prisoners 2019 crime epic. The film’s two problematic leads, Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson, play longtime friends turned cops Anthony Lurasetti and Brett Ridgeman, who get involved in robbing a professional thief after being suspended from duty for viciously beating a drug dealer.
Desperate for money after their suspension, the two cops are soon in the midst of a disastrously escalating battle with the thief and his henchmen, with allegiances switching throughout. Through it all only Lurasetti and Ridgeman remain steadfastly loyal to each other, even as they descend into an extremely murky moral gray zone that leaves no one—not even the ostensible “good guys”—untouched.
We say “ostensible” because Lurasetti and Ridgeman are far from heroes. Reactionary cops who long for...
Desperate for money after their suspension, the two cops are soon in the midst of a disastrously escalating battle with the thief and his henchmen, with allegiances switching throughout. Through it all only Lurasetti and Ridgeman remain steadfastly loyal to each other, even as they descend into an extremely murky moral gray zone that leaves no one—not even the ostensible “good guys”—untouched.
We say “ostensible” because Lurasetti and Ridgeman are far from heroes. Reactionary cops who long for...
- 3/31/2023
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Spoilers for "Yellowjackets" follow.
The flashback storyline in "Yellowjackets" follows teenage girls from 1996 suburban New Jersey who are part of their high school's "Yellowjacket" soccer team. While flying to Seattle for a National championship match, they crash land in the woods of northern Canada. From the beginning, we've known where this is heading; the survivors will eventually turn to cannibalism, not just to stave off starvation but as part of ritualistic practice.
Flashbacks in the pilot showed a girl being caught in a trap and killed by the Yellowjackets — thanks to some concealing camera angles and the cultists' heavy fur coats, we don't know their identities yet, preserving some mystery. Episode 2 of the second season, "Edible Complex," revealed the girls' first indulgence with human flesh while tying up a loose end from season 1.
Jackie Taylor (Ella Purnell), the Yellowjackets' captain, had a rough go of it in season 1. She stubbornly...
The flashback storyline in "Yellowjackets" follows teenage girls from 1996 suburban New Jersey who are part of their high school's "Yellowjacket" soccer team. While flying to Seattle for a National championship match, they crash land in the woods of northern Canada. From the beginning, we've known where this is heading; the survivors will eventually turn to cannibalism, not just to stave off starvation but as part of ritualistic practice.
Flashbacks in the pilot showed a girl being caught in a trap and killed by the Yellowjackets — thanks to some concealing camera angles and the cultists' heavy fur coats, we don't know their identities yet, preserving some mystery. Episode 2 of the second season, "Edible Complex," revealed the girls' first indulgence with human flesh while tying up a loose end from season 1.
Jackie Taylor (Ella Purnell), the Yellowjackets' captain, had a rough go of it in season 1. She stubbornly...
- 3/31/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Known for his iconic role in Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho, Anthony Perkins is remembered as one of Hollywood’s greatest horror antagonists. He played Norman Bates, the main antagonist in the iconic suspense horror thriller. His character Norman suffered from a severe mental condition known as Dissociative Identity Disorder, making it quite challenging for Perkins to portray him. But he did it and to great acclaim. And the world will always remember him for his one-of-a-kind talent. But there was so much more to Perkins than his acting talent. He was truly an influential figure in pop culture and the world of...
- 3/30/2023
- by Andrijana Ikonic
- TVovermind.com
Announced in Deadline on March 23, a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film "Vertigo" may very well be in the works. It's likely the cineastes of the world screwed up their faces in disapproval. "Vertigo" might be considered one of cinema's more indelible classics, and it regularly appears near the top — or at the top — of lists of the best movies of all time. Indeed, back in 2012, it surpassed "Citizen Kane" as the #1 film on the famed Sight & Sound poll. It has since been supplanted by Chantal Akerman's 1975 film "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles."
Briefly: "Vertigo" is a psychodrama about a police investigator named Scottie (James Stewart) who is hired by an old friend to follow his wife Madeline (Kim Novak). Madeline has been behaving strangely, and she seems to be convinced that she is possessed (?) by a dead woman she saw in a portrait. Scottie ends up saving...
Briefly: "Vertigo" is a psychodrama about a police investigator named Scottie (James Stewart) who is hired by an old friend to follow his wife Madeline (Kim Novak). Madeline has been behaving strangely, and she seems to be convinced that she is possessed (?) by a dead woman she saw in a portrait. Scottie ends up saving...
- 3/28/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Norman Bates is haunted by many demons, but the one which tortures him the most is not loneliness or fear or even his questionable past. That demon is his mother.
Norma Bates (at least what remains of her) is glimpsed in the shadows of Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic Psycho, and later heard through Norman’s own mouth. Her backstory remained a mystery until Bates Motel first aired in 2013. It reveals Norman couldn’t have possibly become Hitchcock’s iconic killer without being twisted by his mother. Now, a decade later, Norma, played to chilling perfection by Vera Farmiga, is as controlling as ever—dead or alive.
As Norman (Freddie Highmore) fumbles through adolescence, climbing out his window to meet girls and at least attempting to date, his mother does everything in her power to keep him from going through puberty. She wants to preserve him in the formaldehyde of...
Norma Bates (at least what remains of her) is glimpsed in the shadows of Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic Psycho, and later heard through Norman’s own mouth. Her backstory remained a mystery until Bates Motel first aired in 2013. It reveals Norman couldn’t have possibly become Hitchcock’s iconic killer without being twisted by his mother. Now, a decade later, Norma, played to chilling perfection by Vera Farmiga, is as controlling as ever—dead or alive.
As Norman (Freddie Highmore) fumbles through adolescence, climbing out his window to meet girls and at least attempting to date, his mother does everything in her power to keep him from going through puberty. She wants to preserve him in the formaldehyde of...
- 3/18/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Welcome to the Ghostface Glossary, a guide to every horror reference and nod throughout the first five films of the Scream franchise.
After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If we’ve forgotten any glaring ones, kindly let us know.
This guide will exclude homages from previous Scream films and their respective sequels— we’re only looking at outside horror franchises and inspirations, because any red-blooded Ghostface fan is likely already aware of those. (Goes without saying that the beloved faux franchise ‘Stab’(s) 1-8 will also not be counted, since, even though our neon green ‘Stab’ t-shirts and mock VHS tapes feel very real, it’s still a very fake franchise). If we’ve forgotten any glaring ones, kindly let us know.
“By definition alone,...
After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If we’ve forgotten any glaring ones, kindly let us know.
This guide will exclude homages from previous Scream films and their respective sequels— we’re only looking at outside horror franchises and inspirations, because any red-blooded Ghostface fan is likely already aware of those. (Goes without saying that the beloved faux franchise ‘Stab’(s) 1-8 will also not be counted, since, even though our neon green ‘Stab’ t-shirts and mock VHS tapes feel very real, it’s still a very fake franchise). If we’ve forgotten any glaring ones, kindly let us know.
“By definition alone,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Julieann Stipidis
- bloody-disgusting.com
The launch of innovative thrillers like “Glass Onion” and “Bullet Train” has re-ignited the love for this classic genre. These films are a potent concoction of action, suspense, crime, and sci-fi – prepared to keep viewers in an endless loop of anticipation (or fear).
IMDb makes it a breeze for thriller fanatics to find the cream of the crop. From award-winning classics like “Witness for the Prosecution” that form this genre’s identity to worldwide successes such as “Parasite.” It even includes two dark superhero movies from “The Dark Knight” franchise among its top-rated gems.
Ranked Best Thriller Movies [Sortable Table] Rank Title Year IMDb Metascore 18 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 8.4 76 17 The Lives of Others 2006 8.4 89 16 Rear Window 1954 8.5 100 15 Oldboy 2003 8.4 77 14 Psycho 1960 8.5 97 13 Aliens 1986 8.4 84 12 Parasite 2019 8.5 96 11 The Usual Suspects 1995 8.5 77 10 Léon: The Professional 1994 8.5 64 9 Memento 2000 8.4 81 8 Joker 2019 8.4 59 7 The Departed 2006 8.5 85 6 The Prestige 2006 8.5 66 5 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 8.6 85 4 Se7en 1995 8.6 65 3 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 8.4 78 2 Inception 2010 8.8 74 1 The Dark Knight 2008 9 84 More About the Best Thriller Movies List...
IMDb makes it a breeze for thriller fanatics to find the cream of the crop. From award-winning classics like “Witness for the Prosecution” that form this genre’s identity to worldwide successes such as “Parasite.” It even includes two dark superhero movies from “The Dark Knight” franchise among its top-rated gems.
Ranked Best Thriller Movies [Sortable Table] Rank Title Year IMDb Metascore 18 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 8.4 76 17 The Lives of Others 2006 8.4 89 16 Rear Window 1954 8.5 100 15 Oldboy 2003 8.4 77 14 Psycho 1960 8.5 97 13 Aliens 1986 8.4 84 12 Parasite 2019 8.5 96 11 The Usual Suspects 1995 8.5 77 10 Léon: The Professional 1994 8.5 64 9 Memento 2000 8.4 81 8 Joker 2019 8.4 59 7 The Departed 2006 8.5 85 6 The Prestige 2006 8.5 66 5 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 8.6 85 4 Se7en 1995 8.6 65 3 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 8.4 78 2 Inception 2010 8.8 74 1 The Dark Knight 2008 9 84 More About the Best Thriller Movies List...
- 2/26/2023
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
A couple weeks ago, The Arrow in the Head Show hosts John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek praised the “surprisingly excellent” sequel Psycho II (watch that video Here). With the new episode of the show, The Arrow and Lance are returning to the Bates Motel to take in a viewing of Psycho III (watch the movie at This Link). To find out what they had to say about this sequel, check out the video embedded above!
Directed by Norman Bates himself, Anthony Perkins, from a screenplay by Charles Edward Pogue, Psycho III has the following synopsis: Former mental patient Norman Bates is once again operating his infamous motel. Assisted by the shifty Duane Duke, Norman keeps up the semblance of being sane and ordinary, but he still holds on to some macabre habits. Eventually, Norman becomes interested in Maureen Coyle, a troubled tenant who’s been staying on a...
Directed by Norman Bates himself, Anthony Perkins, from a screenplay by Charles Edward Pogue, Psycho III has the following synopsis: Former mental patient Norman Bates is once again operating his infamous motel. Assisted by the shifty Duane Duke, Norman keeps up the semblance of being sane and ordinary, but he still holds on to some macabre habits. Eventually, Norman becomes interested in Maureen Coyle, a troubled tenant who’s been staying on a...
- 2/25/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
When it comes down to it, all stories—even purely fictional ones—are based in some kernel of truth. Writers, whether they’re novelists, short story authors, or screenwriters, draw inspiration from the world around them, their own lives, and the lives of people they know or meet or read about. Sometimes they want to write about things that happen in real life as accurately as possible, to document, understand, and process them, while other times the inspiration is enough to engage their imaginations and let a whole new story emerge.
Yet there’s no doubt the marketing term “based on a true story” has an undeniable pull for moviegoers, especially in the horror genre. After all, isn’t there something morbidly fascinating about the idea that the terrors we’re witnessing onscreen—whether it’s the rampage of a seemingly unstoppable serial killer or the manifestations of a supernatural entity—actually occurred?...
Yet there’s no doubt the marketing term “based on a true story” has an undeniable pull for moviegoers, especially in the horror genre. After all, isn’t there something morbidly fascinating about the idea that the terrors we’re witnessing onscreen—whether it’s the rampage of a seemingly unstoppable serial killer or the manifestations of a supernatural entity—actually occurred?...
- 2/24/2023
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
A new episode of The Arrow in the Head Show has just been released this morning, and in this one hosts John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek head over to the Bates Motel to discuss one of the most surprisingly good sequels ever made: 1983’s Psycho II (watch it Here)! A movie that came along twenty-three years after its predecessor and somehow managed to be a worthy follow-up to one of the greatest horror movies ever made, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic Psycho. To find out what Lance and The Arrow had to say about Psycho II, check out the video embedded above.
Directed by Richard Franklin from a screenplay by Tom Holland, Psycho II has the following synopsis: Two decades after the original murders at the Bates Motel, Norman Bates completes his treatment at a mental institution and returns home to find his hotel run down under the management of Warren Toomey.
Directed by Richard Franklin from a screenplay by Tom Holland, Psycho II has the following synopsis: Two decades after the original murders at the Bates Motel, Norman Bates completes his treatment at a mental institution and returns home to find his hotel run down under the management of Warren Toomey.
- 2/11/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
"Starring in a horror movie can't be that hard," you may think. You just run around screaming while being chased by a grown man in a Halloween costume, right? Not so fast. Starring in a horror movie tests your mettle. The budgets are usually cheap, you're paid in pizza, and the demands are more than most movie stars making six figures would endure. However, many actors — especially young actors — think it's totally worth it. Why? Because there are few emotions more pure and primal than fear. If you can make a connection with an audience in a horror movie, it can make you a star. If you're already a star, it can make you an icon.
Hollywood history is filled with numerous actors who became movie stars by starring in horror flicks. Some were complete unknowns who became cult icons or horror household names, while others were well-known actors whose...
Hollywood history is filled with numerous actors who became movie stars by starring in horror flicks. Some were complete unknowns who became cult icons or horror household names, while others were well-known actors whose...
- 1/26/2023
- by Hunter Cates
- Slash Film
In the opening scene of "Dunkirk," a small group of Allied soldiers is enveloped by a flurry of flyers sent in from unseen German troops, detailing how they have the allies surrounded on all sides. Before they can even process their predicament, the invisible bullets start flying. What starts as six survivors is quickly whittled down to a lone wolf (Fionn Whitehead), who ends up joining the remaining stranded soldiers on the beach. With hardly a word spoken, he waits for his collective fate among the others.
It should come as no surprise that Christopher Nolan is at his best when giving into his talents purely as a visual filmmaker. Most of his work is known for its practicality, as the "Inception" filmmaker has largely stuck to making his larger-than-life spectacles in-camera, whether it be the plane crash in "Tenet" or the truck flip in "The Dark Knight." He immerses...
It should come as no surprise that Christopher Nolan is at his best when giving into his talents purely as a visual filmmaker. Most of his work is known for its practicality, as the "Inception" filmmaker has largely stuck to making his larger-than-life spectacles in-camera, whether it be the plane crash in "Tenet" or the truck flip in "The Dark Knight." He immerses...
- 1/1/2023
- by Matthew Bilodeau
- Slash Film
Anthony Perkins' Norman Bates is one of the most famous villains in horror cinema — or is he? After all, technically it was his mother Norma who murdered Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), Arbogast (Martin Balsam), and other offscreen victims. Or rather, it was the version of his mother who lived in Norman's head. Norman may have murdered his mother years ago, but her grip on him endured post-mortem.
How fitting that a character with multiple personalities was voiced by more than one person. "Psycho" conceals this twist by featuring "mother" only as a voice. We only hear her speak to Norman and the conversations always happen offscreen. For these moments, Hitchcock took three voices, those belonging to Paul Jasmin, Virginia Gregg, and Jeanette Nolan, and mixed them together into the voice of "Mother."
All three actors were uncredited, with their names nowhere to be seen in Paul Bass's legendary title sequence.
How fitting that a character with multiple personalities was voiced by more than one person. "Psycho" conceals this twist by featuring "mother" only as a voice. We only hear her speak to Norman and the conversations always happen offscreen. For these moments, Hitchcock took three voices, those belonging to Paul Jasmin, Virginia Gregg, and Jeanette Nolan, and mixed them together into the voice of "Mother."
All three actors were uncredited, with their names nowhere to be seen in Paul Bass's legendary title sequence.
- 12/1/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
It’s time for a new episode of our video series The Black Sheep, and in this one we’re here to discuss the merits of a sequel to the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho. And it’s not Psycho II, which is widely seen as a surprisingly worthy “twenty-three years later” follow-up. The one we’re looking at today is the less popular Psycho III (watch it Here), which was directed by Anthony Perkins himself. To find out what we had to say about Psycho III, check out the video embedded above.
Scripted by Charles Edward Pogue, Psycho III has the following synopsis:
Former mental patient Norman Bates is once again operating his infamous motel. Assisted by the shifty Duane Duke, Norman keeps up the semblance of being sane and ordinary, but he still holds on to some macabre habits. Eventually, Norman becomes interested in Maureen Coyle, a troubled tenant...
Scripted by Charles Edward Pogue, Psycho III has the following synopsis:
Former mental patient Norman Bates is once again operating his infamous motel. Assisted by the shifty Duane Duke, Norman keeps up the semblance of being sane and ordinary, but he still holds on to some macabre habits. Eventually, Norman becomes interested in Maureen Coyle, a troubled tenant...
- 8/21/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Ok, so the actor Anthony Perkins is best known for his legendary role as Norman Bates in Hitchcock’s Psycho and its sequels… but that part is not the sum total of this superb actor’s career. That’s not to say he didn’t trade on his status as cinema’s seminal psycho, and starred in plenty of chiller thrillers, instantly lending them Batesian cachet… for example Edge of Sanity, a delirious conflation of Robert Louis Stephenson’s classic horror novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Jack the Ripper’s real-life reign of terror over Victorian London, where Perkins plays the unhinged lead role with aplomb. To celebrate the release of Edge of Sanity on Blu-ray from Arrow Video, here’s a round-up of some of Perkins’ finest non-Bates roles…
Pretty Poison (1968)
In this wonderful cult classic black comedy thriller, Perkins plays Dennis Pitt,...
Pretty Poison (1968)
In this wonderful cult classic black comedy thriller, Perkins plays Dennis Pitt,...
- 6/24/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Ruth Dardick | Written by Joseph Ellison, Ellen Hammill, Joe Masefield | Directed by Joseph Ellison
One of the many films that were tangled up in the video nasty debacle of the early 80s, Don’t Go In The House tells the story of Donny, a somewhat disturbed man who lives under the thumb of his overbearing and sadistic (in the sense that she likes to burn his arms on the stove) mother. That is until his mother passes away and Donny’s already disturbed psyche finally cracks. Living only with the voices in his head, Donny seeks out female companionship, only his idea of bringing a girl home to meet mother entails tying them up in his steel-walled burning chamber!
Don’t Go In the House is a film clearly inspired by Psycho, yet it shares very familiar traits with William Lustig’s Maniac and De...
One of the many films that were tangled up in the video nasty debacle of the early 80s, Don’t Go In The House tells the story of Donny, a somewhat disturbed man who lives under the thumb of his overbearing and sadistic (in the sense that she likes to burn his arms on the stove) mother. That is until his mother passes away and Donny’s already disturbed psyche finally cracks. Living only with the voices in his head, Donny seeks out female companionship, only his idea of bringing a girl home to meet mother entails tying them up in his steel-walled burning chamber!
Don’t Go In the House is a film clearly inspired by Psycho, yet it shares very familiar traits with William Lustig’s Maniac and De...
- 2/10/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Anyone who's seen Alfred Hitchcock's immortal "Psycho" instantly recalls "the shower scene," the shocking murder of Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) made even more brutal by Hitchcock's ingenious editing and Bernard Herrmann's iconic score. Yet Marion's death at the hands (and knifepoint) of "Mother" in a room at the Bates Motel is only one of two on-screen murders in the film. The other comes when a private investigator named Arbogast (Martin Balsam) investigates the motel, having been hired by Marion's sister, Lila (Vera Miles) to look into her disappearance. Arbogast interrogates the motel's owner and operator, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), who gives off a nervous and highly suspicious...
The post How Alfred Hitchcock Pulled Off Psycho's Most Daring Stunt appeared first on /Film.
The post How Alfred Hitchcock Pulled Off Psycho's Most Daring Stunt appeared first on /Film.
- 2/9/2022
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
It's no secret that Alfred Hitchcock is one of the greatest directors to ever live. Known for his voyeuristic camera style and his mastery of suspense, Hitchcock's filmography contains over 50 films that he directed throughout his career. He is probably most well-known for the revolutionary movie "Psycho" that tells the demented story of Norman Bates, a mother-obsessed killer responsible for one of the most iconic shower/bath scenes in movie history. But many of his other films like "Rear Window," "Vertigo," and "The Birds" have solidified themselves as cinematic masterpieces, as well.
During his career, Hitchcock also hosted the popular show, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" where he...
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During his career, Hitchcock also hosted the popular show, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" where he...
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- 1/30/2022
- by Miyako Pleines
- Slash Film
Reports of the Suicide Squad’s demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated. Less than half a year after James Gunn’s gnarly The Suicide Squad reboot went largely overlooked at the box office in August, the first spinoff from that series, the John Cena-starring Peacemaker, is doing very well on HBO Max according to Gunn. And perhaps to prove his point, the eclectic filmmaker has revealed that he and HBO Max are considering doing another series connected to the Suicide Squad world.
“We’re working on something else now, another TV show that’s connected to that universe,” Gunn told Deadline. “I can’t quite say [what].” While James Gunn is tightlipped about what that series will be, the trade reports it will be based around one of the Suicide Squad characters we’ve already met and that the idea is in “embryonic stages” (i.e. a long way...
“We’re working on something else now, another TV show that’s connected to that universe,” Gunn told Deadline. “I can’t quite say [what].” While James Gunn is tightlipped about what that series will be, the trade reports it will be based around one of the Suicide Squad characters we’ve already met and that the idea is in “embryonic stages” (i.e. a long way...
- 1/27/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
The passing of director Peter Bogdanovich January 6, at the age of 82, marks the loss of a maverick director who also kept the spirit of classic Hollywood alive with his entertaining anecdotes and spot-on impressions. He was truly a bridge to the past that served as his muse and eventually mourned the decline in Hollywood storytelling. To Bogdanovich, the difference between the classical and post-modern Hollywood was a full course meal versus an hors d’oeuvre.
The first time I interviewed Peter was for a story about “Mask” in 1985 when I was with The Hollywood Reporter. He was in the midst of a legal battle to obtain the rights to some Bruce Springsteen songs for his biopic about Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), the sweet teenager who suffered from lionitis, and his struggle to survive with his mom (Cher). Rocky adored Springsteen’s music, which was a source of constant joy for him,...
The first time I interviewed Peter was for a story about “Mask” in 1985 when I was with The Hollywood Reporter. He was in the midst of a legal battle to obtain the rights to some Bruce Springsteen songs for his biopic about Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), the sweet teenager who suffered from lionitis, and his struggle to survive with his mom (Cher). Rocky adored Springsteen’s music, which was a source of constant joy for him,...
- 1/6/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Entering adolescence around the time of 9/11 was interesting, especially as I look back on it as an adult. It’s as if I can pinpoint the moment I knew what “anxiety” was. So when anthrax started getting mailed to random people — or at least that’s what I remember being told — that anxiety went up 1,000-fold. If you asked me today if they ever identified a culprit, I’d assume they never did, and also that they never had a suspect and that the person, like the Zodiac, just vanished into the ether.
National Geographic’s second season of “The Hot Zone” attempts to answer that question, or at least recreate what happened in those few weeks, months, and years after 9/11, when anthrax started working its way through the U.S. postal service. Starting three weeks after 9/11, the look and structure of the season feel akin to “Zero Dark Thirty,...
National Geographic’s second season of “The Hot Zone” attempts to answer that question, or at least recreate what happened in those few weeks, months, and years after 9/11, when anthrax started working its way through the U.S. postal service. Starting three weeks after 9/11, the look and structure of the season feel akin to “Zero Dark Thirty,...
- 11/23/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
The director’s stylish Psycho homage remains a thrill yet continues to face accusations of misogyny and transphobia
The distance between Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill and its source of inspiration, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, is 20 years. The distance between Dressed to Kill and now is 40 years. Those numbers seem impossible in certain respects: the sensory overload of De Palma’s thriller – with its explicitness and gore and vibrant colors – feels much more modern, as do the performances, which have a naturalistic quality that hadn’t completely asserted itself in 1960. And yet the film is also disconcertingly retrograde, tied to ideas of violent gender dysphoria that haven’t advanced an inch from the psychiatrist who explains Norman Bates’s behavior at the end of Psycho.
Related: Psycho at 60: the enduring power of Hitchcock's shocking game-changer...
The distance between Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill and its source of inspiration, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, is 20 years. The distance between Dressed to Kill and now is 40 years. Those numbers seem impossible in certain respects: the sensory overload of De Palma’s thriller – with its explicitness and gore and vibrant colors – feels much more modern, as do the performances, which have a naturalistic quality that hadn’t completely asserted itself in 1960. And yet the film is also disconcertingly retrograde, tied to ideas of violent gender dysphoria that haven’t advanced an inch from the psychiatrist who explains Norman Bates’s behavior at the end of Psycho.
Related: Psycho at 60: the enduring power of Hitchcock's shocking game-changer...
- 7/25/2020
- by Scott Tobias
- The Guardian - Film News
Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” was released 60 years ago today, and though it is considered by many, including me, to be the greatest horror movie ever made, it’s one that achieves the singular feat of scaring you to your soul without monsters or demons. Of course, you could say that it does have one: Anthony Perkins’ stammering, bird-eyed Norman Bates, the nebbish motel clerk who thinks, at certain moments, that he’s his mother — and that she’s the killer inside him. Yet Norman is a monster of warped humanity; he’s a nervous schizoid freak.
The booby trap of “Psycho,” the joke of it, and the endlessly rewatchable pleasure and profundity of it is that Norman is one sick puppy, but the movie keeps fooling you into thinking it’s the tale of a grander, more metaphysically unsettling evil. The Bates house looks like a haunted mansion out of the 19th century.
The booby trap of “Psycho,” the joke of it, and the endlessly rewatchable pleasure and profundity of it is that Norman is one sick puppy, but the movie keeps fooling you into thinking it’s the tale of a grander, more metaphysically unsettling evil. The Bates house looks like a haunted mansion out of the 19th century.
- 6/16/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The 6th most-watched movie on Netflix right now – according to their Top 10 chart – is a recently-released and little known English-language crime drama called The Night Clerk. Produced by Saban Films and starring Ready Player One‘s Tye Sheridan, the pic tells the disturbing story of a voyeuristic young night clerk who becomes the main suspect of a murder investigation.
Film buffs may see some similarities between this premise and Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic thriller Psycho, and for good reason. Based on a novel by Robert Bloch, that picture centered on a woman who flees her hometown after stealing money from her boss, only to get into a skirmish with the owner of a motel she checks into.
A skirmish, of course, would be putting it mildly. In one of the creepiest sequences ever put to film, receptionist Norman Bates watches his only guest take a shower through a hole in the wall,...
Film buffs may see some similarities between this premise and Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic thriller Psycho, and for good reason. Based on a novel by Robert Bloch, that picture centered on a woman who flees her hometown after stealing money from her boss, only to get into a skirmish with the owner of a motel she checks into.
A skirmish, of course, would be putting it mildly. In one of the creepiest sequences ever put to film, receptionist Norman Bates watches his only guest take a shower through a hole in the wall,...
- 6/12/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
The Mad Magician
Blu ray
Powerhouse Films/Indicator
1954 / 1.85:1 / 73 min.
Starring Vincent Price, Donald Randolph, Eva Gabor
Cinematography by Bert Glennon
Directed by John Brahm
For Vincent Price, revenge was a dish served cold and in 3-D. In 1954, just a year after his three-dimensional rampage in Andre DeToth‘s House of Wax, the actor returned in a virtual remake – the budget was lower and the black and white imagery couldn’t hold a candle to the rich WarnerColor but John Brahm’s The Mad Magician scares up some legitimate in-your-face fun.
Price plays Don Gallico, an undervalued inventor at Illusions, Inc., a full service shop for professional prestidigitators. It’s a dead end job in more ways than one and his newest creation could give him the break he’s waited for. His biggest obstacle is his own boss, a Dickensian villain named Ross Ormond (Donald Randolph) who’s managed...
Blu ray
Powerhouse Films/Indicator
1954 / 1.85:1 / 73 min.
Starring Vincent Price, Donald Randolph, Eva Gabor
Cinematography by Bert Glennon
Directed by John Brahm
For Vincent Price, revenge was a dish served cold and in 3-D. In 1954, just a year after his three-dimensional rampage in Andre DeToth‘s House of Wax, the actor returned in a virtual remake – the budget was lower and the black and white imagery couldn’t hold a candle to the rich WarnerColor but John Brahm’s The Mad Magician scares up some legitimate in-your-face fun.
Price plays Don Gallico, an undervalued inventor at Illusions, Inc., a full service shop for professional prestidigitators. It’s a dead end job in more ways than one and his newest creation could give him the break he’s waited for. His biggest obstacle is his own boss, a Dickensian villain named Ross Ormond (Donald Randolph) who’s managed...
- 3/21/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
” My theory is that everyone is a potential murderer. “
Classics on the Loop at The Tivoli happens Mondays at 4 pm and 7 pm This week, March 9th is Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers On A Train (1951)!.Admission is just $7.The Tivoli is located at 6350 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, Mo 63130. A Facebook invite for the screening can be found Here
Hitchcock indulges his penchant for locomotives once again in the 1951 classic Strangers On A Train. One of his greatest thrillers begins innocently enough on board said train when tennis player Guy Haines ( Farley Granger ) has a casual conversation with one of cinema’s creepiest villains Bruno Anthony ( Robert Walker ). Both have people in their lives causing them problems. Bruno has a mean, tight-fisted father while Guy has a loose, shrewish wife who won’t grant him a divorce so he may marry a gorgeous Us senator’s daughter Anne Morton ( Ruth Roman ). Hmmm,...
Classics on the Loop at The Tivoli happens Mondays at 4 pm and 7 pm This week, March 9th is Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers On A Train (1951)!.Admission is just $7.The Tivoli is located at 6350 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, Mo 63130. A Facebook invite for the screening can be found Here
Hitchcock indulges his penchant for locomotives once again in the 1951 classic Strangers On A Train. One of his greatest thrillers begins innocently enough on board said train when tennis player Guy Haines ( Farley Granger ) has a casual conversation with one of cinema’s creepiest villains Bruno Anthony ( Robert Walker ). Both have people in their lives causing them problems. Bruno has a mean, tight-fisted father while Guy has a loose, shrewish wife who won’t grant him a divorce so he may marry a gorgeous Us senator’s daughter Anne Morton ( Ruth Roman ). Hmmm,...
- 3/6/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Delia Harrington Feb 13, 2020
For a mostly progressive film, Birds of Prey's choice to queer code villains Roman Sionis and Victor Zsasz is an odd and problematic one.
Ewan McGregor’s Ramon Sionis, Aka Black Mask, has received near-universal praise for his performance as the intense, megalomaniacal villain in Birds of Prey, while Chris Messina’s Victor Zsasz has been applauded for a role deviating from his usual leading man fare. The pair have an obsessive dynamic where one feeds off of the other, though from scene to scene it’s unclear who is the parasite and who is the host.
Another fixture of this critical appraisal? Descriptors like flamboyant, campy and preening. The Chicago Sun-Times hits him with “flashy...preening and pouting.” Rolling Stone describes Zsasz as Sionis’s “boytoy.” That Star dropped any pretense and called him Liberace. That is to say, even those who aren’t explicitly...
For a mostly progressive film, Birds of Prey's choice to queer code villains Roman Sionis and Victor Zsasz is an odd and problematic one.
Ewan McGregor’s Ramon Sionis, Aka Black Mask, has received near-universal praise for his performance as the intense, megalomaniacal villain in Birds of Prey, while Chris Messina’s Victor Zsasz has been applauded for a role deviating from his usual leading man fare. The pair have an obsessive dynamic where one feeds off of the other, though from scene to scene it’s unclear who is the parasite and who is the host.
Another fixture of this critical appraisal? Descriptors like flamboyant, campy and preening. The Chicago Sun-Times hits him with “flashy...preening and pouting.” Rolling Stone describes Zsasz as Sionis’s “boytoy.” That Star dropped any pretense and called him Liberace. That is to say, even those who aren’t explicitly...
- 2/13/2020
- Den of Geek
Hot off the heels of their The Witcher adaptation, Netflix has taken another beloved fantasy series and turned it into one of the year’s exciting new shows. Just like the show with a sword-wielding, grey-haired Henry Cavill, Locke & Key season two is already being written even before the first one premieres. And there’s a reason for it: the fanbase of the adapted work is huge. Based on the comic book series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (with Hill also having a hand in developing the show), Locke & Key contains an excellent balance of fantasy and supernatural horror, but feels very much catered to a young adult audience. It won’t give you the scares of The Haunting of Hill House or the gore of The Witcher, but there’s family drama, mysteries galore, and secrets—so many dark and twisty secrets. If you haven’t read the comics,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Sara Clements
- DailyDead
Regular Dread Central readers may recall Chris R. Notarile as the mastermind behind a bevy of horror fan films, delving into franchises from Halloween to Child’s Play and many others. Today, the prolific filmmaker has dropped Mother, a short film that cracks the Psycho franchise […]
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- 1/24/2020
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
Whether it’s because of endless delays, fan demands, a director’s passion project or a cash grab reboot that seemingly no one ever actually wanted, Hollywood has produced an enormous amount of sequels to beloved films full decades after they originally hit theaters. Some of them have been wildly successful with critics and audiences, and others we’re just pretending never existed. Here are some of the sequels that took forever to hit the screen.
“Bad Boys For Life” (2020)
There had been talk for years about getting the boys back together, and the reunion finally happened this year, with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence teaming up for one last ride. This time however Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are taking over directing duties from Michael Bay.
George Miller took nearly 30 years to follow up “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” with the Tom Hardy-Charlize Theron thriller “Mad Max: Fury Road.
“Bad Boys For Life” (2020)
There had been talk for years about getting the boys back together, and the reunion finally happened this year, with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence teaming up for one last ride. This time however Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are taking over directing duties from Michael Bay.
George Miller took nearly 30 years to follow up “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” with the Tom Hardy-Charlize Theron thriller “Mad Max: Fury Road.
- 1/15/2020
- by Brian Welk, Beatrice Verhoeven and Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
When Osgood Perkins was cast as a young Norman Bates in 1983’s “Psycho II,” he stepped into the iconic role that had catapulted his father, Anthony Perkins, to superstardom in 1960. While other roles followed in well-received films, including “Legally Blonde” and “Secretary,” Osgood, now 45, came to realize that acting was never his calling. The horror genre, however, most certainly was. So, he turned to writing and directing nail-biters that, like “Psycho,” are both suspenseful and character-driven.
His latest, “Gretel & Hansel,” in theaters on January 31, is a dark fantasy based on the Brothers Grimm tale. In the film, a teen Gretel played by Sophia Lillis (“It”) and younger bro Hansel, played by newcomer Sam Leakey, lose their way in a dark wood while foraging to help their poverty-stricken parents. But after stumbling upon the home of a witch, Holda, things go from bad to worse. Unlike traditional horror films that...
His latest, “Gretel & Hansel,” in theaters on January 31, is a dark fantasy based on the Brothers Grimm tale. In the film, a teen Gretel played by Sophia Lillis (“It”) and younger bro Hansel, played by newcomer Sam Leakey, lose their way in a dark wood while foraging to help their poverty-stricken parents. But after stumbling upon the home of a witch, Holda, things go from bad to worse. Unlike traditional horror films that...
- 1/15/2020
- by IndieWire Staff
- Indiewire
Vulture WatchWhen will Norman's madness end? Has the Bates Motel TV show been cancelled or renewed for a sixth season on A&E? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Bates Motel season six. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?A prequel series to Alfred Hitchcock's feature film, Psycho, airing on the A&E cable channel, Bates Motel stars Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, and Nestor Carbonell, with Kenny Johnson recurring. Rihanna will guest as Marion Crane, a role originated by Janet Leigh in the 1960 movie. At the end of season four, Norman Bates (Highmore) murdered his beloved mother, Norma (Farmiga). Season five kicks off two years later, with Norman living a double life. He appears to be a...
- 10/11/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Vulture WatchWhen will Norman's madness end? Has the Bates Motel TV show been cancelled or renewed for a sixth season on A&E? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Bates Motel season six. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?A prequel series to Alfred Hitchcock's feature film, Psycho, airing on the A&E cable channel, Bates Motel stars Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, and Nestor Carbonell, with Kenny Johnson recurring. Rihanna will guest as Marion Crane, a role originated by Janet Leigh in the 1960 movie. At the end of season four, Norman Bates (Highmore) murdered his beloved mother, Norma (Farmiga). Season five kicks off two years later, with Norman living a double life. He appears to be a...
- 7/19/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"This is how it ends, isn't it?" So says Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore), in the new official trailer for the Bates Motel TV series finale. Check it out. "The Cord," the last episode of the fifth and final season, airs on A&E on Monday, April 24, 2017 at 10:00pm Et/Pt. Directly following it, A&E will air Bates Motel: The Check Out, a half-hour special, from 11:04pm to 11:34pm.A Psycho prequel series, Bates Motel stars Vera Farmiga, Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, and Nestor Carbonell, with Kenny Johnson recurring. Rihanna guest starred in the last season on A&E as Marion Crane -- a role originated by Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 feature film.Read More…...
- 4/19/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The curtain is about to come to a close for the Bates Motel TV show on A&E. There's no need to worry that this series will be cancelled any longer and the series' creators have been allowed to bring the story to a conclusion. The ratings have been dropping for awhile. Will Bates Motel go out with a ratings rebound or, will they drop even lower? Stay tuned.Set in the small town of White Pine Bay in Oregon, Bates Motel tells the story of a troubled young man, Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore), and his unique relationship with mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga). The A&E series also stars Max Thieriot, Nestor Carbonell, and Olivia Cooke. Recurring players include Kenny Johnson, Ryan Hurst, Rihanna, Brooke Smith, Isabelle McNally, and Austin Nichols.The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The...
- 4/19/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
- 3/21/2017
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
What's in store for the final season of Bates Motel? Recently, showrunners Kerry Ehrin and Carlton Cuse spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about casting Rihanna as Marion Crane on the A&E TV series.The drama is currently in its fifth and final season. Based on the film Psycho, the drama stars Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates, a young man with a murderous devotion to this mother. The cast also includes Vera Farmiga, Max Thieriot, Nestor Carbonell, and Olivia Cooke.Read More…...
- 3/21/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Bates Motel fans are in for a treat. Deadline reports A&E will air a half-hour special after the series finale premieres in April.The drama is currently in its fifth and final season. Based on the film Psycho, the drama stars Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates, a young man with a murderous devotion to this mother. The cast also includes Vera Farmiga, Max Thieriot, Nestor Carbonell, and Olivia Cooke.Read More…...
- 3/15/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The fifth and final season of Bates Motel just premiered on February 20th, but is now the right time to end the A&E Psycho prequel series?The drama stars Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates, the troubled son of Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga). The cast also includes Max Thieriot, Nestor Carbonell, Olivia Cooke, Kenny Johnson, Nicola Peltz, Michael Vartan, Kathleen Robertson, Michael O’Neill, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Rebecca Creskoff, Michael Eklund, and Mike Vogel.Read More…...
- 2/22/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Check out these new posters for the fifth and final season of the Bates Motel TV show. Bates Motel season five premieres on A&E Monday, February 20, 2017 at 10:00pm Et/Pt. The new key art makes it clear Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) has grown into the "Psycho" we've always known him to be.A prequel series to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho feature film, Bates Motel also stars Vera Farmiga, Max Thierot, Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell, and Nicola Pelts. In season five, Rihanna will guest star in the pivotal role of Marion Crane, on the A&E TV series. Read More…...
- 1/23/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Bates Motel fans are in for a treat. TVLine reports the TV series' fifth and final season is coming to A&E in February.The last season of the Psycho prequel will feature Rihanna as Marion Crane, the role originated by Janet Leigh in the original Alfred Hitchcock film. The new season will also feature an episode written by star Freddie Highmore, who plays Norman Bates.Read More…...
- 1/4/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
What's next in store for Bates Motel? Recently, star Freddie Highmore spoke with Digital Spy about the upcoming final season of the A&E TV series.A prequel to the film Psycho, the drama follows a young Norman Bates (Highmore) and his twisted relationship with his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga). The cast also includes Max Thieriot, Nestor Carbonell, Olivia Cooke, Kenny Johnson, Nicola Peltz, Michael Vartan, and Kathleen Robertson.Read More…...
- 11/11/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
There won't be a sixth season for Norman Bates. A&E has announced that season five will indeed be the end of their Bates Motel TV show. https://twitter.com/InsideBates/status/756621330292760576In addition, it's been revealed that pop star Rihanna will be checking into the Bates Motel as Marion Crane, the ill-fated character that Janet Leigh first played in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho feature film. Read More…...
- 7/23/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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