A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
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- TriviaIn Psycho (1960), Sir Alfred Hitchcock wanted his opening shot to be a long, complete pan and zoom over the city into Marion's hotel room. Sadly, the technology was not yet perfected, and he achieved his effect through a series of pans and dissolves. The remake does a complete travelling shot, as Hitchcock had intended.
- GoofsSome continuity errors were deliberately included, being copied from the original Psycho (1960).
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Norman Bates: A boy's best friend is his mother.
- Crazy creditsThanks to John Woo for use of his kitchen knife.
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A Dumb Idea That Didn't Work
Well, I have to agree with the critics on this one, who all said "leave it alone." Why they had to make this re-make of the 1960 "Psycho," I don't know. My guess is they wanted to reach a new audience and thought color and modern-day actors were the answer, since those were the main changes. The dialog was the same and the story the same.
On one hand, I applaud them for not making this over with a lot of profanity and nudity and making it a sleazy film. Yet, if they were going to keep everything the same, why bother when you weren't going to improve on Tony Perkins, Janet Leigh and the original cast?
Did they honestly think Vince Vaughn was going to be as good or better than Perkins? Are you kidding? Ann Heche, with her short mannish-haircut, is going to be better than Leigh? I don't think so!
Yes, the colors were pretty in here but it's the black-and-white photography that helped make the 1960 version so creepy to begin with. It's perfect for the story, not a bunch of greens and pinks! Once again, I guess the filmmakers were banking on an audience that never saw the original.
This was just a stupid project that never should have gotten off the ground.
On one hand, I applaud them for not making this over with a lot of profanity and nudity and making it a sleazy film. Yet, if they were going to keep everything the same, why bother when you weren't going to improve on Tony Perkins, Janet Leigh and the original cast?
Did they honestly think Vince Vaughn was going to be as good or better than Perkins? Are you kidding? Ann Heche, with her short mannish-haircut, is going to be better than Leigh? I don't think so!
Yes, the colors were pretty in here but it's the black-and-white photography that helped make the 1960 version so creepy to begin with. It's perfect for the story, not a bunch of greens and pinks! Once again, I guess the filmmakers were banking on an audience that never saw the original.
This was just a stupid project that never should have gotten off the ground.
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- Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,485,655
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,031,850
- Dec 6, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $37,170,655
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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