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Norman Bates is still running his little motel, and he has kept the dressed skeleton he calls mother. One of his guests is a young girl who has left the convent where she lived. To get some help he employs a young man. One day a nosy journalist comes to see him to ask questions about his past. Written by
Mattias Thuresson
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Unlock the Terror. Unlock the Fear. And enter into the All New Nightmare of...
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Trivia
Mary's book from
Psycho II (called "In the Belly of the Beast") is seen laying in the dirt, by Norman's house.
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Goofs
When Maureen goes to see Norman at home for the last time, she asks him a question while they are at the top of the stairs. We hear Norman answer her, but his mouth never moves.
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Quotes
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first lines]
Maureen Coyle:
There is no God!
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Connections
Follows
Psycho (1960)
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Soundtracks
"Dirty Street"
Music by
Carter Burwell & Steve Bray
Written by Steve Bray & Stanton-Miranda
Performed by Stanton-Miranda
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Leave it to Anthony Perkins, probably the only person who knows Norman Bates better than creator Robert Bloch or director Alfred Hitchcock, to create and have a hand in Norman's descent into madness and subsequent struggle for normalcy. After the circumstances that drove him mad in the last movie, he tries to return to sanity by befriending and romancing another disturbed woman he considers his soul-mate. Diana Scarwid has a fine role as a near clone of the Janet Leigh character as she herself flashes between reality and confusion. Norman is her hero, and she is his queen in this unrequited love story. Jeff Fahey is the jerk and opportunist who throws the wrench in the works just as Norman tries to forget mother and what she does to him. The murders are gratuitous as if to compete with Jason and Freddie and there is some tongue-in-cheek dark humor directed as the series as Murphy proves time and time again: what can go wrong, will.