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Release Date:
5 July 1987 (USA) more
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Norman may be gone, but the hotel lives on! more
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A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum, inherits the legendary Bates Motel after the death of Norman and tries to fix it up to make it a respectable business. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

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Bud Cort ... Alex West

Lori Petty ... Willie
Moses Gunn ... Henry Watson

Gregg Henry ... Tom Fuller

Khrystyne Haje ... Sally

Jason Bateman ... Tony Scotti

Kerrie Keane ... Barbara Peters

Robert Picardo ... Dr. Goodman
Andy Albin ... Mr. Yokes
Dolores Albin ... Mrs. Fisher
Kelly Ames ... Beth

Robert Axelrod ... Sheepskin Salesman

Gary Ballard ... Pastor
Nat Bernstein ... Salesman

Peter Dobson ... Billy Parks
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90 min
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The original house and motel exteriors were used for the production. The alterations that took place in the film remained until 1993 on the Universal Studios Hollywood Tour. more
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Referenced in The Psycho Legacy (2009) more
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could be called Psycho 5, 8 February 2001
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Author: Carl (unioncblue@cs.com) from Tampa, FL

This used to play every Fourth of July on t.v... EVERY Fourth of July! NBC's tagline: This 4th of July...Make it a scream! ( or something like that )

Saw this when it was first produced for NBC back in 1987. After a few reruns on that network it was picked up by Lifetime Cable and is now in Encore Mystery Channel's listings. NOWHERE near a classic but passable "stalker" fare if you have really, really low expectations for homogenized tele-terror.

Ironically, when I went to see Scream 3, I couldn't help but think about The Bates Motel ( And it's been years since I've seen this film! ). The similarities are shocking: Big, creepy manse as catalyst in final third of both films, extended chase scenes on staircases, Mrs. Bates' fright mask of skull and black mack ( nearly a decade before the first Scream ) and the eventual unmasking of the "killer" in both films.

It's probably crazy but I couldn't shake the comparisons. Strange. Also, though the movie was lensed way before Psycho IV: The Beginning, storywise, it easily could've been a fourth sequel.

Tame terror, with bizarre casting, but odd enough to give it a look

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