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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Robert Bloch (character)
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Release Date:
10 November 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
You've met Norman... now meet mother.
Plot:
Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates) returns for this "prequel", once more having mommy trouble. This time... more | add synopsis
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(6 articles)
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A few interesting twists... more (72 total)

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Rated R for violence and sensuality.
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96 min
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The name of the psychologist in this film is Dr. Leo Richmond. The psychologist who explained Norman's condition in the first film was named Dr. Fred Richmond. more
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Plot holes: In Psycho II it is revealed that Emma Spool is his real mother and that Mrs. Bates was actually his aunt. Though in this movie it is implied that Norma Bates gave birth to Norman when she complains about her painful childbirth experience. more
Quotes:
[Norman and Norma are on top of each other]
Norma Bates: Get off of me! You are going to learn to forget all about that filthy thing of yours! Here put this on! Girl! Yes girl! Mama's little girl!
[Norma puts a dress and lipstick on Norman]
Young Norman Bates: No, I'm not a girl,
[Norma puts Norman in the closet and hands him a iced tea pitcher]
Norma Bates: Here get in there. You will stay locked in there until you learn not to say "no" to your mother when she tells you you're a girl. And you'll probably have to make wee wee, And you'll squat over this! That's all that thing of yours is for, making wee wee! You clear on that! Answer me! You clear on that Norma!
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Referenced in The Psycho Legacy (2009) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
A few interesting twists..., 1 August 2006
6/10
Author: MarieGabrielle from United States

If you liked the earlier sequels (with of course, the first one being inimitable) you may find this entertaining.

Tony Perkins seems deranged as ever, and there are some interesting conversations between him and CCH Pounder, (a radio shrink) as she tries to uncover what made Norman Bates the way he is...nature or nurture?... It may be genetic, but it could also have been his mother played by Olivia Hussey, a deranged woman who has an inappropriate relationship with her son.

Henry Thomas ("E.T." and "Beyond Obesession", among others) is sad and affecting as the young Norman Bates, who tries to be a good son to his mother, until she realizes he has become a man, wherein she begins to flip out.

Overall, for die-hard fans of the "Psycho" sequels.

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