Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Vince Vaughn | ... | Norman Bates | |
Anne Heche | ... | Marion Crane | |
Julianne Moore | ... | Lila Crane | |
Viggo Mortensen | ... | Sam Loomis | |
William H. Macy | ... | Milton Arbogast | |
Robert Forster | ... | Dr. Simon | |
Philip Baker Hall | ... | Sheriff Chambers | |
Anne Haney | ... | Mrs. Chambers | |
Chad Everett | ... | Tom Cassidy | |
Rance Howard | ... | Mr. Lowery | |
Rita Wilson | ... | Caroline | |
James Remar | ... | Patrolman | |
James Le Gros | ... | Car Dealer (as James LeGros) | |
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Steven Clark Pachosa | ... | Police Guard |
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O.B. Babbs | ... | Mechanic |
Marion Crane steals a lot of cash from a man whom her boss is in business with. On the way to see her boyfriend, she stops off by an old motel, run by the odd Norman Bates. She is murdered in the shower. Her sister, boyfriend, and a private investigator try to find out where she is, while we learn more about Norman Bates. Written by Jordan Sharp <rainman88@earthlink.net>
Watchable in a film school project kind of way, but its obsession with trying to do everything exactly like Hitchcock's version leaves it cold and emotionless. Who'd have ever thought seeing Marion Crane slashed to death in a shower would inspire nothing more than a simple shrug? As a stand alone movie, it doesn't work very well.