Psycho 3

NORMAN BATES IS BACK TO NORMAL. BUT MOTHER’S OFF HER ROCKER AGAIN

Psycho 3
Produced : 1986
Film Length : 90 minutes
Film Certificate : 18 (UK)
Directed by Anthony Perkins
A Universal Presentation
Distributed in the UK by CIC Video

Story Norman Bates is alive and well, and living with his mother at the Bates Motel. Tracy is an investigative reporter who arrives at the Bares Motel hoping to interview Norman for a story about insanity pleas in murder trials. Despite the town’s pro-Normasn sympathies, she smells a story in the disappearance of Mrs Spool, a waitress who worked with Norman at the local diner... And as more people go missing, she begins to wonder whether it is mere coincidence or whether Norman is really up to his old tricks again.

Description Psycho 3 was the last ‘good’ psycho movie. It follows on nicely from Psycho 2 with all of the same characters returning, and plenty of new interesting characters turning up, although most of them don’t last long. The best bit is when this bird is taking a dump, and Norman walks into the bathroom, slashes her throat, then stabs her in the stomach. The movie is fairly blood-worthy and the acting is brilliant, but they should have stopped the series here and forgot about the lame Psycho 4.

8.5 out of 10

By Richard Gift - 20 Feb, 99