Shortly afterward, Sam is contacted by both Marion's sister Lila Crane ( Vera Miles) and private detective Milton Arbogast ( Martin Balsam), who has been hired by Marion's employer to recover the money.
He places Marion's body, wrapped in the shower curtain, and all her possessions - including the money - in the trunk of her car and sinks it in a nearby swamp. An anonymous female figure enters the bathroom and stabs her to death. After calculating how she can repay the money she has spent, Marion dumps her notes down the toilet and begins to shower. Marion resolves to return to Phoenix to return the money. He admits he would like this, but does not want to abandon her.
She overhears Norman arguing with his mother about letting Marion in the house, and during the meal, she angers him by suggesting he institutionalize his mother. The proprietor, Norman Bates ( Anthony Perkins), tells Marion he rarely has customers because of the motel's disconnection from a new Interstate and mentions he lives with his mother in the house overlooking the motel. Marion returns to the road but, rather than drive in a heavy storm, decides to spend the night at the Bates Motel. When she trades her car for another at a dealership, he notes the new vehicle's details. A highway patrol officer awakens her and, suspicious of her agitation, follows her. While en route to Sam's California home, she parks along the road to sleep. In need of money to get her boyfriend, Sam Loomis out of debt ( John Gavin), Marion Crane ( Janet Leigh) steals $40,000 from her employer and flees Phoenix, Arizona by car. It stars Freddie Highmore as teenaged Norman and Vera Farmiga as mother Norma. In a modern-day setting, it is a re-imagining of the Norman and Norma Bates characters, and their unusual relationship.
#Opening to psycho 1998 tv
He is mentally unstable due to his domineering relationship with his mother, which results in him having a psychotic twisted personality and, as a result, he occasionally kills people.Ī five-season TV series, Bates Motel, aired on A&E between 20. The films focus on the life of Norman Bates, a deeply disturbed man who operates the Bates Motel. It mostly focused on Psycho II, Psycho III and Psycho IV: The Beginning, but did cover the impact and legacy of the original film. Also, an independent documentary called The Psycho Legacy was released on October 19, 2010.
#Opening to psycho 1998 series
Subsequently, another film related to the series was made: an Alfred Hitchcock biopic. The first film, Psycho, was directed by filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Psycho is an American horror franchise consisting of six films loosely based on the Psycho novels by Robert Bloch: Psycho, Psycho II, Psycho III, Bates Motel, Psycho IV: The Beginning, the 1998 remake of the original film, and additional merchandise spanning various media.