This could've actually been a good story without the incestual allusions and the *awful* ending. Norman should've killed his wife and surrendered himself yet again to the cops...then the vicious cycle remains once again just with him.
Proud to be one of the Joker's wild cards.
...I hated the scene at the end with his wife. The tension built up too much to end like that. I reckon the ending was corny.
shareYeah, it's a shame. I think the film had some merit up until the ending, which severely undermined the movie as a whole. There was a tawdry quality to the whole "Don't you have any respect for the dead?" montage and the way it just squandred the tension mentioned between Norman and his wife. Personally, I think more effort could have gone into getting the time-period effects right as well. Granted, it was made for cable, but Psycho is my all time favorite movie and I can appreciate sequels II & III as well, but this last one doesn't do it for me.
I actually like the idea Perkins and Charles Edward Pogue had for this movie, but the studio vetoed it.
I personally thought Norman should've been consumed by the fire but I don't think the ending really took that much of a toll on the film. I like it anyways and think it could possibly be the best of the Psycho sequels.
shareAlthough morally questionable, I like the idea of Norman, a victim of parental abuse, overcoming his inner demons, and moving on with a new life and new mindset.
shareAnd what was with the baby crying after the final blackout? Huh?
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