Warped movie


This is a really messed up movie. There are some scenes that are very off-putting that hint at an incestuous relationship between Norman Bates and his mother. Some scenes hint that Norman is sexually aroused in the presence of his mother. Twice he has an erection when he's with her. There is one sick scene when Norman is literally groping his mother's leg. In the same scene they are rolling around on the floor like lovers. The way the movie was made you would think that she wasn't even his real mother and that's why he had such feelings for her, but the movie never says this. I think Joseph Stefano did a good job writing Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, but I think he really lost it when he wrote this. I really think he came off looking like a perverted old man. I don't know what they were thinking when they made this movie. This movie is very weird and very warped. This movie or any of the Psycho sequels should not even be mentioned in the same sentence as Hitchcock's Psycho.

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I think there's always been an incestuous theme through all the films, it's always been there at the back of your mind. Part IV simply realised these thoughts.

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I had very low expectations for this, as I have for all the "Psycho" sequels, but I wound up loving it. This is considerably more lurid in addressing Norman's relationship with his mother (the scenes do more than "hint" at Norman's arousal), but I liked the back-story for the original "Psycho," even though it was written after Hichcock died. And the young Norman was very good.

Because this was a cable movie, it's probably not considered a "legitimate" title in the "Psycho" series, but I found it very entertaining.

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Obviously the OP didn't get the title of this movie. Its called "Psycho" for a reason.

Norman Bates is a crazy killer. No way did he have a "Normal" child hood growing up. If thats what you were expecting than you said just watch the "Brady Bunch".

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Actually, I love this angle, and would have preferred that they advance it much further than they did. Specially with an actress as hot as Olivia Hussey.

The luridness was compelling. More on the sexual nature of this relationship, please.

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