Even before it was eclipsed by its 21st century cable tv namesake, 1987s bates motel was doomed to be an obscure asterisk in the fictional legacy of norman bates. A contemporary prequel to psycho, giving a portrayal of how norman bates psyche unravels through his teenage years, and how deeply intricate his relationship with his mother, norma, truly is. Its a prequel series to a movie that managed to both honor the atmosphere of that movie and create its own world, which is pretty astonishing. Bates motel is an american psychological horror drama television series that aired from march 18, 20 to april 24, 2017. The new season of the bates motel series is right around the corner, and maybe you havent given a thought to the origins of the bates mansion, which has been an emblematic icon in the history of cinema since it was built for the classic alfred hitchcocks psycho film in 1959 the psycho house has appeared in countless films, tv shows, documentaries and. It was filmed on a tight budget, and accordingly, the exterior sets built for the film. Film essay that shows how the tv series bates motel has recreated hitchcocks psycho, by comparing scenes of both. In addition to its infamous shower sequence, the film broke various taboos including bizarrely. The bates motel set out in aldergrove on 272nd street near the u. She leaves her home in phoenix, arizona and ends up at the bates motel in fairvale, california. This busted tv pilot film is set in the sinister familyoperated motel made infamous by hitchcocks psycho. Bates motel is a prequel to the psycho movie series. Oct 27, 2017 the tv movie, bates motel, tells the story of alex west, a young man who has spent most of his life locked up in the same mental institution as norman bates. So the bates motel, just over the border in oregon, gets included as a stop out of desperation.
Psycho 112 movie clip the bates motel 1960 hd youtube. Fan favorite and emmynominated actress vera farmiga returns for double duty as executive producer while also reprising her role as. The original movie tells the story about a young man and his mothers lives as motel managers, while also telling the story of marion crane. Robert clatworthy and joseph hurley for psicose i absolutely adore their house. Perched ominously on a hill up from their bates motel, the old wooden and monstrous in more ways than one home set the bar for frightening audiences with scenes so shocking that moviegoers literally fainted in the middle of theaters back in 1960. Dec 05, 20 dismal ratings ensured that the 90minute pilot two hours with commercials would become a forgotten movieoftheweek rather than the premiere episode of a weekly show. Grew up in the 80s, and it just brings back the horror of the 1960s psycho. Staying on the set of bates motel tv series the new. Apr 17, 2017 bates motel is a prequel to the psycho movie series.
Alex west is a man who roomed with norman bates at the state lunatic asylum for nearly 20 years. A phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employers client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. With anthony perkins, janet leigh, vera miles, john gavin. While the original psycho movie, and bates motel tv series were not filmed on location, another film was, in the 1980s. Alex travels to bates california hometown and with a little help from a teenage runaway, willie, alex struggles to reopen the motel for business, only to. When i first saw the commercials before the bates motel series began, i was skeptical. Arbogast sleuths local motels and discovers marion spent a night at the bates motel. Like the melding of normans soul with his mothers, its also difficult to separate the influence of bates motel from the viewing of the original psycho in my mind. Mar 18, 20 few homes in movie history are as utterly scary and nightmare inducing as norman bates home in alfred hitchocks pyscho. In the aftermath of her husbands death, norma bates and her teen son move to a tiny town in coastal oregon, where they buy a roadside motel. The original bates motel and bates house set buildings, which were constructed on the same stage as lon chaney sr. Original bates motel will be included in a psycho four. The film premiered as part of nbc monday night at the movies on july 5, 1987.
Being a modern version of the movie, bates motel was released in 20 and counts with 5 seasons that will keep you glued to your seat. Bates motel soundtrack complete song list tunefind. Bates motel is a 1987 american madefortelevision supernatural horror film and a spinoff of the psycho franchise written and directed by richard rothstein. It is a contemporary prequel to alfred hitchcocks 1960 film, psycho, based on robert blochs 1959 novel of the same name, and anyone can edit. A replica of the original bates motel set from the film psycho was built on location at approximately 1054 272nd street in aldergrove, british columbia, where portions of the series were filmed. They are extremely close replicas of the original psycho set, but the roof was missing in season 1 and it had to be added digitally, it was until season 2 that the. Seeking a fresh start after her husbands tragic death, norma bates buys a motel on the outskirts of an idyllic coastal town. May 27, 2011 marion janet leigh takes a shower at the bates motel. The bates motel is now a budget motel, drawing fans and paranormal investigators alike. Oct 10, 20 heres something quite cool for you psycho completists. The motel has an adjoining house set on higher ground behind the main office and cabins, where norman bates.
Apr 15, 2014 when i first saw the commercials before the bates motel series began, i was skeptical. Norman bates house from the movie psycho only film i have. It stars anthony perkins, janet leigh, john gavin, vera miles, and martin balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by robert bloch. The original psycho movie was based on the novel by robert bloch and was intended to be a lowbudget experiment by director alfred hitchcock. In addition to its infamous shower sequence, the film broke various taboos including bizarrely a shot of a toilet flushing. Theres a noticeable paucity of offbeat attractions in western idaho and eastern oregon, a patch of white when compared to the lush red pushpin fertility of other regions. Created by anthony cipriano, carlton cuse, kerry ehrin. Bates motel has finally caught up with psycho, and its. Bates motel the alfred hitchcock wiki the hitchcock zone. The bates, the setting for alfred hitchcocks 1960 classic, psycho, is a dreary motel that doesnt see a lot of customers, and those who do stop, like janet leigh anne heche in the 1998. Bates motel tv prop and costume auction collectors hype.
Few homes in movie history are as utterly scary and nightmare inducing as norman bates home in alfred hitchocks pyscho. A fine example of what talented artists can achieve with an old plot. So, lets dive into some interesting facts and trivia about this television series. Marion janet leigh takes a shower at the bates motel. The shows original plot elements are more conventionally designed to appeal to tvs most coveted, youngskewing demographic, placing bates motel on a popcultural continuum with series created andor produced by kevin williamson the vampire diaries, joss whedon buffy the vampire slayer and cuses lost partner j. With bud cort, lori petty, moses gunn, gregg henry. February 21, 2017 watch bates motel live stream online video tv. Its always nice to see familiar faces making cameos on the newer shows, but for some reason, bates motel doesnt do that. He questions norman, whose stammering, skittishness and inconsistent. Feb 20, 2017 get ready to check back into the bates motel. Bates motel is a 1987 american madefortelevision drama horror film and a spinoff of the psycho film series produced by ken topolsky, written and directed by richard rothstein, and starring bud cort, lori petty, moses gunn, gregg henry, jason bateman, and kerrie keane.
Alex travels to bates california hometown and with a little help from a teenage runaway, willie, alex struggles to reopen the motel for business, only to have strange things happen. Heres something quite cool for you psycho completists. Dont let people miss on a great quote from the bates motel movie add it here. Despite being a paramount pictures film, psycho turned to universal pictures, with whom hitchcock already had a relationship. The film premiered as part of nbc monday night at the movies on july 5, 1987 the film is about alex west, a mentally. Our database currently contains 684 articles and 2,502 images. The original pilot for bates motel, which aired in 1987 and starred bud cort and lori petty, has been quietly released by universal as. Bates motel is one of the most exciting horror shows on netflix, based on the emblematic hitchcocks movie, psycho 1960. A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late norman bates at the. Apr 25, 2017 the show is an adaptation of the original horror film, psycho, by alfred hitchcock. Alfred hitchcock landmark thriller of the macabre stars janet leigh and anthony perkins in a terrifying tale about a quiet motel and a. The 154 lot auction includes props, costumes, set pieces along with other items used in the making of all five seasons. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Original bates motel will be included in a psycho fourpack.
Psycho is a 1960 american psychological horror film directed and produced by alfred hitchcock, and written by joseph stefano. Psycho house and bates motel alfred hitchocks 1960 cinematic masterpiece psycho, although originally distributed by paramount, was financed by hitchcock himself, and filmed at universal studios using the revue studios television crew from alfred hitchcock presents. What was the address of the house and bates motel from the. The norman bates of yore would certainly be difficult to duplicate, especially considering the fact that hollywood has a different perception of horror now than in 1960 when the original movie was launched. Delighted to pass on that bates motel is a fascinating, beautifully made drama series and a remarkably original and ingenious take on the original material. I know, thats a little difficult to initially wrap your head around with the bates motel overarching story. In 1960, alfred hitchcock was already famous as the screens master of suspense. Bates motel s final season brings the franchise full circle, with a satisfyingly creepy conclusion to the trials and tribulations of norman bates. Both the book and movie set psycho in the fictional town of fairvale, ca, with the bates motel around 20 miles away via the old highway. Psycho isnt just any horror movie, it is a world renowned classic that still is attracting a large fan base. After bates death, alex finds that he is in normans will as the inheritor of the bates motel, which has been vacant since normans arrest. Dismal ratings ensured that the 90minute pilot two hours with commercials would become a forgotten movieoftheweek rather than the premiere episode of a weekly show. The house of bates motel series had no roof the motel and house for the current series, starred by freddie highmore and vera farmiga, are located in british columbia, canada. Eastern for its fifth and final season and things will never be the same.
Bates motel is a 1987 american madefortelevision supernatural horror film and a spinoff of the psycho franchise written and directed by richard rothstein, produced by ken topolsky and starring bud cort, lori petty, moses gunn, gregg henry, jason bateman, and kerrie keane. Find all 7 songs featured in bates motel soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late norman bates at the state lunatic asylum, inherits the legendary bates motel after the death of norman and tries to fix it up to make it a respectable business. Norman bates, alfred hitchcock, hitchcock film, bates motel haus, downton abbey castle, bates motel season 4, creepy houses, haunted houses, haunted. Feb 22, 2020 both the book and movie set psycho in the fictional town of fairvale, ca, with the bates motel around 20 miles away via the old highway. Nov 17, 2017 while the original psycho movie, and bates motel tv series were not filmed on location, another film was, in the 1980s. Alex is then released from the institution and plans on reopening the bates motel. Original norman bates in front of bates motel with images horror. The writers are really stretching things by not completely following what the background from the original psycho movie.
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