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Psycho 3 on DVD (1986)

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Average rating: (55%)
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Starring: Anthony Perkins | Diana Scarwid | Jeff Fahey | Roberta Maxwell
Director: Anthony Perkins
Studio: UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIDEO
Certificate: TBC
User collections: MAD MEN, PSYCHO'S, SERIAL KILLERS AND BOOGEY MEN
Genres: Horror
Languages: English
Released: 06/10/2006

Brief synopsis of Psycho 3

Norman Bates is back! He's alive and well, and living with his mother at Bates Motel. 'Psycho III' a psychological thriller, is the second sequel to Hitchcock's masterpiece of terror and suspense starring Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates. Tracy is an investigative reporter who arrives at Bates Motel hoping to interview Norman for a story about insanity pleas in murder trials. Despite the town's pro-Norman 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 really is up to his old tricks again!

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Rating of 2 stars out of 5 Radio Times

Anthony Perkins stars in and directs a rather mean-spirited second sequel to the Hitchcock classic in which Norman falls in love with a suicidal nun, poignantly played by Diana Scarwid. Filled with overwrought in-jokes (the Vertigo-influenced opening), flashbacks to the original film (Janet Leigh's face turning into Scarwid's) and copious blood-letting (the studio added extra gore), Perkins goes for the jugular in a melodramatic, somewhat vulgar, way with the accent on sleazy humour and viciousness. Sadly, Perkins never matches the cleverer Psycho II for whodunnit skilfulness, as he gamely stumbles on without a Hitch.

Halliwell's Film Guide

More variations on the original Psycho murders, with invention wearing a bit thin by now.

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Rated - 4 starsTOP MOVIE !!!

A customer from GLASGOW , 21/06/2005

Anthony Perkins is running the Bates Motel again and it becomes quite apparent that his thirst to kill is about to come back. A drifter (Jeff Fahey) and a suicidal former nun (Diana Scarwid) are the newest occupants. Soon a nosy journalist (Roberta Maxwell) starts hanging around as well and the suspense builds to a fevered pitch. Can Perkins keep his mother's skeleton in the closet one last time? 'Psycho III' is by-the-numbers all the way. Those who saw the second installment came back for this blood-bath while traditionalists who refused to view anything but the original turned away once again. Perkins' direction is suspect and the screenplay is mediocre at best. Ends up being a typical slasher flick with little creativity or innovation.

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Rated - 1 starsAgain...

Robert Fulton from portsmoth, england , 24/05/2005

I am disappointed that someone found the time to not only remake a classic but then go on to make a classic remake sequel then a classic remake trilogy.... What is wrong with these people!!!

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Rated - 3 starsNot too bad.

Richard Connell from Stevenage, UK , 18/07/2005

Considering this film is the third remake, it wasn,t bad. However, the subject material has been quite exumed in the process. I would suggest anybody to watch the sequals in chronological order to get the most impact from this classic.

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Rated - 4 starsgood

A customer from england , 06/02/2006

this film was worth watching, but it wasn't as good as number 1 and 2. It was still quite enjoyable though.

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