As a kid who loved the psycho series, i couldnt wait to see this tv movie. But this doesnt mean the series has been following psycho wordforword. Freddie highmore visits psycho house, bates motel at universal studios hollywood for sdcc 20. Bates motel is a 1987 television movie spinoff of the 1960 suspensehorror film psycho. Bates motel anthony cipriano, carlton cuse and kerry ehrin, it took these names to recreate the hitchcockian legacy, balancing the fame and art, it is tv horrorfarmiga and highmore are alone on stage, humming to jazz music played in the piano, the chemistry is. Feb 20, 2016 you can check back into bates motel this coming march, as the prequel story to alfred hitchcocks 1960 adaptation of psycho returns for season 4.
Bates motel is a modernday prequel to the genredefining film psycho that gives viewers an intimate portrayal of norman bates as his psyche unravels through his teenage years. Listen to bates motel from the bates s the bates for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. A year after the second psycho sequel hit the big screen, universal looked to take the franchise to the small screen by turning it into a weekly anthology series. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from bates motel.
The film premiered as part of nbc monday night at the movies on july 5, 1987. Rihanna took to instagram to critique her debut on fxs bates motel on monday, march 20 rihannas. 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. Bates motel 1987 michael ds region 4 dvd info page. Seeking a fresh start after her husbands tragic death, norma bates buys a motel on the outskirts of an idyllic coastal town.
This story begins with the earlier years of a teenage norman bates and his mother norma who live in an old house overlooking the adjoining motel which they are renovating. 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. It stars bud cort as alex west, a young man who befriends norman bates in a psychiatric hospital. Inspired by psychos central character, this dramatic series gives you a closer look at what the teenage years were like for norman bates and how they forged the way to his knifehappy ways in adulthood. In 20, universal television developed a new series, also titled bates motel, this time envisioned as a prequel to the film. I really feel this movie to be one of the most underrated and overlooked horror films of. This is a trailer for the made for television movie bates motel, which was a spinoff of the psycho film series. All 3 songs featured in bates motel season 1 episode 10.
But this uberlame tv pilot has its moments, so here it is. First of all, this is not the current tv series bates motel. The series, a contemporary prequel to alfred hitchcock s 1960 film. Watch bates motel season 5 episode 2 online tv fanatic. Dec 05, 20 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. Farmiga and highmore are alone on stage, humming to jazz music played in the piano, the chemistry is magnetically charged. Suffice it to say, the show was never picked up by any network, and its not hard to see why. Psycho 112 movie clip the bates motel 1960 hd youtube. Bates motel a modern reimagining and prequel to the movie psycho 1960.
Release date tv series bates motel season 6 scheduled, premiere of the new series will be held february 1, 2018. I assume it was released because of the interest generated from the current tv series of the same name and the recent scream factory releases of psycho ii and iii on bluray. Television pilot for a spinoff series based on the hitchcock film psycho 1960. See the full list of bates motel cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. 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 misfit bud cort rejoins society as the manager of a haunted motel inherited from killer norman bates. This originally aired on nbc on monday, july 5, 1987 as part of nbc monday. Em um sanatorio, alex west encontra o psicopata norman bates interpretado por kurt paul, e nao por anthony perkins, o personagem principal da serie psicose.
This series gradually draws the viewer and with each episode reveals new facets of the consciousness of the characters. 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. The 10episode season will continue to chronicle norman bates freddie highmore slow descent into madness and bloodlust. Bates motel is an american psychological horror drama television series that aired from march 18, 20 to april 24, 2017.
The film is about alex west, a mentally disturbed youth who was admitted to an asylum after killing his. The film premiered as part of nbc monday night at the movies on july 5, 1987 the film is about alex west, a mentally. It actually came out three years before psycho iv but its not part of that timeline. My husband and i really do like this made for tv 1987 film that does go and forget about psycho 2 3 and 4, as it followon from the original psycho film after norman bates as been arrest and put in an asylum where he meets a young boy and befriends him, and later leaves the psycho house and the bates motel to him in his will after normans death, and them things get gowing, psycho 2 was a. This is a 1987 tv movie that was supposed to be the pilot for a new series that didnt happen. Being twelveyearsold at the time, the thought of an ongoing bates motel show thrilled me to no end. Bates motel is a modernday prequel to the genredefining film psycho that gives viewers an intimate portrayal of norman bates as his psyche unravels thr. Alex west is a man whom roomed with norman bates at the state lunatic asylum for nearly 20 years. Freddie highmore found killing people on bates motel cathartic conan on tbs duration. Watch bates motel season 5 episode 2 online via tv fanatic with over 7 options to watch the bates motel s5e2 full episode. This is a trailer for the made for television movie bates motel, which was a spin off of the psycho film series. Well, the bates motel series can answer a number of those questions for you. Fan favorite and emmynominated actress vera farmiga returns for double duty as executive producer while also reprising her role as. There are projects that capture from the first series.
A misfit bud cort rejoins society as the manager of a. Its a 1987 pilot of a tv show that attempted to spin off the psycho movies. 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. Mar 22, 2020 listen to music from bates motel like distorted reality and sweet transvestite metal cover. Bates motel is a 1987 american madefortelevision supernatural horror film and a spinoff of the psycho franchise written and directed by richard rothstein. The film is about alex west, a mentally disturbed youth. This busted tv pilot film is set in the sinister familyoperated motel made infamous by hitchcocks psycho. Bates motel was aimed at teenagers, who turned away in droves. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. With bud cort, lori petty, moses gunn, gregg henry. Affiliates with free and paid streaming include amazon, itunes, vudu. 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. After the death of bates, alex finds that hes in normans will as the inheritor of the bates motel, which has.
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