Psycho III

Psycho III (1986)

Norman Bates is back to normal. But mother's off her rocker again.

When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.

Date of release
1986-04-02
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (455)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Anthony Perkins
Collection
Psycho Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $14.4M
  • Budget: $8.4M
  • Earned 1.7× its budget

Psycho III is a 1986 American slasher film, and the third film in the Psycho franchise. It stars Anthony Perkins, who also directs the film, reprising the role of Norman Bates. It co-stars Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, and Roberta Maxwell. The screenplay is written by Charles Edward Pogue. The original electronic music score is composed and performed by Carter Burwell in one of his earliest projects. Psycho III is unrelated to Robert Bloch's third Psycho novel, Psycho House, which was not published until 1990.

Production

Principal photography of Psycho III took place between June 28, 1985, and September 10, 1985. Anthony Perkins, who took on the role of director for the first time, said he decided to direct the film due to his enjoyment of the script, which he found "fascinating". He commented: "I liked how wild the script was, and how tight it was at the same time. It's the perfect blend of the reasonable and the unreasonable.

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