Bates Motel (1987) on Netflix
TV-PG19871h 30mComedyDramaHorror
After Norman Bates dies, Alex West, his friend from the asylum, inherits the Bates Motel. He meets runaway Willie and handyman Henry Watson, and the three begin fixing the place up.
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Plot summary
Alex West was sent to a mental hospital as a boy after killing his abusive stepfather, and Norman Bates became a father figure to him there. Norman's death leaves Alex the Bates Motel, and he travels to the California town of Fairville. The house and the motel are falling apart. Willie, a teenage runaway who has been living in the house, and Henry Watson, a local man who has just lost his home, agree to stay and help him repair the place. The bank officer Tom Fuller lends Alex the money for the repairs and grows suspicious of him, and the three of them set out to reopen the motel as a respectable business.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bates Motel (1987)
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- Bates Motel was originally made as a pilot for a proposed TV series set in the Bates Motel, but the network did not pick the series up.
- Bates Motel is the only Psycho installment besides the 1998 remake in which Anthony Perkins does not play Norman Bates; Kurt Paul plays the role instead.
