Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) on Netflix
R19901h 36mHorrorMysteryThriller
Rehabilitated and married to the psychiatrist Connie, Norman Bates fears his madness will pass to their unborn child. He calls a talk radio show as Ed to tell his life story.
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Plot summary
Norman Bates is rehabilitated again, married to the psychiatrist Connie and waiting for their baby. He keeps one worry to himself, that the child will carry his sickness. One evening the talk radio host Fran Ambrose discusses matricide on the air with Dr. Leo Richmond, the psychologist who once treated Norman. Norman calls the program, gives the name Ed and starts to describe his childhood. His memories come back out of order, through the 1940s and 1950s. When Norman is six, his father John dies, and his mother Norma raises him alone at their motel, beating him for small infractions and teaching him that sex is sin.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
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- Anthony Perkins was diagnosed with HIV during the making of Psycho IV: The Beginning and had to receive treatment while filming.
- The Bates Motel facade and the Bates mansion were re-created at Universal Studios Florida for Psycho IV. Because of delays, the film was shot after the park opened, and tourists could watch scenes being filmed at the motel and house on the back lot.
- Joseph Stefano, screenwriter of the original 1960 Psycho, returned for Psycho IV and decided to ignore the first two sequels, which he felt were too commercial and too close to slasher-film conventions.
