Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) (TV)

Note des utilisateurs:

5.0/10   

Réalisateur:

Mick Garris

Writers (WGA):

Robert Bloch (character)
Joseph Stefano (written by)

Release Date:

10 novembre 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Accroche:

You've met Norman... now meet mother.

Plot:

Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates) returns for this "prequel", once more having mommy trouble. This time...

Plot Keywords:

Prequel | Mother | Serial Killer | Neurotic | Sequel

Awards:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

A few interesting twists...

Ensemble

Anthony Perkins	...	Norman Bates
Henry Thomas	...	Young Norman Bates
Olivia Hussey	...	Norma Bates
CCH Pounder	...	Fran Ambrose
Warren Frost	...	Dr. Leo Richmond
Donna Mitchell	...	Connie Bates
Thomas Schuster	...	Chet Rudolph
Sharen Camille	...	Holly
Bobbi Evors	...	Gloria
John Landis	...	Mike Calveccio
Kurt Paul	...	Raymond Linette
Louis Crume	...	George Emeric
Cynthia Garris	...	Ellen Stevens
Doreen Chalmers	...	Mrs. Lane
Alice Hirson	...	Mother (voice)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Psychose - L'origine (France) (DVD box title) [fr]
Psychose IV (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and sensuality.

Durée:

96 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Son:

Stereo

Classification:

Spain:18 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2006) | Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

Smart Money Productions

Anecdotes:

This was the first film to be filmed at Universal Studios in Florida.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Norman is dragging mother downstairs after she vomited her eyes are closed/open between shots.

Guillemet:

Norma Bates: Get that whore out of my house!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Psycho Legacy (2009)

A few interesting twists...

If you liked the earlier sequels (with of course, the first one being inimitable) you may find this entertaining.

Tony Perkins seems deranged as ever, and there are some interesting conversations between him and CCH Pounder, (a radio shrink) as she tries to uncover what made Norman Bates the way he is...nature or nurture?... It may be genetic, but it could also have been his mother played by Olivia Hussey, a deranged woman who has an inappropriate relationship with her son.

Henry Thomas ("E.T." and "Beyond Obesession", among others) is sad and affecting as the young Norman Bates, who tries to be a good son to his mother, until she realizes he has become a man, wherein she begins to flip out.

Overall, for die-hard fans of the "Psycho" sequels.