Psycho III (1986)

hyped garbage

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Fresh and Exciting

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

If you think that you have seen it all, you haven't seen anything yet. Anthony Perkins is back as Norman Bates in "Psycho III". He's back at the Bates Motel, running business as usual. He gets some help from a up and coming rocker(Jeff Fahey), and his first guest is a former nun(Diana Scarwid) ,who would end trying to kill herself after a nun who tried to stop her fell to her own death. Maureen(Scarwid) is saved by Bates and would later fall in love with him. But the other woman is "Mother", who would do as she can to keep Norman to stay away. In the second installment, head games was involved. But the woman in the house isn't "Mother", it's Mrs. Spool, Norman Bates aunt! Was she worse than Norma? Or just the same as her sister? I think both women belonged to the "loony bin". Norman went back to his psycho ways, again. But this time, he was way more unhinged. Necrophilia was seen. Kissing one of the stab victims. That was very messed up. The first one was classic, the second one was tamer, and this one gives the meaning very much. Enjoyed it very much. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Norman Bates falls in love with a nun - which makes his "mother" jealous - who has visited the Bates Motel alongside a drifter and a curious reporter. This is probably the dumbest info for a film ever there's so much going on in this film than just that you get Norman get accused that he killed a girl from a group of drunk people or even a much bigger backstory for him they even repeat the great ending of the film when he smiles and it's still creepy as hell also there's this big story with this reporter that tries to find what is going on. The Soundtrack mostly the theme is amazing and they used it many times and i'm glad they did i have to give a big congratulations to Anthony Perkins for directing the film many people judged it to be goofy and dumb and sure it has some of those moments for instance the love scene or the scene with the guitar smashed in the head of this dude it's does have problems but the pacing is much much better in this one and i think they did a really great job not one of the best movie franchises ever but definitely better than any Friday the 13th Film another Horror Franchise with a crazy dude and his mom.

Anthony Perkins directed the third installment of the psycho series and early on it was clear to see he wanted to make it his own. The beginning of the movie introduces two main characters played by Diana Scarwid and Jeff Fahey who cross paths at Bates Motel. The movie took awhile to develop but it held my interest throughout. Bring back the sheriff, cook and back story of Mrs Poole I thought was phenomenal writing maintaining the story and keeping it intact to the previous two. There was also a lot of little shots and dialog bits that played homage to the original two which I didn't mind since it was overloaded with them. What gives this movie an average five rating is a weak ending which I thought could have been scripted better. All and all its a solid addition to the Psycho franchise.

For those of you that thought making a sequel to 'Psycho' was a disastrous, shark-jumping moment in cinema history, you ain't seen nothing' yet. On Valentine's Day, 1986, first-time director, Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates himself), released 'Psycho 3' and, at the time, no one cared. It's a shame because, unlike 'Psycho 2' – which spent a lot of time and energy reproducing and imitating Hitchcock - this is a totally new and much darker take on a scenario that we already know quite well.If you haven't seen the previous 'Psycho' films, there are a number of sub-plots and asides in 'Psycho 3' that will mean absolutely nothing to you. It is a film that really hinges on all the previous elements and as careful as I was in my 'Psycho 2' review not to reveal all the twist and turns, it was all for not because 'Psycho 3' defiantly unravels every one of them.Much like the original, the film starts with a woman running away. This time it's a very disturbed nun who has left her convent having lost her faith in God and her will to live. Janet Leigh look-alike, Maureen Coyle (Diana Scarwid - 'Mommie Dearest' / 'Rumble Fish') treks across the desert where she is picked up by a very sleazy Jeff Fahey ('The Lawnmower Man' / 'Body Parts'). The two wanderers end up checking into the Bates Motel and, by now, you should have a hint at what's in store for them.There are a few attempts at building on the 'Psycho' mythology but there aren't any big surprises and there really isn't one over-arching story (unless you take the previous films into account). Here's a rundown of the sub-plots tied in: 1.) Maureen has lost all direction and Norman feels sorry for her so they go on a date before she gets killed. 2.) Duke, Fahey's character, is working his way out to L.A. where he's going to be a big rock star. He learns a bit more about Norman than he should and tries to use this to his advantage. 3.) There's a reporter trying to discredit Norman's sanity and disprove the truth about Norman's mother (one of the twists from 'Psycho 2'). 4.) The Bates Motel is full of guests for once and Norman has to sneak around killing them (for no reason).What's so different about this sequel? For starters, I'm not really sure who the main character is. Unlike the previous sequel, Norman doesn't seem to be conflicted any longer; he's back to taxidermy, he's got 'Mother' back, he's peeking through holes in bathroom walls, and he's quick to kill. Maureen barely has any screen time and, though she is introduced as a possible heroin, her character doesn't really go anywhere (a la Marian Crane). Duke is too repellant to root for (but gets more screen time than almost anyone). So, oddly enough, the closest we're given to a protagonist is Roberta Maxwell's ('Popeye' / 'Philadelphia') reporter who is the least interesting character with the biggest payoff.All in all, this is the most sequeley sequel you will ever see and that should be enough to spark your curiosity.