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5.1/10 • 957

1998-12-041h 43m

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Check in. Relax. Take a shower.

A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.

Directors
Gus Van Sant
Editors
Amy E. Duddleston

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Vince Vaughn

    Vince Vaughn

    Norman Bates

  2. Anne Heche

    Anne Heche

    Marion Crane

  3. Julianne Moore

    Julianne Moore

    Lila Crane

  4. Viggo Mortensen

    Viggo Mortensen

    Samuel 'Sam' Loomis

  5. William H. Macy

    William H. Macy

    Milton Arbogast

  6. Robert Forster

    Robert Forster

    Dr. Simon

  7. Philip Baker Hall

    Philip Baker Hall

    Sheriff Chambers

  8. Chad Everett

    Chad Everett

    Tom Cassidy

  9. Rance Howard

    Rance Howard

    Mr. Lowery

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Repo Jack

Oct 22, 2020

2/10

Horror fans really should thank Gus Van Sant for his experimental "copy exactly" approach to re-making the horror classic Psycho. Filmmakers have learned that just modernizing the original with a bigger budget takes no creativity and falls into tedium and redundancy which most horror fan's hate. Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake, where nearly every scene is "copied exactly," is a perfect example of this. It was simply BORING. Even for those that never saw this first, the pacing is just too slow for the high-octane generations of the 90's and beyond. For a re-make to resonate with an audience that knows the original by heart, it has to deliver a new and different version while staying within the bounds of the original framework. We should be thankful because no director will try this again. For the secret formula to successful horror re-makes, watch 2012's The Evil Dead, 2004's Dawn of the Dead or David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986).

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$60,000,000.00
Revenue
$37,100,000.00
Keywords
motelstolen moneymurderpsychosispsycho