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Norman Bates is back to normal. But mother's off her rocker again.
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.
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Psycho III
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Psicosis 3, Psicose III, Psicose 03, Psicosis III, Psycho 3, サイコ3 怨霊の囁き, Psychose III, Психо 3, Psicose 3, Psihoza III, פסיכו 3, Psychoza III, Psyko III, Sapık III, 싸이코 3, 惊魂记3, Ψυχώ 3: Στον τόπο του εγκλήματος, Psiho 3, ფსიქო 3, サイコ3／怨霊の囁き, Tâm Thần Hoảng Loạn 3
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Intense violence and sexual transgression Horror, the undead and monster classics Thrillers and murder mysteries Gory, gruesome, and slasher horror Twisted dark psychological thriller Terrifying, haunted, and supernatural horror Gothic and eerie haunting horror Graphic violence and brutal revenge Show All…
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Seattle International Film Festival
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02 Apr 1986
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Turkey
27 Jun 1986
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Canada
02 Jul 1986
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06 Aug 1986
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29 Aug 1986
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30 Oct 1986
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08 Nov 1986
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21 Nov 1986
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30 Sep 2021
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Brazil
30 Sep 2021
- Digital16 Netflix
Canada
27 Jun 1986
- Theatrical
France
06 Aug 1986
- Theatrical
Germany
30 Oct 1986
- Theatrical16
Ireland
21 Nov 1986
- Theatrical18
Japan
08 Nov 1986
- TheatricalR18+
Spain
29 Aug 1986
- Theatrical18
Turkey
02 Apr 1986
- Theatrical
USA
06 Jun 1986
- Premiere Seattle International Film Festival
02 Jul 1986
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Psycho II was the perfect way to follow up Hitchcock’s sacred cow/genre monolith... updating the mystery element with an 80’s slasher whodunnit vibe with a reformed Norman being such a great angle for intrigue—it’s a movie no one asked for but ended up being one of my favorite sequels ever. The perfect mood for a follow up if you ask me.
Then there’s III... where Perkins’ fornicates Psycho’s lore with Blood Simple atmos via upped gore, nudity, neon drenched sleaze, and a Carter Burwell score—throwing in nuns, church towers, crazy rain storms, and a nutso Jeff Fahey as the rapey scumbag Duane Duke... who could have passed for a "The Hitchhiker" type character in one of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre sequels. The kills are superb, the lighting moody, and the noirish sleaze slasher vibe works for me big time courtesy of Perkins’ very strong direction—plus he’s damn wonderful yet again as Norman.
What a fascinating franchise.
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It’s hard to believe that I didn’t remember a lot of this film because it’s honestly pretty damn great! Perkins does a respectable job in the directors chair and I love all the neon trash lighting and general sleazy aesthetic with just the right amount of 80’s slasher influence.
Hitchcock’s original is the ultimate B movie, but the sequel tried to take it in a different direction and class it up a bit and add a heavy mystery element. This one gets right back to its roots with Norman doing his thing and the kills are absolutely superb.
This is a tough series to rate because I love all of the films for different reasons. This one is like the slutty sister of the family and let’s face it, she always has the best time!
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They sure get a lot of mileage out of the original Psycho shower scene, don’t they? While this one isn’t quite as much of a pleasant surprise as Psycho II, this third installment is still pretty good. This one feels a bit sleazier than the previous installments, with more sex, nudity and Jeff Fahey as a big-time scumbag. A couple good kills including an awesome toilet kill. (Not sure if it was #1 or #2 😛). Kind of wish there was a bit more ambiguity with regards to the killer in this, but I that’s probably a tall order for a third installment. I liked Perkins’ direction for the most part though. The infamous house looked really awesome in some shots and the final handheld shot (so to speak) of Norman was really great.Degrees of Kevin Bacon: 2
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cant believe it took a whole movie + 2 sequels of guilt/repression/sexual pathology & violence for the psycho cinematic universe to finally introduce....catholicism. after legally rehabilitated just tryna live his life (more like NORMIE BATES) now tha psYcHo is a 80s slasher who knifes up horny teens like a jason flick.......which is kinda disappointing until (SPOILERS) that "shower scene" just floored me emotionally. this movie's all over the place, so many interesting choices that only a 1st-time director & weirdo reliving his persona after a quarter-century would make, and i wish more franchise actors got the chance to do the same. also how good is jeff fahey in this???
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What a nasty delight. I might even prefer this to Psycho II considering that, in lacking the further psychology of Norman found in the previous installment, it drops all pretense and embraces the pulpy, often disgusting visceral rhythms of the first film. It moves and plays like a neon mix of mid-80s slasher, with that existential repetition and lack of self-awareness, while also functioning as a manic riff on the themes of the original. It's very fun and, with the prominence of cartoons in the film acting as inspiration and tone-setter, often wacky in a productive sense. Worth a late-night watch!
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I love this movie, it’s neon sleaze lighting, and the influence of Blood Simple on Perkins. Certainly makes for a fascinating entry in a fascinating franchise.
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“I never went away. Don’t you know that by now? You can’t get rid of me. I’ll always be with you Norman. Always.”
Into a black void, a voice screams, “There is no God!”
A blonde woman is perched at the top of a belltower. She is at an old Spanish mission somewhere in the American Southwest. She is despondent; her God has forsaken her, as he is wont to do with his children, and she sees no reason to go on. Nuns clamber up the long wooden staircase leading to the belfry. They must stop this forthcoming suicide—not because they care particularly about the young woman, but because suicide is against their rules. The attempted negotiation…
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Now this is my kinda experience. It took to the 3rd entry to go into a bizarre direct to video/Italian feeling weirdo AKA the frequency I live in. Everything is looser, more dramatic and unpredictable. Characters are kookier and the logical framework has eroded. Shovel to granny's head recap ok! And Fahey getting kinky! I don't know what that naked lamp number was but that whole scene was trashy fun! Bloody ice cube agghhhhhhhhhh! Two incredible falling death scenes? Well damn son!
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Actually a really great entry in this franchise. It’s got the mid-80s slasher vibe to it which is a lot of fun, and all the side characters were great. Directed by the man himself Anthony Perkins, great job. I liked this more than Psycho 2.
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Being a tremendous admirer of the first two installments of the Psycho franchise, I was really looking forward to seeing the third one. Anthony Perkins commitment to the character is still there and he always has a magnetic screen presence. However, his debut as a director falls flat and the movie looks like an uninspired rehash of the first two. Apart from Norman Bates, the other characters are bland and I just couldn’t get the chills at all in the kill scenes. The third act gets quite over the top and the final scene didn’t make a lot of sense, ruining the climax a little bit.
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