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You've met Norman, now meet Mother...
When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.
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Psycho IV: The Beginning
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Psicose 04 - O Começo, Psicose 04, Psicose IV - O Começo, Psicose IV, Psicosis IV El Comienzo, Psycho 4 - The Beginning, Psycho 4, Psychose IV : Le Commencement, Psychose IV : L'Origine, Psicose 4 - O Começo, Psychose IV, Психо 4: Начало, Psicosis IV: El comienzo, Psycho 4 - Ahogyan kezdődött, Psycho IV, Psihoza IV: Începutul, פסיכו 4: ההתחלה, Psicose 4: A Revelação, Psycho IV: Začátek, Psychoza IV: Początek, Psyko IV, Sapık IV: Başlangıç, 싸이코 4, 惊魂记4, Ψυχώ 4: Η αρχη, Psycho IV: Začiatok, サイコ4, Tâm Thần Hoảng Loạn 4: Khởi Đầu
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05 Jul 1991
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10 Nov 1990
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10 Nov 1990
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18 May 2006
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"I should have killed you in my womb! You sure as hell tried to kill me getting out of it!"
Part sequel, part prequel, Psycho IV was the perfect late night Halloween hangover for me. I love this franchise, it’s low key one of my favorites and the movies following the monolithic first entry aren’t really shown that much love... which I guess I get because sacred cinema cow, but also fuck that because the Psycho sequels are ALL solid and worth any genre fans time if you ask me.
This picks up a few years after the events of Psycho III and 30 years after the events of the first film, with a rehabilitated Norman Bates calling in to…
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Part of Hoop-Tober
“All that faith and no potatoes.”
Living in the past is a dangerous game. You get so lost in distorted memories and rose-colored nostalgia that you fail to move forward and grow. You end up left behind in a place to which you cannot return—not equipped to deal with reality, but not capable of escaping it. It’s ossifying.
Making film sequels is much the same. Creative returns diminish as slavish devotion to the source material enmeshes you. You hope to strike gold by returning to the same lode, but eventually the vein runs dry. It’s a bit like Russian roulette—you keep taking chances on another positive outcome, but eventually you’re bound to end up missing part of…
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Yay, so glad this one lived up for me. This was always my fave of the sequels growing up and still one of my fave flashback films. Olivia Hussey is great as Mother and I love the tension between Norman and the talk show host. Anthony Perkins is back to brilliance again here after I was left feeling he was just lacking a little something in part 3. Love the ending.
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Nah, not feeling this one. I should love it. Part of one of my favorite franchises. Olivia Hussey, the lead actress of my favorite slasher movie ever, is added to the cast as Norman's mother. But this just feels long, over-dramatic, over-acted and goes into a backstory of Norman I never thought was important or necessary.
So to wrap up this franchise
Psycho - masterpiece
Psycho 2 - One of the greatest sequels ever
Psycho 3 - The sleaziest, nastiest entry into the franchise that goes full slasher movies (those are all good things)
Psycho 4 - blahAnd I am NOT revisiting that remake
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Holy moly this one is f**ked up, but because of that I like it so much. It’s really dark with its subject matter, the relationship between Norman and Norma ain’t right, and makes you cringe when watching but it makes for some great viewing. I really enjoyed this a lot, loved that it was a prequel and a sequel.
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Psycho 4 is an unconventional ending to an unconventional franchise that nobody asked for, and I love it. Though, I am a bit biased. The thought of having Anthony Perkins call me up and talk murder to me, causes my little gay heart to skip a beat. Here, we have Perkins, handsome as ever, giving it his all one last time when he calls into a late night radio show to recount his past traumas growing up with "mother".
Psycho 4 won't work for everyone. It is slower and more introspective, but fright fiends don't fret, it slips into horror every time young Norman slips into (or out of) that dress.
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No more blood in the house of Bates as Garris gives us one of his strongest efforts, feeling a bit King-esque and made-for-TV at the end of the day but man what an icon Perkins was, birthing one of the greatest characters to ever exist in cinema. Revell's riffs on the original score makes this feel like we've officially returned to the Oedipus Complex, loss of innocence, abuse and preservation fascination of our dear Norman. Olivia Hussey and Henry Thomas were perfect casting making me want to rate it higher but the ending always sobers me, still, what an astounding beginning and middle on this latter day entry to an underdog franchise.
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Oh boy we have reached the radio show prequel installment and things have gone off the rails! Norman's Mom Olivia Hussey is seducing the masses with her hot bod and young Norman is dweebing out hard! But also being seduced by his mom. It's a noticeable step down in quality this time around yet still entertaining In that campy and awkward kinda way. The violence and sleaze are continued here and one of the consistencies throughout this series. We even get a glimpse of Hussey boobs! Some of the best boobs! And that brings us to the end of the Psycho journey!
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The ending was a bit ridiculous but overall it’s a pretty good sequel, and I really enjoyed Henry Thomas and Olivia Hussey in this.
Overall the Psycho series (not including the Gus Van Sant remake, the 1987 Bates Motel TV movie, or the TV series, none of which I’ve seen) was quite well done, mostly due to Anthony Perkins’ excellent performances.
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[Norma finds porn magazines in Norman's bedroom]: "You dirty little pig! Take that right out to the garbage! ... Pig! Dirty pig! Dirty as your whole whore-mongering sex!"
Psycho IV: The Beginning takes place in two timelines: the origin story when Norman was a teen and the present with a 40-50? year old Norman. Both were equally interesting so that's a win for sure. The two tie in together pretty well too with recurring themes of beginnings and the origin of evil. For the origin story with teen Norman, it's hard to judge it after seeing the Bates Motel TV series, which in my opinion is pretty close to a masterpiece BUT this is still solid. I appreciate how weird…
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🔪Psycho Weekend
All Psychos, All WeekendNorman can't seem to get "Mother" out of his head.
Creepy Norman reminisces about his younger years with his mother, on a radio show.
This fourquel just couldn't keep up with the installments prior, but still a enjoyable watch.
6.4/10🔪Pyscho Movies Ranked
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Like never before, I’m thinking of Psycho less as a four-part franchise than a trilogy with quite a substantial epilogue. For a made-for-Showtime release from 1990, it’s incredibly ambitious in the way it serves multiple masters, filling out the Bates family backstory, catching up with Norman in the present day, and attempting to find a logical note of emotional closure for his terminally tortured plight. In large part, genre veteran Mick Garris succeeds, handling the material with style and given indispensable support by the original writer, the original music, and the original actor returning to go a little mad one last time. There’s a genuine poignancy to seeing Perkins in this milieu thirty years on, made all the more powerful…
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