Description A remake of director Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller about a young woman, who, while on the run after stealing 40,000 dollars from her boss, is brutally murdered in the shower of a motel that she is staying in one night. As police investigate her disappearance, we learn more about the motel's psychotic owner, Norman Bates. Director Gus Van Zant's film is a shot-for-shot remake of the original.
| Credits | | Producer: | Brian Grazer | | Score Composer: | Bernard Herrmann |
Editorial Reviews ...What could be juicier, or more appropriate, than this post-modern PSYCHO?....A fascinating stunt... Entertainment Weekly
...A work of 'metacinematic' research. By remaking PSYCHO, the film-makers have managed to replay formally notions of transgression and difference that manifested themselves in Hitchcock's original as themes and subtexts... Sight and Sound
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