Psycho III
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| German title | Psycho III | ||
| Original title | Psycho III | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1986 | ||
| length | 89 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 16 | ||
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| Director | Anthony Perkins | ||
| script | Charles Edward Pogue | ||
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Hilton A. Green Donald E. Zipfel |
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Stephen Bray Carter Burwell Stanton Miranda David Sanborn |
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| camera | Bruce Surtees | ||
| cut | David E. Blewitt | ||
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Psycho III is an American psychological thriller from 1986 and another sequel to the Hitchcock classic Psycho from 1960. Directed by lead actor Anthony Perkins . The film takes place a month after the mysterious disappearance of Norman Bates' supposed mother Emma Spool, which was portrayed in Psycho II .
action
The young novice Maureen tries to kill herself. The hurrying nuns can still prevent the disaster, but Maureen accidentally pushes sister Margaret down the bell tower. The young woman leaves the monastery in shock. She is picked up on the road by the unsuccessful rock musician Duane, who tries to rape her. Duane happens to pass the "Bates Motel" and reads that someone is wanted. Since he is in need of money, he accepts the job.
Meanwhile, Norman Bates, who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, meets journalist Tracy in the fast-food restaurant, who wants to write an article on the subject of "rehabilitation of mentally ill murderers". During the interview, Norman first saw Maureen, who reminded him of his first victim, Marion Crane . He panics and flees the restaurant. Tracy, puzzled by Norman's strange behavior, tells Duane to report anything happening at the motel immediately.
Meanwhile, Maureen arrives at the motel and is allocated room 1 by Duane, the same room that Marion Crane lived in at the time. Norman is horrified, but watches through the peephole in the wall as Maureen goes into the bathroom. Driven by his jealous mother, Norman disguises himself to kill Maureen, who has cut her wrists and is now in danger of bleeding to death. In a delusional state of affairs, she considers the incoming “mother” to be the Virgin Mary and her “appearance” as a divine sign. Maureen is admitted to a hospital and Norman assures her that she is welcome to stay in his motel. She and Norman fall in love, but fearing that his mother might kill Maureen, he denies his love.
Meanwhile, Duane brings a young woman to the motel who is stabbed to death by Norman in a phone booth. Also one night after a football game, a young woman who was partying in the motel is murdered. Maureen is introduced to Norman's life story by Tracy and then leaves the motel. Norman accuses his mother of stealing Maureen from him. However, the stuffed body of Emma Spool , another victim of Norman, has since been stolen by Duane, who tried to blackmail Norman. He knocks him out with his guitar during an argument and sinks the young man together with his car in the moor.
Maureen returns to the motel with a plan to live with Norman. In a moment of shock, however, he pushes her down the stairs and Maureen is impaled by the arrow of a statue. Meanwhile, Tracy arrives at the motel and finds Maureen's body laid out in the living room. Norman, who was watching her, disguises himself again as his mother. As Norman pursues Tracy through the house, she reveals details of his tragic family life in an attempt to rouse him from his dissociative state. Accordingly, Emma Spool was not Norman's mother, but his aunt. Spool was in love with Norman's father, killed him in a raging jealousy of her sister and kidnapped little Norman. As a result of these acts, she was taken to an institution and also developed dissociative identity disorder by mistaking herself for Norman's mother. When Norman found out, he stabbed the stuffed body. When the sheriff arrested him and informed him that he would probably never be released from the clinic, he replied, “But I will finally be free”. In the back seat of the police car, with a demonic grin, he strokes the stuffed hand of his "mother" that he is carrying with him.
background
In this film many motifs from the original film Psycho are taken up, for example the stuffing of animals and corpses, the voyeurism , but also the demonic grin at the end of the film. What is unique is that Norman Bates is ultimately aware of what he is doing. This distinguishes his character from the first film, in which he is the victim of a split personality . Psycho III , however, is much more ironic than the previous films. It is not uncommon for black humor to be used in some dialogue passages. Some scenes were also given a humorous undertone.
- Norman, after Maureen notes that the bathroom must have looked awful after her suicide attempt: "I've seen it worse."
- Norman, after Duane - just hired as a temporary worker - remarks that he will not stay in the motel for too long: "NOBODY will stay here long ...!"
- Norman thinks the laugh of the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker that comes from the television is his mother's scornful laugh and covers her ears.
There is a music video for the song Scream of Love , which is on the soundtrack for Psycho III . The music video also features Anthony Perkins and some flashbacks to the original 1960 film.
criticism
"Another sequel to Hitchcock's classic that, despite the usual shock effects, has clearly parodic features and doesn't take itself very seriously."
Awards
The film was nominated for the Saturn Award in the categories of Best Actor and Best Horror Film .
Web links
- Psycho III in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Psycho III at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Psycho III at Metacritic (English)
- Psycho III in the online film database
- Psycho III in the German dubbing index
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 VHS - FSK 16 DVD by Psycho 3 at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Psycho III . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2006 (PDF; test number: 56 914 V / DVD).
- ↑ Psycho III. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .