Psycho IV - The Beginning
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| German title | Psycho IV - The Beginning |
| Original title | Psycho IV - The Beginning |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 (re-examination) |
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| Director | Mick Garris |
| script | Joseph Stefano |
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Les Mayfield George Zaloom |
| music | Graeme Revell |
| camera | Rodney Charters |
| cut | Charles Bornstein |
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Psycho IV - The Beginning is an American psychological thriller from 1990. It is the final installment of Alfred Hitchcock's classic Psycho produced from 1960. For American television, became Psycho IV no great name recognition, however, is published in a 2007 Psycho DVD collection included.
action
Norman Bates calls the radio talk show "Talk Of The Town", which is about Matrizid that evening . He pretends to be "Ed" on the phone and tells his life story. Through his narration, we learn that Norma Bates, his mother, abused him mentally when he was young. Most of all, she was disgusted with the sexual excitement that overcame Norman at the sight of his mother and other women. Norma Bates wanted to lock up her son until he had learned to control his urges. In addition, in front of her son, she flirted with her lover, which caused Norman to become furiously jealous, whereupon he decided to kill his mother and lover. After the murder of his mother, Norman also killed women who aroused him sexually: he was ashamed of his lust and thought that this was entirely in the interests of his mother.
A guest in the studio of the radio show is Dr. Richmond, who previously looked after Norman Bates at the institution. He realizes that the caller is Norman, but he is expelled from the radio show because he obviously unsettled Norman Bates and would induce him to hang up the phone, which the presenter of the show definitely does not want to risk.
After Norman Bates reports his childhood memories on the radio, he announces that he wants to kill his wife Connie. The background is the fact that Connie wants to carry their child against Norman's will. Bates fears that his illness is hereditary and wants to prevent becoming a father by all means. Norman can not be dissuaded from his plan and lures his pregnant wife Connie to the now vacant Bates Motel, where he wants to kill her.
But visions appear to him in which he sees the killed women he told about. This moves him to leave his past behind and start a new life with his wife and child. As a symbolic act, he decides to burn down the motel. He is trapped in flames and only barely escapes death by escaping through the cellar. In the final scene of the film, his mother's voice can be heard calling for him and Norma Bates' rocking chair can be seen moving. This suggests that Bates has not overcome his dissociative identity disorder and that his past will catch up with him again.
backgrounds
- Since Norman Bates' actor Anthony Perkins died of AIDS in 1992 , Psycho IV marks the end of the Psycho franchise. A fifth part was already being planned, but was no longer implemented.
- Psycho IV aims, as announced in the subtitle, to fully enlighten the viewer about the motives for Bates' actions. Norman Bates suffers from the Oedipus Complex , which repels his mother and creates a large gap between the two. Nor is Norman's eccentric attitude to sexuality explained by the fact that his mother tried to convince him that he was a girl.
- Psycho IV follows on from the original Psycho and does not work as a further sequel to parts two and three. The background with Emma Spool, who in her unattainable love and raging jealousy of her sister Norma, killed her husband and actually kidnapped Norman, is therefore not mentioned. Norman also says that he "killed almost half a dozen people" - but half a dozen are already his mother, her lover, the young girl Holly, the older Gloria, Marion Crane and the detective Arbogast. So this excludes the other murders from parts 2 and 3. For this, Norman mentions that his last murders were 4 years ago, which must refer to the third part, since the events of the first part were already 30 years ago.
- At the beginning of the film there is a certain Dr. Leo Richmond guest of the radio show. He claims to have dealt with Norman Bates 30 years ago. The Richmond who originally spoke to Norman was named Dr. Fred Richmond . Whether Leo Richmond is possibly a relative of Fred Richmond is not further explained.
- A mistake creeps into the film regarding the first part as well. Norman said in the first film that his mother's lover had her build the motel. In Psycho IV this already exists before.
- In contrast to the other sequels, Psycho IV deals with the prehistory and the events before 1960. In addition, the personality of Norman's mother is presented in great detail.
- In the film you only see a replica of the legendary Bates Motel in Florida. The original setting on the premises of Universal Studios Hollywood in California can be viewed there to this day.
- The nickname "Ed", which Norman Bates gives himself in the film, is an allusion to the mass murderer Ed Gein , who in turn inspired the author Robert Bloch to write his novel Psycho , the adaptation of which is the original film.
- In 1987 Richard Rothstein made the television film Bates Motel , which is not an official part of the series and only refers to the first part. The main role is played by Bud Cort . At the beginning you see Norman Bates very briefly , but who was not played by Anthony Perkins .
- As part of the re-release of the film in the Psycho Collection , the film was downgraded from FSK 18 to 16, but still remains uncut.
- Film director John Landis can be seen as an employee of the radio station.
criticism
"Staged amateurish and full of stale clichés, the movie uses, Psycho' myth, a tabloid sverdächtige to present revelation Story 'on poor level."
Web links
- Psycho IV - The Beginning in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Psycho IV - The Beginning at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Psycho IV - The Beginning in the online movie database
- Psycho IV - The Beginning in the German dubbing index
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 VHS - FSK 16 DVD from Psycho IV - The Beginning at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Psycho IV - The Beginning . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2006 (PDF; test number: 65 885 DVD).
- ^ Psycho IV - The Beginning. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .