Psycho III is a 1986 American slasher film. It is the second sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and the third film in the Psycho series. It stars Anthony Perkins, who also directed the film, reprising the role of Norman Bates. It co-stars Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, and Roberta Maxwell. The screenplay is written by Charles Edward Pogue. The original electronic music score is composed and performed by Carter Burwell in one of his earliest projects. The film was a financial failure, becoming the lowest-grossing film in the Psycho series. It was followed by the television film Psycho IV: The Beginning. Psycho III is unrelated to Robert Bloch's third Psycho novel, Psycho House, which was released in 1990.
Psycho III | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Anthony Perkins |
Produced by | Hilton A. Green |
Written by | Charles Edward Pogue |
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Music by | Carter Burwell |
Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
Edited by | David Blewitt |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $14.4 million |
The film takes place one month after the events of Psycho II. Norman Bates is still running the Bates Motel with the corpse of Emma Spool still sitting up in the house. A suicidal nun, with whom Norman falls in love, comes to the motel along with a drifter named Duane Duke and a reporter who is trying to solve the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Spool.
Screenplay
In 1982, Norman Bates works at the Bates Motel and lives with the preserved corpse of Emma Spool, whom he erroneously believes to be his mother. Local law enforcement and Norman's ex-boss, Ralph Statler, are concerned because Mrs. Spool has been missing for over a month. Duane Duke, a sleazy musician desperate for money, is offered the job of assistant motel manager to replace the late Warren Toomey who was fired by Norman. Tracy Venable, a journalist from Los Angeles, is working on an article about serial killers being released. She believes Norman is killing again, so when Norman appears at the diner, Tracy attempts to talk with him. Unaware of her ulterior motives, Norman opens up to her but is distracted when Maureen Coyle, a young, mentally unstable former nun, enters. He is startled because she resembles his former victim, Marion Crane. Seeing the initials "M.C." on her suitcase, Norman panics and leaves the diner.
"Mother" enters Maureen's bathroom later that night, intending to kill her, only to find that Maureen has attempted suicide by cutting her wrists. The shock of this causes Norman to reassert his personality while a delirious Maureen mistakes "Mother" holding a knife for the Virgin Mary holding a silver crucifix. Norman brings Maureen to a hospital and offers that she stay as long as she needs to. After she is released, they begin a romantic relationship. Later that night, Duane picks up a girl named Red at a bar, but after Red makes it clear that she wants more than just a fling, Duane throws her out. Red tries to call a cab, but "Mother" shatters the phone booth door and stabs Red to death. The following day, tourists arrive at the motel, where they plan to watch a local football game. Meanwhile, Tracy searches Mrs. Spool's apartment. She discovers the Bates Motel's phone number written on a magazine cover repeatedly.
Patsy Boyle, the only sober guest, is murdered by "Mother". Norman discovers Patsy's body and buries her in the motel's ice chest outside the office. The next morning, Sheriff Hunt and Deputy Leo appear to investigate Patsy's disappearance. Tracy tells Maureen about Norman's past, causing Maureen to stay with Father Brian, who took care of her at the hospital. Norman finds that Spool's corpse is missing and finds a note stating that she is in Cabin 12. Duane demands a large sum of money to keep quiet or else he will turn Norman over to the police. They fight and Norman beats Duane with his guitar until he loses consciousness. Norman drives Duane's car to the swamp with Duane and Patsy's bodies in it. Duane then regains consciousness and attacks Norman, who accidentally drives into the swamp. Norman escapes the car while Duane drowns. Meanwhile, Tracy talks to Statler and Myrna about Mrs. Spool and discovers she was working at the diner before Statler bought it from Harvey Leach. Tracy meets with Leach, a resident at an assisted living facility, and is informed that Mrs. Spool had also been institutionalized for murder.
Maureen convinces herself that Norman is her true love and returns to the motel. Norman and Maureen share a tender moment at the top of the staircase when "Mother" shouts furiously at Norman, startling him. He loses his grip on Maureen's hands, causing her to fall down the stairs, killing her. Enraged, Norman promises "Mother" that he will get her for this. Tracy enters the house and finds Maureen dead, then sees Norman dressed as "Mother" bearing a knife, but is unable to flee. She tries reasoning with Norman by explaining his family history: Emma Spool was his aunt and was in love with Norman's father, but he married her sister, Norma. Mrs. Spool kidnapped Norman when he was a child, after killing Mr. Bates, believing Norman was the child "she should have had with him". When she was caught, Norman was returned to Norma while Mrs. Spool was institutionalized. Tracy discovers Mrs. Spool's corpse in the bedroom. Norman takes off his dress. "Mother" orders him to kill Tracy, but when Norman raises the knife, he attacks "Mother" instead, dismembering Mrs. Spool's corpse. Sheriff Hunt takes Norman to his squad car. Hunt informs Norman that they may never release him from the institution again. Norman replies: "But I'll be free...I'll finally be free." In the back of the squad car, Norman caresses a trophy he concealed: the severed hand of Mrs. Spool. He strokes the hand and smiles craftily.
- Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates
- Diana Scarwid as Maureen Coyle
- Jeff Fahey as Duane Duke
- Roberta Maxwell as Tracy Venable
- Hugh Gillin as Sheriff John Hunt
- Robert Alan Browne as Ralph Statler
- Gary Bayer as Father Brian
- Lee Garlington as Myrna
- Donovan Scott as Kyle
- Karen Hensel as Sister Catherine
- Jack Murdock as Lou
- Katt Shea as Patsy Boyle
- Juliette Cummins as Red
- Janet Leigh as Marion Crane (flashback)
- Claudia Bryar as Emma Spool (flashback)
Psycho III: Music from the Motion Picture | |
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Soundtrack album | |
Released | July 1986 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 30:39 |
Label | MCA Records |
Producer | Carter Burwell |
Singles from Psycho III | |
All tracks written by Carter Burwell, except where noted.
Side one | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | "Scream of Love (Theme Song From the Motion Picture Psycho III)" | Carter Burwell/David Sanborn/Steve Bray | 3:47 |
2. | "Maureen in the Desert" | 1:56 | |
3. | "Dirty Street" | Carter Burwell/Stanton-Miranda/Steve Bray | 3:37 |
4. | "Before and After Shower" | 3:36 | |
5. | "Warm as a Cry for Help" | 2:20 |
Side two | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
6. | "Sisters/Catherine Mary" | Carter Burwell/Stanton-Miranda/Steve Bray | 4:13 |
7. | "Mother?" | 2:45 | |
8. | "Bad Boys and Body Bags" | 3:53 | |
9. | "Revenge of a Thankless Child" | 2:47 | |
10. | "Electroshock Waiting Room" | 1:45 |
Carter Burwell was approached by Perkins to compose the score to the film, since Perkins had enjoyed Burwell's work on Blood Simple. Perkins stated that he wanted to take the score in a more contemporary direction than Jerry Goldsmith had for his more traditional score for Psycho II. Burwell flew to Los Angeles and recorded the score largely on a Synclavier electronic music station, augmented by women's and boys' choirs as well as percussion by Steve Forman.
After Universal suggested the film contain some pop songs so that the film could be marketable to the MTV generation, Burwell composed and performed songs with colleagues Stanton Miranda and Steve Bray. After Universal claimed the songs weren't sufficiently bankable, Burwell attempted to create a song with Oingo Boingo frontman and then burgeoning film composer Danny Elfman, using sampled strings from Bernard Herrmann's score to the original Psycho. This idea was also rejected.
Universal finally agreed to let Burwell take a motif from the score he'd composed and develop it into an instrumental electronic pop song. The song, "Scream of Love"—co-written by jazz saxophonist David Sanborn—was released as a 7" single and a series of dance remixes were commissioned from Arthur Baker and featured on the 12" version. MCA also commissioned a music video for the song featuring Burwell, Perkins and a "Hitchcockian woman." Perkins introduced the video on MTV as a guest VJ on July 2, 1986. The rest of the songs composed by Burwell, Miranda and Bray were used as background music in the film, playing from car stereos and jukeboxes.
When the film opened on July 2, 1986, it earned $3.2 million in its opening weekend and went on to gross about $14.5 million at the domestic box office, becoming the lowest-grossing theatrical film of the Psycho movie series.
Reviews from critics were mixed. Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote a generally positive review, calling Perkins a "very creditable director" and Pogue's screenplay "efficient," concluding that "'Psycho III' expresses its appreciation of the Hitchcock legacy without seeming to rip it off." Variety wrote that the film "has its moments—about 20 minutes' worth—but the rest is filler in which the filmmakers gamely but futilely try to breathe new life into a tired body." Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times thought that the film was "better in most respects than 'II'," but "it fails any sequel's acid test. It feeds off the original without deepening it." He added that "if the movie proves anything, it's that everyone should give Hitchcock a rest." Paul Attana
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