Psycho III
1986 · Movie · R · 93 min · ★ 5.7 · 60% critics
A grief-stricken former nun arrives at the Bates Motel, throwing everything into chaos and unsettling the disturbed manager running the place. As a meddling reporter digs deeper and others come to stay, the motel’s dark atmosphere spirals into escalating violence, with more of the manager’s troubled past coming back to pressure “Mother.”
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-04-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 60/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (438 votes)
- Box office
- $14,400,000
- Budget
- $8,400,000
About
You’ll likely like Psycho III if you enjoy slasher-leaning entries in the Psycho legacy with a motel full of dread and big nods to the original; Not for you if you want a more groundbreaking sequel, or if you prefer steadier pacing like The Night Listener.
Pros: stylish ’80s mood; strong lead performance; memorable horror set-pieces | Cons: feels like a retread; muddled religious angle; uneven love-story focus
Themes
- depression
- prostitute
- schizophrenia
- nun
- psychopath
- gore
- sequel
- murder
- cross dressing
- slasher
- corpse
- mental illness
Cast & crew
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
Lee Garlington
as Myrna
- RB
Robert Alan Browne
as Ralph Statler
- GB
Gary Bayer
as Father Brian
Patience Cleveland
as Sister Margaret
Juliette Cummins
as Red
Directed by Anthony Perkins