Interesteg What makes it different from others?

ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

mklin-50006 Anthony Perkins owns the character of Norman Bates. He could have made 20 sequels to Psycho and he would be fascinating in every second of every one of them. There is a scene where he is walking to a room at the motel and he thinks "mother" is there and the look on his face is priceless, it's a sort of bemused haze. The movie has elements of a dark comedy and ridiculous camp. There is a scene between Perkins and Jeff Fahey that is absolutely hysterical. Honestly, I'm not even sure how I feel about this movie. On one hand, I don't think it's good but, I find it very watchable. For me it exists in the bad/fun bad arena. Ultimately, I would recommend it to someone who wants to watch an actor own a character like few actors have ever owned a character. Have a few dark laughs and shake your head at the mismatched parts. Psycho 3 might just work for you.

Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) If you think that you have seen it all, you haven't seen anything yet. Anthony Perkins is back as Norman Bates in "Psycho III". He's back at the Bates Motel, running business as usual. He gets some help from a up and coming rocker(Jeff Fahey), and his first guest is a former nun(Diana Scarwid) ,who would end trying to kill herself after a nun who tried to stop her fell to her own death. Maureen(Scarwid) is saved by Bates and would later fall in love with him. But the other woman is "Mother", who would do as she can to keep Norman to stay away. In the second installment, head games was involved. But the woman in the house isn't "Mother", it's Mrs. Spool, Norman Bates aunt! Was she worse than Norma? Or just the same as her sister? I think both women belonged to the "loony bin". Norman went back to his psycho ways, again. But this time, he was way more unhinged. Necrophilia was seen. Kissing one of the stab victims. That was very messed up. The first one was classic, the second one was tamer, and this one gives the meaning very much. Enjoyed it very much. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

The Couchpotatoes Just finished watching the third Psycho after watching the first two and even if you can't say it's a bad movie it is not the same as the other two. The first one will always stay a classic. The sequel after so many years wasn't bad either. In the third one I just thought there were a couple of bad actors and lines so it can't be as good as the others. Anthony Perkins though, he will always do great as the psychotic Norman Bates. He has the perfect face for it and his acting is still as believable as in the other ones. To me they should just have limited it to the first two. Don't need to milk out the story more. But if you are a die hard fan you might just like this one as well.

sunznc We just watched this & both agree that this film stands alone as a creepy, atmospheric little horror film. Many horror movies in the 80's tried to create a disturbing setting to scare audiences but they fell short and filmmakers relied on screeching music and slasher types of killings. This film does have that too but there is something truly unsettling and off-center about this film.The performances of the actors are spot on. The music accentuates the unstable feeling of it. Perkins hit the nail on the head with his direction and the camera work is excellent. The property of the Bates Motel feels alone and abandoned until the guests arrive and even though there are finally people all around, Norman feels alone and isolated and slowly starts to unravel. He can no longer hold it together for anyone. He's gone.Some of this might seem a little made-for-TV but there is no denying how effective it is as a horror film.