IMDb RATING
5.4/10
9.8K
YOUR RATING
Norman Bates recalls his childhood with his abusive mother while fearing his unborn child will inherit his split personality disorder.Norman Bates recalls his childhood with his abusive mother while fearing his unborn child will inherit his split personality disorder.Norman Bates recalls his childhood with his abusive mother while fearing his unborn child will inherit his split personality disorder.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
CCH Pounder
- Fran Ambrose
- (as C C H Pounder)
Tom Schuster
- Chet Rudolph
- (as Thomas Schuster)
Alice Hirson
- Mother
- (voice)
Ryan Finnegan
- Child Norman
- (as Ryan Finnigan)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAnthony Perkins and Psycho III (1986) screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue originally pitched an idea for Psycho IV that had Norman's house and motel getting turned into a tourist attraction for horror weekends. Norman then escapes from the mental institution with a mute patient and the actor who was set to play Norman Bates for the horror weekend quits and Norman comes home and gets hired to play himself. Pogue claims that it was meant to be a black comedy but Universal opposed the idea.
- GoofsNorman uses strychnine to poison his mother and her lover. The lethal dose of strychnine is around 10mg and Norman's bottle reads 1.5mg/oz. He puts a maximum of 4oz into the ice-tea. Even if his mother and her lover drank the whole pitcher, it would have hardly killed them. Furthermore, strychnine is one of the most bitter substances known to man, it's highly unlikely to be swallowed by accident, even in very small doses.
- ConnectionsEdited into Psychos (2021)
Featured review
A few interesting twists...
If you liked the earlier sequels (with of course, the first one being inimitable) you may find this entertaining.
Tony Perkins seems deranged as ever, and there are some interesting conversations between him and CCH Pounder, (a radio shrink) as she tries to uncover what made Norman Bates the way he is...nature or nurture?... It may be genetic, but it could also have been his mother played by Olivia Hussey, a deranged woman who has an inappropriate relationship with her son.
Henry Thomas ("E.T." and "Beyond Obesession", among others) is sad and affecting as the young Norman Bates, who tries to be a good son to his mother, until she realizes he has become a man, wherein she begins to flip out.
Overall, for die-hard fans of the "Psycho" sequels.
Tony Perkins seems deranged as ever, and there are some interesting conversations between him and CCH Pounder, (a radio shrink) as she tries to uncover what made Norman Bates the way he is...nature or nurture?... It may be genetic, but it could also have been his mother played by Olivia Hussey, a deranged woman who has an inappropriate relationship with her son.
Henry Thomas ("E.T." and "Beyond Obesession", among others) is sad and affecting as the young Norman Bates, who tries to be a good son to his mother, until she realizes he has become a man, wherein she begins to flip out.
Overall, for die-hard fans of the "Psycho" sequels.
helpful•212
- MarieGabrielle
- Jul 31, 2006
Details
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
Top Gap
By what name was Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) officially released in Canada in English?
Answer