
Psycho(1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.


“Check in. Relax. Take a shower.”
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.

Vince Vaughn
Norman Bates

Anne Heche
Marion Crane

Julianne Moore
Lila Crane

Viggo Mortensen
Samuel 'Sam' Loomis

William H. Macy
Milton Arbogast

Robert Forster
Dr. Simon

Philip Baker Hall
Sheriff Chambers

Anne Haney
Mrs. Chambers

Chad Everett
Tom Cassidy

Rance Howard
Mr. Lowery
Psycho is a horror, mystery, thriller film released in 1998 exploring themes of motel, stolen money, murder, psychosis, psycho. Directed by Gus Van Sant, it stars Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore. A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
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