
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.


“Norman Bates is back to normal. But mother's off her rocker again.”
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.

Anthony Perkins
Norman Bates

Diana Scarwid
Maureen Coyle

Jeff Fahey
Duane Duke

Roberta Maxwell
Tracy Venable

Hugh Gillin
Sheriff John Hunt

Lee Garlington
Myrna
Robert Alan Browne
Ralph Statler
Gary Bayer
Father Brian

Patience Cleveland
Sister Margaret

Juliette Cummins
Red
Psycho III is a horror, mystery, thriller film released in 1986 exploring themes of depression, prostitute, schizophrenia, nun, psychopath, gore. Directed by Anthony Perkins, it stars Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey. When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.
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