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I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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.

Maureen Coyle (Diana Scarwid)'s lack of faith causes the accidental death of another nun. She walks away from the convent and gets a ride from musician Duane Duke (Jeff Fahey). He starts grabbing and she escapes out into a rain storm. He stops at the desolate motel run by Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) and gets a job. Norman had killed Mrs. Emma Spool in the second movie but the locals have not discovered it. Reporter Tracy Venable (Roberta Maxwell) arrives from L.A. to do a story on Norman. Maureen arrives to town and has nowhere to go but Norman's motel. Maureen haunts Norman reminding him of Marion Crane. Norman goes in to kill Maureen only to find her half-conscious in a suicide attempt.It's great to see Perkins with his iconic role. He plays Norman's madness quite well but he's not the best director. The movie lacks the needed intensity. Perkins is unable to recreate the great Hitchcock's work and times have also moved on. This is a combination of the original psychological horror and the modern slasher movie. Perkins isn't able to pull it off completely.I do love the Maureen character and Norman's recall back to Marion Crane. She should command greater attention and should be the center of the climax. The order of the final kills are a little off. Duane and Tracy could be more compelling characters if they're not outsiders. I don't understand why the sheriff and the town are so protective of Norman. Duane and Tracy should be locals. It's too convenient to have three strangers come all at the same time.

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.

Psycho III is another gruesome view into the life of Norman Bates. He is back up to his old tricks again trying to cover up his "mother's" tracks while growing more tired of doing so. Norman is becoming sicker with his mental illness with every passing year. More people will die at the hands of Norman's "mother" - it's time for Norman to finally face and stand up to his "mother".Psycho III does not loose any of the thrills, mystery or scare factor just because it's the third installment of the film series. Although the story is not quite as good as the first two films it is most definitely worth watching if you love horror, thrillers and mysteries. Fans of slasher films should also enjoy the first three Psycho movies because they fit well into that sub-genre.9/10