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Psycho
Psycho (1998)
Credits
Title: Psycho
Genres: Thriller
Horror
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Written by: Joseph Stefano
Produced by: Brian Grazer
John Marshall
Gus Van Sant
James Whitaker
Dany Wolf
Music by: Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography: Christopher Doyle
Edited by: Amy E. Duddleston
Production
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Image Entertainment
Released: December 4th, 1998
Rating: R
Running time: 105 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $25,000,000
Gross: $37,141,130
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Psycho is an American horror film of the pyscho-thriller subgenre. It is a remake of the classic 1960 suspense thriller Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based upon the 1959 novel by Robert Bloch. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant and produced by Universal Pictures and Image Entertainment. It was released theatrically in the United States on December 4th, 1998. The film stars Vince Vaughn in the role of mentally disturbed hotel manager Norman Bates. The other main characters from the film include Anne Heche as Bates' infamous shower victim, Marion Crane, Julianne Moore as her sister Lila Crane and Viggo Mortensen as Sam Loomis.

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Cast[]

Actor Role
Vince Vaughn Norman Bates
Anne Heche Marion Crane
Julianne Moore Lila Crane
Viggo Mortensen Sam Loomis
William H. Macy Milton Arbogast
Robert Forster Doctor Fred Simon
Philip Baker Hall Sheriff Al Chambers
Anne Haney Mrs. Eliza Chambers
Chad Everett Tom Cassidy
Rance Howard Mister Lowery
Rita Wilson Caroline
James Remar Patrolman
James LeGros Charlie the car dealer
Steven Clark Pachosa Police guard
O.B. Babbs Mechanic
Flea Bob Summerfield
Marjorie Lovett Woman customer
Ryan Cutrona Chief of police
Ken Jenkins District attorney
Roy Brocksmith Man in cowboy hat
Rose Marie Norma Bates (voice)
Gus Van Sant Man talking to man in cowboy hat

Appearances[]

Characters

  • Norman Bates
  • Marion Crane
  • Lila Crane
  • Sam Loomis
  • Milton Arbogast
  • Doctor Simon
  • Sheriff Chambers
  • Tom Cassidy
  • Mister Lowery
  • Mrs. Chambers
  • Caroline
  • Bob Summerfield
  • Norma Bates

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Vocations

Miscellaneous

Notes[]

  • Based on the 1959 novel Psycho by Robert Bloch.
  • Psycho '98 has been critically panned by both reviewers and movie audiences and is universally reviled; often because it is believed to be an unnecessary remake of an iconic, beloved film, but also because of director Gus Van Sant's decision to copy every single frame of the original in his homage to the Hitchcock classic.
  • This is largely considered the first of what will become many remakes of classic horror films, though the trend doesn't really begin taking off for several more years.
  • Roy Brocksmith is uncredited in this film.
  • Gus Van Sant makes a cameo appearance as a man talking to another man in a cowboy hat. This is a nod to Alfred Hitchcock's cameo in the original Psycho as a man walking across the street. Van Sant is uncredited in the film in this capacity.
  • Rose Marie provides the voice for Norma Bates in this film.

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Keywords[]

Female partial nudity; Female rear nudity; Male rear nudity



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