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Psycho IV: The Beginning
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Directed by	Mick Garris
Produced by	Hilton A. Green Les Mayfield George Zaloom
Written by	Joseph Stefano
Starring	Anthony Perkins Henry Thomas Olivia Hussey CCH Pounder
Music by	Graeme Revell
Cinematography	Rodney Charters
Editing by	Charles Bornstein
Distributed by	Universal Television
Release date(s)	November 10, 1990
Running time	96 min.
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
Preceded by	Psycho III
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Psycho IV: The Beginning is a 1990 made-for-television prequel to Psycho, Psycho II & Psycho III. The film stars Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, Henry Thomas as young Norman Bates, Olivia Hussey as Norma Bates, and CCH Pounder as Fran Ambrose. The film was written by Joseph Stefano, who also wrote the screenplay of the original 1960 film. The original musical score was composed by Graeme Revell. The film is a Showtime Original Movie and is marketed with the tagline "You've met Norman... now meet mother."

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 Trivia 4 External links

Norman Bates is once again having mother trouble. This time he is invited to share memories of his mother with a radio talk show host, Fran Ambrose. After the death of his father, Norman and his mother lived alone together in a very unhealthy state of interdependence. When Norman was a teenager, his mother took a lover, making him insanely jealous. He murdered them with strychnine and preserved his mother's corpse. But Norman fears that he may kill again, for his wife is pregnant with his child and Norman cannot let another of his "cursed line" loose in the civilized world.

• Anthony Perkins....Norman Bates
• Henry Thomas....Young Norman Bates
• Olivia Hussey....Norma Bates
• CCH Pounder....Fran Ambrose
• Warren Frost....Dr. Leo Richmond
• Donna Mitchell....Connie Bates
• Thomas Schuster....Chet Rudolph
• John Landis....Mike

• Psycho IV was filmed at Universal Studios Florida. The facade of the Bates Motel and the Psycho house were re-created at the theme park.
• After filming, the Bates Motel facade was utilized for a haunted maze during 1993's Halloween Horror Nights titled "The Psycho Path Maze".
• The sets were demolished in 2000 for the construction of the "Curious George Goes to Town" Playground.
• The film has yet to be released on DVD in the United States, but can be found on YouTube divided into ten parts.

• Psycho IV: The Beginning at the Internet Movie Database
• Psycho IV at The Psycho Movies Web Site

v • d • e Psycho series
Robert Bloch's novels	Psycho • Psycho II • Psycho House
Films	Psycho • Psycho II • Psycho III • Psycho IV: The Beginning • Psycho (1998 remake)
Other	Bates Motel • Robert Bloch's Psychos • Norman Bates