This article is about a television movie. For the first novel set at the Bates Motel, see Psycho (novel). For the first film set at the Bates Motel, see Psycho (1960 film). For the pop group, see Gleaming Spires.
| Bates Motel | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Richard Rothstein |
| Produced by | George Linder Ken Topolsky |
| Written by | Richard Rothstein |
| Music by | J. Peter Robinson |
| Editing by | Dann Cahn |
| Distributed by | NBC |
| Release date(s) | 1987 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| IMDb profile | |
Bates Motel is a 1987 television movie about Alex West, a mentally disturbed youth who was committed to an asylum after killing his abusive stepfather. There he befriends Norman Bates and ends up inheriting the infamous Bates Motel. In this televised spin-off of Psycho, Norman Bates is portrayed by Kurt Paul, who previously stood in as a stunt double for Anthony Perkins in Psycho II and Psycho III. Perkins declined involvement in the project. The film was made as a pilot for a television series, but the series was never picked up.
| 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 |
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