Review of Psycho III

Psycho III (1986)
5/10
Passable sequel in similar style to preceding entries with the ordinarily disturbing acting by Anthony Perkins
25 April 2019
Third and average sequel with usual ingredients as thrills , chills , a lot of killings and the sensational acting by Anthony Perkins . It deals with a runaway nun , Diana Scarwid , who flees from her convent . She arrives in Norman Bates hotel , and of course , things go wrong .The nun with the same initials as Marion Crane triggers Bates first into a mental replay , including some flashbacks of the famous showerbath killing . She stands at hotel along with a drifter , Jeff Fahey , who was hired by Norman to take care the place. Besides , a snooping journalist , Roberta Maxwell , is making questions and is really interested in Norman's case. Then , Norman falls in love for the gullible nun . While newspapers publicize : Spool is missing. Later on , at hotel takes place various ominous crimes and local Sheriff John Hunt : Hugh Gillin, starts investigating the weird events .

The film is plenty of grisly killings , stabbing shots , some flasbacks and brief nudism scenes. Specially contains great load of blood and gore with slashings in Giallo style . At the beginning of the movie , kicking off with a suicidal nun that bears remarkable resemblance to ¨Vertigo¨ by Hitch , in fact , it results to be a recreation of the popular scenes of the Bell Tower . Series killer Norman carries out an extreme criminal spree , as always , while he revives his taxidermy hobby , so that his real mum is now stuffed and directing operations upstairs , ensuring that the course of true love is anything but smooth . Sadly , the stabbings here become distincly ¨Deja Vu¨ and the known screenplay is as full holes as the slashed corpses by Norman . As usual , Perkins gives a terrific acting in his classy character , giving another exhibition of Grand Guignol but controlled histeria , adding his fetching hint of a macabre wink lurking in the background . As Perkins will be forever Norman Bates . Here was used the original house set and the motel was partíally reconstructed. It packs an adequate and colorful cinematography by Bruce Surtees . As well as eerie and thrilling musical score by Carter Burwell, composed by means of synthesizer . Being regularly directed by Anthony Perkins himself in his film debut , as he sets too much store by Hitch's Catholic apologists, as he lumbers the picture with some religious cronies with simply get in the way .

This Psycho series based on the original written by Joseph Estefano , based on novel by Robert Bloch are formed by the following entries : ¨Psycho¨ by Alfred Hitchcock with Perkins, Vera Miles , Janet Leigh , Martin Bálsam, Simon Oakland . ¨Psychosis II ¨1983, that was a pastiche to original Psycho , by Richard Franklyn with Anthony Perkins , Robert Loggia , Meg Tilly , Vera Miles. Psychosis III 1986 directed by Perkins himself. And ¨Psycho¨ IV 1990 by Mick Garris with Perkins , Henry Thomas , CCH Pounder , Olivia Hussey . Followed by a TV series from 2013 to 2017 , created by Anthony Cipriano , Carlton Cuse starrred by Freddie Highmore , Vera Famiga , Max Thierot , Nestor Carbonel, Olivia Cooke.
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