Norman is then sent back to the institution. Apparently, she had fallen for Bates' father and, when Norma Bates had given birth to Norman, kidnapped the child, believing he was her son. During the last few minutes of the movie, Venable tells Bates that Emma Spool was his aunt, not his mother, and had killed his father.
NORMAN BATES FREE
"Mother" orders Bates to kill Venable, but in the end he attacks "Mother"'s corpse violently, attempting to break free of her control, as well as getting revenge at "Mother" for killing Maureen. Tracy Venable, a reporter interested in Bates' case, finds out the truth about Spool. Spool's body is first discovered by sleazy musician Duane Duke, whom Bates kills when Duke tries to use the discovery to blackmail Bates. He also finds another love interest named Maureen Coyle, who eventually dies at "Mother"'s hand. In the third film, Bates continues to struggle, unsuccessfully, against "Mother"'s dominion. When Spool tells Bates that she is his mother, he kills her and embalms her body while assuming the "Mother" personality once again. Before Bates discovers this, however, Mary Loomis is shot dead by the police during a confrontation with Bates, and Spool murders Lila. The actual murders turn out to be the work of his aunt-Norma's sister, Emma Spool-who shares the family's history of mental illness and claims to be Norman's real mother. The mysterious appearances and messages turn out to be a plot by Lila Loomis, Marion's vengeful sister, to drive him insane again in order to get him recommitted.
NORMAN BATES SERIES
However, a series of mysterious murders occurs, as well as strange appearances and messages from "Mother", and Bates slowly loses his grip on sanity. In the sequel to the original film, Bates is released from the institution 22 years after his arrest, seemingly cured, and he meets Mary Loomis-Marion Crane's niece-with whom he falls in love. In the next book, Psycho House, Norman appears only as a novelty animatronic on display in the Bates Hotel, which has been converted into a tourist attraction. In Bloch's 1982 sequel to his novel, Bates fakes his death in a car accident while escaping from the asylum and heads to Hollywood, where a film based on his murders is in production. Bates is declared insane and sent to an institution, where the "mother" personality completely takes hold he essentially becomes his mother. He inherits his mother's house, where he keeps her corpse, and the family motel in fictional Fairvale, California.īloch sums up Bates' multiple personalities in his stylistic form of puns: "Norman", a child dependent on his mother "Norma", a possessive mother who kills anyone who threatens the illusion of her existence and "Normal", a (barely) functional adult who goes through the motions of day-to-day life.īates is finally arrested after he murders a young woman named Mary Crane (called Marion Crane in the film) and Milton Arbogast, a private investigator sent to look for her. Bates develops dissociative identity disorder, assuming his mother's personality, repressing her death as a way to escape the guilt of murdering her. When Bates is a teenager, his mother takes a lover, Joe Considine, driving him over the edge with jealousy Bates murders both of them with strychnine and preserves his mother's corpse. The two of them live alone together in a state of total codependence after the death of Bates' father. īook Biography Film Biography Psycho (1960)īoth the novel and Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film adaptation explain that Bates suffers severe emotional abuse as a child at the hands of his mother, Norma, who preaches to him that sex is evil and that women (except herself) are whores.
NORMAN BATES SERIAL
The character was inspired by serial killer Ed Gein. Norman Bates is a fictional character created by writer Robert Bloch as the central character in his novel Psycho, and portrayed by Anthony Perkins as the villain of the 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Ryan Finnigan ( Psycho IV: The Beginning, flashbacks)įreddie Highmore ( Bates Motel. Henry Thomas ( Psycho IV: The Beginning, flashbacks) Stabbing victims to death while wearing his mother's clothing.Īnthony Perkins ( Psycho - Psycho IV: The Beginning) Otherwise, you should close this page and view another one.ĭr. If you are 18 years old or above, or are comfortable with mature content, you are free to view this page. This page contains mature content such as graphic material, coarse language and sexual references, which are unsuitable for sensitive readers or under 18 years old.
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