Bates Motel

1987

Action / Comedy / Drama / Horror / Mystery

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 34% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 34% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 3.8/10 10 2032 2K

loss of loved one motel pilot satire insane asylum anthology

Plot summary

A mentally disturbed man who roomed with the late Norman Bates at a psychiatric facility inherits the infamous Bates Motel after his death and attempts to fix it up as a respectable business.

Director

Richard Rothstein Photo
Richard Rothstein

Top cast

Peter Dobson Photo
Peter Dobson as Billy Parks
Jason Bateman Photo
Jason Bateman as Tony Scotti
Greg Finley Photo
Greg Finley as Attorney
Lori Petty Photo
Lori Petty as Willie
720p.BluRay
876.95 MB
944*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
29.97 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Rainey-Dawn 3 / 10

Terrible Film

As other reviewers have mentioned: This made for TV film is a pilot for a TV series that never materialized nor is this film in any way a part of the "Psycho" franchise. This has become a stand alone "fanboy" type of film - so I've heard.I DO NOT recommend this film to fans of the "Psycho" film series nor would I recommend this film to fans of comedy films. Watch this film ONLY out of curiosity and do not expect anything near the "Psycho" film series because this is far, far away from them. There are only very loose connections to the "Psycho" franchise.Several things wrong with this film: It's not funny (I only got a couple of laughs out of it in the beginning), irritating characters, and the story does not make any since at all - the whole "1950s" thing with the ghost saving the woman's life should have been left out of this film - would have been much better with out it.I got this film via Amazon in the "4-Movie Midnight Marathon Pack: Psychos" - a worthwhile collection even though I am not fond of "Bates Motel"... it's still worth having in a Psycho collection for the sheer novelty of it.3/10
Reviewed by aesgaard41 5 / 10

It Almost Worked

There was an interesting idea in this non-conventional sequel to the popular Psycho movie series by connecting ghost stories to Norman's family members and victims, but using the motel as a setting to a Twilight Zone/Fantasy Island series was so out of left field that it just couldn't have worked for more than less a season. Bud Cort plays a guy who Norman had alledgedly befriended in the sanitarium. After his death, he inherits the hotel and the property, but the ghost of old Mother Bates won't sit still for the mockery. Lori Petty, still a relative unknown, plays his pretty female friend, and unforgettable Moses Gunn becomes his benefactor in this alternate reality to the movie series. The movie bogs down on the suicidal guest sub-plot, an idea later used in the third movie installment, but it should have stuck to the ghost stories than to try and create a series.
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