Series of American horror films, loosely based on the "Psycho" novels by Robert Bloch, which focuses on the deeply disturbed individuals who operate the Bates Motel.
1960
1983
1986
1990
A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes - and his mother - continue to haunt him.
Norman Bates falls in love with a fallen nun who stays at the Bates Motel alongside a drifter and a curious reporter. Meanwhile, "Mother" is still watching.
Norman Bates recalls his childhood with his abusive mother while fearing his unborn child will inherit his split personality disorder.