The A&E original drama is incorporating iconic elements of "Psycho" in its final chapter, but Kerry Ehrin's psychological thriller wisely isn't promising the same ending. “Bates Motel” could ...

Alfred Hitchcock is famous for being guarded about ... The only problem is that she has to make a stop at the Bates Motel due to a heavy rainstorm. The Bates Motel is not a place that anyone ...

Hitchcock skillfully portrays this idea in solo scenes as Marion driving to Bates Motel and the final scene as Norman sits in the police station, not as separate ideas, but rather a call and response ...

Bates Motel is a “contemporary prequel” to the iconic 1960 horror film Psycho, and follows its characters Norman Bates and his mother before Alfred Hitchcock’s film took place, but set in ...

The times informed Hitchcock's film, and the character of Norman, and "Bates Motel" capitalizes as much as it can. But it's more difficult to get a handle on the character when Norman is out of ...

By Winston Cook-Wilson The A&E series Bates Motel has somehow lasted five seasons playing with the mythology of Hitchcock’s perfect 1960 horror film Psycho in elaborate, far-fetched ways. This ...

By Tim Goodman Bates Motel Screen Grab - H 2013 The Bottom Line Hitchcock devotees might think they know how it all ends, but this series takes the infamous Bates family in intriguing new directions.

“Bates Motel” is a sort-of prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 standard set to roll out Monday on A&E.; The new series, from Carlton Cuse (“Lost”) and Kerry Ehrin (“Friday Night Lights ...

the eight-time Grammy Award-winning singer will check into Bates Motel as Marion Crane, the character first made famous by Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock‘s 1960 thriller Psycho. In one of the ...

the title character from Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic horror movie Psycho, and for the last few years the centerpiece of A&E’s prequel series Bates Motel, which returns for its fifth and final ...

Bates Motel appropriately suffers from a serious ... who mostly shoots it with the dark atmosphere and tight close-ups of Hitchcock’s original. He sets the mood for horror, but his story is ...