what Hitchcock did not show us was just as important as what he did show. And it’s on this very issue — when is violence too much? — that A&E’s “Bates Motel,” an inventive return to ...

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 ...

A&E's "Bates Motel" is no tribute to Hitchcock. If you remember "Psycho," you'll remember that director Alfred Hitchcock's power came from what you didn't see. You never actually saw Marion Crane ...

So given how Bates Motel threw the doors open on the expanded Hitchcock world, can we expect future TV series built around Rear Window, North By Northwest or other classics from the Master of ...

Now comes “Bates Motel,” a compelling thriller from A ... knife-wielding maniac we met in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 cinema landmark, “Psycho.” The show is somewhat of a cheat, in that ...

During a Bates Motel panel discussion Friday, Carlton Cuse was blunt about borrowing from a classic. No, not Hitchcock’s Psycho; TV’s Twin Peaks. “We pretty much ripped off Twin Peaks ...

Hannibal, while certainly including moments of tribute to the films, was very much a fresh adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novels, while Bates Motel owed far more to the Hitchcock film than the ...

However, a lot of folks are unaware of the fact that Hitchcock’s film saw several sequels exploring the aftermath of Norman Bates meeting Marion Crane. In honor of Bates Motel re-opening its ...

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 ...

A&E's "Bates Motel" is no tribute to Hitchcock. If you remember "Psycho," you'll remember that director Alfred Hitchcock's power came from what you didn't see. You never actually saw Marion Crane ...