Synopsis
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.
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Cast
- Anthony PerkinsNorman Bates
- Diana ScarwidMaureen Coyle
- Jeff FaheyDuane Duke
- Roberta MaxwellTracy Venable
- Hugh GillinSheriff John Hunt
- Lee GarlingtonMyrna
- Robert Alan BrowneRalph Statler
- Gary BayerFather Brian
- Patience ClevelandSister Margaret
- Juliette CumminsRed
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie was directed by Perkins, in his filmmaking debut. I was surprised by what a good job he does. Any movie named Psycho III is going to be compared to the Hitchcock original, but Perkins isn't an imitator. He has his own agenda. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Adding to the excitement of Psycho III is Perkins' willingness to take chances with his style and material. - 75
Washington Post
A playful, artfully made horror movie that shows there's life in Norman Bates yet, and death, too. [04 July 1986, p.C1] - 70
The New York Times
Unlike most sequels, which seem to get bigger, fancier and emptier the further removed they are from their source material, Psycho III has a lean, serviceable, stripped-down quality to it. - 63
Miami Herald
Psycho III is still a comedie macabre -- as was Hitchcock's -- but Perkins doesn't follow the Psycho path. Where the master trod subtly, the disciple relies on emphasis. [03 July 1986, p.D11] - 50
Time Out
It's not unenjoyable, but it isn't half the pastiche that Psycho II was. - 50
Chicago Reader
Perkins tries to imitate Hitchcock's visual style, but most of the film is made without concern for style of any kind, unless it's the bludgeoning nonstyle of Friday the 13th. - 50
Variety
A few amusing little notions are streched to the point of diminishing returns in Psycho III.
