Bates Motel (TV Movie 1987) ⭐ 3.8 | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Alex West, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum, inherits the infamous Bates Motel after Norman Bates dies, and tries to fix it up to make it a respectable busin... Read allAlex West, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum, inherits the infamous Bates Motel after Norman Bates dies, and tries to fix it up to make it a respectable business. But soon, strange events occur.Alex West, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum, inherits the infamous Bates Motel after Norman Bates dies, and tries to fix it up to make it a respectable business. But soon, strange events occur.
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This used to play every Fourth of July on t.v... EVERY Fourth of July! NBC's tagline: This 4th of July...Make it a scream! ( or something like that )
Saw this when it was first produced for NBC back in 1987. After a few reruns on that network it was picked up by Lifetime Cable and is now in Encore Mystery Channel's listings. NOWHERE near a classic but passable "stalker" fare if you have really, really low expectations for homogenized tele-terror.
Ironically, when I went to see Scream 3, I couldn't help but think about The Bates Motel ( And it's been years since I've seen this film! ). The similarities are shocking: Big, creepy manse as catalyst in final third of both films, extended chase scenes on staircases, Mrs. Bates' fright mask of skull and black mack ( nearly a decade before the first Scream ) and the eventual unmasking of the "killer" in both films.
It's probably crazy but I couldn't shake the comparisons. Strange. Also, though the movie was lensed way before Psycho IV: The Beginning, storywise, it easily could've been a fourth sequel.
Tame terror, with bizarre casting, but odd enough to give it a look
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- Feb 7, 2001
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By what name was Bates Motel (1987) officially released in Canada in English?