Bates Motel

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

★ 8/10 · 1,818 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Vera FarmigaNorma Bates
• Freddie HighmoreNorman Bates
• Max ThieriotDylan Massett
• Olivia CookeEmma Decody
• Nestor CarbonellAlex Romero

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

swiewior: Unrelated, boring, ridiculous. I don't understand how this non-existent story became so popular that it got its TV show. The "Based on an… Read full review

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