Psycho IV: The Beginning
| Psycho IV: The Beginning | |
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| Based on | Characters created by Robert Bloch |
| Written by | Joseph Stefano |
| Directed by | Mick Garris |
| Starring |
Anthony Perkins Henry Thomas Olivia Hussey CCH Pounder |
| Music by |
Graeme Revell Bernard Herrmann (original score) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) | Hilton A. Green |
| Producer(s) | George Zaloom Les Mayfield |
| Cinematography | Rodney Charters |
| Editor(s) | Charles Bornstein |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Universal Television |
| Distributor | Universal Media Studios |
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| Original network | Showtime |
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| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Psycho III |
Psycho IV: The Beginning is a 1990 American made-for-television psychological horror film directed by Mick Garris that serves as both the third sequel and a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho as it includes both events after Psycho III while focusing on flashbacks of events that took place prior to the original film. This is the fourth and final film in the Psycho series and is unrelated to Robert Bloch's third Psycho novel, Psycho House, released in 1990, nor the fourth novel, Psycho: Sanitarium, released in 2016.
It stars Anthony Perkins reprising the role of Norman Bates and co-stars Henry Thomas, Olivia Hussey and CCH Pounder. The film was written by Joseph Stefano, who also wrote the screenplay of the original film. The musical score was composed by Graeme Revell and the title theme music by Bernard Herrmann from the original film was used. It was originally broadcast on Showtime on November 10, 1990.
Norman Bates is released from the mental hospital, after having been re-incarcerated at the end of Psycho III; after spending several years there, he is judged rehabilitated again. Norman is now married to a young psychiatrist named Connie and is expecting a child. Norman secretly fears that the child will inherit his mental illness, so he must seek closure once and for all.
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