
Some changes are introduced to account for advances in technology since the original film and to make the content more explicit. Bernard Herrmann's musical score is reused as well, though with a new arrangement by Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek, recorded in stereo.

Both films are adapted from Robert Bloch's 1959 novel of the same name.Īlthough this version is in color, features a different cast, and is set in 1998, it is closer to a shot-for-shot remake than most remakes, often copying Hitchcock's camera movements and editing, and Joseph Stefano's script is mostly carried over. It is a modern remake of the 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which an embezzler arrives at an old motel run by an insane killer named Norman Bates.

Relive the terror in acclaimed director Gus Van Sant's all new version of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of suspense.PSYCHO. They both soon discover the morbid bond linking Norman to his mysterious 'mother' at the Bates Motel. Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts inquires from her sister (Julianne Moore) and a private investigator (William H. The greatest suspense thriller of all time is back!, Criminal on the run, Marion Crane (Anne Heche) takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn) - a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his 'mother'.

Criminal on the run, Marion Crane (Anne Heche) takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn) - a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his 'mother'.
