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Psycho1998

Name: Psycho
Genre: Psychological, Slasher, Gothic
Released: 1998-12-04
Rating: 4.6

“Check in. Relax. Take a shower.”

Directed by Gus Van Sant

4.6

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 4.6Rotten Tomatoes 40%Metacritic 47TMDB 5.1

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Year

1998

Runtime

104 min

Box Office

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$37,100,000

Domestic

$21,485,655

🏆 4 wins & 6 nominations total

The premise

A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.

Horror Vault's take

Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot colour reimagining of Hitchcock's iconic 1960 thriller transplants the story of a desperate woman on the run into a modern setting, with Vince Vaughn stepping into the role of the enigmatic Norman Bates. A fateful detour to an isolated roadside motel sets in motion a spiral of dread that no amount of familiarity with the source material can fully defuse. The film is a bold and controversial experiment in cinematic faithfulness, inviting audiences to measure how much context and casting shape the experience of a classic story.

Content: Violence, Murder, Brief Nudity, Psychological Disturbance