Bates Motel (film)

Not to be confused with the A&E television series Bates Motel (TV series).
Bates Motel

Advertisement from TV Guide, 1987
Based on Characters created by Robert Bloch
Written by Richard Rothstein
Directed by Richard Rothstein
Starring Bud Cort
Lori Petty
Moses Gunn
Jason Bateman
Music by J. Peter Robinson
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Ken Topolsky
Editor(s) Dann Cahn
Richard A. Freeman
Cinematography Bill Butler
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) Universal Television
Distributor NBC
Release
Original network NBC
Original release July 5, 1987

Bates Motel is a 1987 American made-for-television psychological horror film and a spin-off of the 1960 suspense horror film Psycho starring Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn and Jason Bateman which premiered on NBC on July 5, 1987.[1]

The film is about Alex West, a mentally disturbed youth who was admitted to an asylum after killing his abusive stepfather. There he befriends Norman Bates and ends up inheriting the Bates Motel. The film was originally produced as a pilot for a TV series set in the Bates Motel, but it was not picked up by the network.

Plot

Alex West (Bud Cort) roomed with Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum for nearly 20 years, and they became close friends. After Bates' death, Alex learns that he has inherited the Bates Motel, which has been vacant since Norman's arrest. Alex travels to Bates' California hometown (renamed Fairville for this film; in the original film it was Fairvale) and with a little help from teenage runaway Willy (Lori Petty) and local handyman Henry Watson (Moses Gunn), Alex struggles to re-open the motel for business.

Cast

Release

The film was released to DVD on October 3, 2013 as a part of Universal's "Vault Series", exclusively on Amazon.com.[2]

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