The Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing, Part Three

[PSYCHO IV: THE BEGINNING]

In Psycho IV, Norman Bates seems to exist outside of space and time. Surely after the last movie, he couldn’t have been released from another incarceration. Yet here he is, skulking around a suburban kitchen, preparing for his own birthday celebration. It is ostensibly nighttime, but the director and cinematographer remain indecisive about this. At…

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