Psycho IV: The Beginning
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mick Garris
Anthony Perkins
Henry Thomas
Olivia Hussey
Cch Pounder
Warren Frost
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A television movie recounting the childhood and adolescence of Norman Bates, the central character in the several "Psycho" films. Told through a series of flashbacks during a late-night radio talk show on the subject of matricide.
Director
Mick Garris
Cast
Anthony Perkins
Henry Thomas
Olivia Hussey
Cch Pounder
Warren Frost
Donna Mitchell
John Landis
Thomas Schuster
Sharen Camille
Bobbi Evors
Kurt Paul
Louis Crume
Cynthia Garris
Doreen Chalmers
Ryan Finnegan
Peggy O'neal
Bob Barnes
George Zaloom
Alice Hirson
Crew
Robert Bernatz
Rick Bernos
Dick Bernstein
Bruce A. Block
Robert Block
Charles Bornstein
Bruce Botnick
Mark Bradley
Jo Brown
Dennis Burnett
Stephen Campbell
Stephen Campbell
Rodney Charters
Cecelia Coker
Sandi Cook
Oscar Luis Costo
Christopher Cowan
Henry Dando
Janeen Davis
Frank Demarco
Dennis Dreith
Doc Duhame
Tricia Eckoff
Rae Esposito
Michael E. Finn
Julie Fletcher
Bruce L. Fowler
Mark Garner
John Garrett
Craig Garris
Cynthia Garris
Daniel Gillet
Vincent G Gonzales
Vincent Gonzales
Hilton Green
Michael Z. Hanan
James Harris
Kevin Harris
Sandra Haskell
Joanne C Heidrich
James Hendrix
Bernard Herrmann
Christine Holmes
Leslie Jett
Melvin Johnson
Rick Jones
Jerry Ketcham
Kurt Kulhanek
Richard Lacy
George Lakes
Larry Landsman
Lance Layman
Philip Lee
Alan Levi
Kevin Lillestol
Phil Locicero
Bill Loger
Henri Lopez
Susan Lundquist
Richard Malone
Les Mayfield
Robin Mcmillan
Michael Metsel
Catherine Meyers
Andrea Mol
Douglas Mowat
Richard Pecora
Tim Perovich
Richard Preston
Dode Prickett
Graeme Revell
Wayne Riggs
H Allen Robinson Ii
Gary Rogers
John R Salemi
Theron Skees
John Stacey
Joseph Stefano
Joseph Stefano
Leslie Stevens
Craig Stout
John Tuttell
Gary D Walker
Andy White
Amy Stephen Wilder
Glenn Wilder
Mary Ellen Winston
George Zaloom
Kim E Zimmerman
Mark Zuelzke
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States November 10, 1990
Released in United States on Video August 8, 1991
Released in United States on Video July 13, 1994
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Restored Print & Soundtrack/Cannes Classics) May 12-23, 2010.
Shown at Radio City Film Festival sponsored by Univeral Pictures August 20-24, 1997.
Screenwriter Joseph Stefano wrote the screenplay for Hitchcock's 1960 film of "Psycho" from Robert Block's novel.
Janet Leigh, star of the 1960 "Psycho," directed by Alfred Hitchcock, hosted the original telecast of this sequel on Showtime.
Began shooting June 4, 1990.
Completed shooting July 1, 1990.
Anthony Perkins, who plays the adult Norman, was originally scheduled to direct.
Originally planned for a theatrical release by Universal Pictures.
Print restored and soundtrack restored/reconstructed by Universal Pictures and Audionamix in 2010.
Selected in 1992 for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
Re-released in Zurich September 6, 1991.
