A boys best friend is his mother

Rating: 9/10 (12 July 2005)

Marion Crane embezzles some of her boss's money and runs away with it. She stops at the Bates Motel on the outskirts of nowhere and the rest as they say is history. Anthony Perkins plays Norman Bates with chilling efficiency and is the definitive in his portrayal of the cold face of ultimate evil. Norman Bates became the template for many modern film psychopaths including Freddy Kruger,Jason Voorhies and Michael Myers but he stands alone in the annals of horror. Perkins portrayal of mother is so chilling that it is difficult to see the connection between her and Norman. Alfred Hitchcocks masterpiece has been often imitate but never bettered and even led to a shot for shot remake in 1998. Anthony Perkins usually played psychopaths but he will always be remembered as Norman Bates the quiet decent boy whose "best friend was his mother, who wouldn't even harm a fly" psycho 9 out of 10