Post by Toasted Cheese on Aug 20, 2018 23:42:08 GMT
Psycho III is an interesting and even bizarre foray into Norman's life and mind. It was blacker than black and the film was atmospheric and very well directed by Perkins, but I think it started to lose its own plot as well. The set up and revelation at the end of the terrific Psycho II - 83', suddenly gets turned around on its head and the unremarkable and vapid Diana Scarwid as Maureen just doesn't seem to really work or connect with what the intention of her character represented for Norman. She was a bland waif and looked nothing like Marion. It's the same as Gus Van Sant casting Anne Heche as Marion in his reboot of Psycho - 98'. There isn't much screen presence, nuance, or undercurrent of sex appeal generated by either of these flat actresses, which is which Janet Leigh's excellent controlled performance in the original was able to entice Norman with.