Bates Motel (film)

Bates Motel
TV Guide advertisement, 1987
Genre	Horror
Based on	Characters created by Robert Bloch
Written by	Richard Rothstein
Directed by	Richard Rothstein
Starring	Bud Cort Lori Petty Moses Gunn Gregg Henry Jason Bateman Kerrie Keane
Music by	J. Peter Robinson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Richard Rothstein
Producers	George Linder Ken Topolsky Henry Kline
Production locations	Burbank, California Los Angeles
Cinematography	Bill Butler
Editors	Dann Cahn Richard A. Freeman
Running time	95 minutes
Production company	Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	July 5, 1987 (1987-07-05)
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Bates Motel is a 1987 American made-for-television supernatural horror film and a spin-off of the Psycho franchise written and directed by Richard Rothstein, starring Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn, Gregg Henry, Jason Bateman, and Kerrie Keane. Outside of the 1998 remake, this is the only installment not to feature Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates as Kurt Paul portrays the character. The film premiered on July 5, 1987.^[1] It is a direct sequel to Psycho, ignoring the other sequels.

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 and ends up inheriting the Bates Motel. It was originally produced as a pilot for a proposed TV series set in the Bates Motel, but it was not picked up by the network.