Norman Bates returns for this “prequel”, once more having mommy trouble. This time around he is invited to share memories of mom with a radio talk show host, but the PYSCHO fears that he may kill again for his beloved is impregnated with his child and Norman cannot let another PYSCHO loose in the civilized world. —IMDb
Perhaps I'm crazy but this movie actually has good stuff in it! There's a scene straight out of Peeping Tom near the end, and the poisoning scene disturbs. Much more serious than the murdering in Psycho 2 & 3. The scene feels very carefully assembled much like the effect in Hitchcock's film: pulled into a ghost train of a dream. Olivia Hussey as Mother! not to mention the delicious deadpan acting of Anthony Perkins.
The scenes with present day married Norman would have made a better full length than the bad flash backs.