Psycho III (1986) - Quotes

The Ultimate Shocking Revelation

Taglines: The most shocking of them all.

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Return to Mother's Embrace

Taglines: Norman Bates is back home with Mother again!

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Return to the Shower's Danger

Taglines: Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the shower!

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Norman Bates Faces Mother's Unpredictable Behavior

Taglines: Norman Bates is back to normal. But Mother's off her rocker again!

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Unlock the Terror and Fear in Nightmares

Taglines: Unlock the terror. Unlock the fear. And enter into the all new nightmare of...

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Freedom vs. Consequences in Psycho III

Sheriff John Hurt: Jesus, Norman. I wanted to believe it wasn't you. This time, they'll lock you up forever!

Norman Bates: But I'll be free. I'll finally be free.

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Accusations and Confusion in Psycho III

Mother: It's lies. It's all lies. Norman, she's a lying whore.

Tracy Venable: Norman! Norman, where are you?

Mother: She's a slut!

Tracy Venable: Norman!

Mother: Don't let her talk about me like that!

Tracy Venable: Norman! Please, Norman, please listen to me! Norman, Mrs. Bates, whoever your are, damn it, doesn't it make any difference in that demented brain of yours?

Mother: Kill her, boy! Get her! Just like the others! Get her!

Tracy Venable: Oh! No! Don't! No! Please! Norman, no!

Mother: [Norman stabs mother] Norman! Can't you do anything right? How dare you treat your mother in such... a... way... Norman...

Norman Bates: So I don't have the guts, huh?

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A Son's Conflicted Loyalty to His Mother

Norman: You were down there, weren't you mother? Weren't you? I'm glad she didn't die! I'm glad!

Mother: She will.

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Madness and its Universal Nature

Maureen Coyle: You must think I've gone mad.

Norman Bates: Oh, no... no. We all go a little mad sometimes.

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Conflict Between Mother and Son Emerges

Mother: Get that whore out of my house! Throw her down in the muck and filth where she belongs!

Norman Bates: I'll get you for this, mother. I'll get you for this.

Mother: You haven't got the guts, boy!

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A Desperate Bargain for Control

Norman Bates: I just want my mother back.

Duane Duke: Take her. But you know what I want in return, and you know what i'll do if I don't get it.

Norman Bates: I know what you'll do...

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Questioning the Past and Its Consequences

Duane Duke: Doesn't scan, does it, Norman? But... a lot of shit here doesn't.

Norman Bates: What are you doing with my mother?

Duane Duke: Don't you mean mummy? You did a nice job on her, Norman. Fresh as the day she was croaked.

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A Tense Conversation Between Mother and Son

Mother: You dirty, dirty boy.

Norman Bates: But I... I didn't do anything, mother... I didn't do anything, mother. She a nice girl.

Mother: She's a whore.

Norman Bates: But we didn't do anything.

Mother: You let her come between us.

Norman Bates: But this... It isn't right. It isn't natural.

Mother: It's perfectly natural for a son to love his mother.

Norman Bates: God, will you leave me alone, mother? Will you leave me alone?!

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Awkward Morning After Conversation

Red: Mmm.. Oh, God, don't tell me you're one of those guys who farts, rolls over, and then goes to sleep.

Duane Duke: I picked you up in a bar, after one lousy drink! Whaddya want, to get married?

Red: [slaps him] You shit-heel!

Duane Duke: Look! I gotta get up for work soon, so why you don't just go home, huh?

Red: How? You brought me out here.

Duane Duke: Here's cab fare. Phone book's on the table.

Red: Jesus, you make it all sound so cheap.

Duane Duke: It is! But it beats a good vibrator.

Red: [gives Duke the finger] Yeah? Well, at least a vibrator get me off!

Duane Duke: [grabs Red] Use the payphone, bitch!

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A Conversation About Shame and Visibility

Mother: Put me closer to the window.

Norman Bates: Someone will see you, mother.

Mother: Are you ashamed of me?

Norman Bates: You know why, mother. They've even written about you in the newspapers.

Mother: Stop your whining, boy. All this fuss over nothing.

Norman Bates: Not nothing. I-I saw her. Even the initials on her suitcase, "M.C." Marion Crane.

Mother: Another of your cheap erotic illusions, out of your cheap erotic imagination. You killed her. The slut deserved it. But she's dead, and the dead don't come back.

Norman Bates: Y-Y-You came back.

Mother: I never went away, don't you know that by now? You can't get rid of me. I'll always be with you, Norman. Always. Stand up straight and wipe your snotty little nose. If the disgusting little whore is going to upset you so much, just get rid of her.

Norman Bates: No!

Mother: Then maybe I will.