A Psycho is a 2020 American Psychological Slasher Horror film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It is the seventh overall instalment in the Psycho film franchise that began with Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1960 psychological horror film classic Psycho. A Psycho serves as a prequel to Hitchcock's original film and while containing easter eggs and homages to the entire franchise's overall material; including the popular A & E series Bates Motel it is only connected in plot to the 1960 film.
Produced by Jason Blum and distributed by his company Blumhouse Pictures, the film stars Emmy Raver-Lapman, Ken Baumann, Olivia Colman, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
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Cast
- Ken Baumann as Norman Bates
- Emmy Raver-Lapman as Officer Nadine Simmons
- Olivia Colman as Norma Bates
- David Harbour as Officer Park Lincoln
- Paul Greene as Victor W. Hagen
- Ryan Gosling as Henry Davidson
- Emma Stone as Anica Davidson
- Ralph Ineson as Samuel Bates
- Stephanie Nogueras as Vera Mills
- Drew Ray Tanner as Harry Willis
- Gwendoline Christie as Mary-Anne Bryor
- Aimee Garcia as Lily Torres
- Michelle Borth as Andrea Walker