Why did he attack the girl in the... - Psycho III (1986) Discussion

[–] highway_demon_77 12 years ago

She gave him a boner, so he had to kill her.

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[–] PopperTheKungFu-Dragon 8 years ago

LMAO. This is hilarious, but I also think its true 

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[–] strangenstein (683) 3 years ago

“She gave him a boner, so he had to kill her.”

In the novel, Norman, uh, pleasures himself while he watches Marion Crane. Sex is what sets him off, mother takes over, and somebody is going to die.

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[–] wallacesawyer 12 years ago

He kisses her corpse later, but I don't recall her and Norman sharing any screen time before her murder. Obviously Universal or someone behind the scenes thought another murder needed to happen, regardless of continuity. Either that or Norman was so turned on by Maureen that "Mother" just had to unleash her murderous rage on anyone possible, and the girl was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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[–] PopperTheKungFu-Dragon 8 years ago

Is that her he kisses? I thought it was Duke's corpse he was kissing. I thought it was some gay subtext reference.

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[–] PurpleLemonadeDinosaur 11 years ago

Obviously to add to the bodycount. Her death was quite gory too.

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[–] gwnightscream 11 years ago

What a way to go, on the John.

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[–] ADStoney 11 years ago

Another reason for the scene could have been (though it's probably not related) to do with showing someone actually using a toilet. The original Psycho was the first time a toilet, or at least a flushing toilet was ever shown in a movie and it was written in for that reason. I wondered whether this scene was a development of that idea.

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[–] jamesnelson417 10 years ago

Here's a piece of an interview with Katt Shea from the Psycho Movies website about Patsy's death:

It was actually a very difficult acting job because of the fact that I was dead for most of the movie and Anthony dragged me around. He hid my body in an ice chest--with real ice--because he said it looked better. That was nearly impossible to tolerate not only because of the temperature but because he closed the ice chest lid which is terrible if you're claustrophobic at all and I am. Then he threw me out of a window and I had to land on my chin in front of the camera without blinking--that took a few tries. His character had fallen in love with my corpse by then, and he dragged me around in a rainstorm--my mouth was hanging open and reclaimed water was going down my throat while he fixed to do some snogging. Awful! But when I put actors through all kinds of difficult stuff they know I've been through it!

What do you think of that?

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[–] gluserty (605) 3 years ago

Wow, I didn't think of the continuity of featuring a toilet and expanding on that from the initial film; I feel that makes a lot of sense. Also, I agree that the kill adds to the body count/gore. A real 2-for-1.

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[–] Distantwords 10 years ago

She was killed because she was using an Employee Bathroom, and she was NOT, an EMPLOYEE.

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[–] Doom 10 years ago

That'll teach her.

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[–] Distantwords 10 years ago

Next time you go somewhere that has a sign, "Bathrooms are for paying customers only", I'll bet you'll think twice before using it knowing you don't plan on buying anything.

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[–] baxterrocky 8 years ago

Never mind about her... why did he proceed to stab the toilet roll also..... that's just callous!

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[–] millsey72 (9693) 2 years ago

Whenever I don't know the answer to a question in a movie, I just call it a plot hole.

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[–] WandererFromYs (1776) 2 years ago

We know, but it’s nice to see you finally admitting to it.

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[–] WandererFromYs (1776) 2 years ago

The reason he does it in this film is that they wanted to have a callback to the iconic scene from the original. I do like that they took it in a different direction, rather than just rehashing the original scene.

Within the movie world, it’s because he was attracted to her. Mother kills every woman that Norman is attracted to.

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