For those who have seen the Hitchcock film, "Bates Motel" does not have the same sort of horror (i.e. gore fest) that the "Psycho" film is famous for (at least, not up until the finale of Season 3, the only seasons I've seen so far). There are some bloody and violent scenes (nothing like "American Horror Story") but what really gripped me was the family dynamics. Norman Bates (extraordinary young actor Freddie Highmore, who played Peter Pan in "Finding Neverland") is so astonishing in this role, I wondered how he could retain his sanity. No other film or television series I have seen so far unveils the darkest side imaginable of a mother-son relationship gone berserk, familiarity dissolving into psychosis. No spoiler alerts here. Read the entire review--"Bates Motel", Seasons 1- 3: A Mother-Son Obsession-- at www.unehaledwound.com My novel, Things Unsaid, touches upon some of the same themes!
Review of Bates Motel
