Tag Archives: Psycho

Bates Motel Renewed For a Second Season by A&E

A&E’s Psycho prequel series, Bates Motel, has been renewed for a second season. The premiere of Bates Motel had 4.5 million total viewers and 2.5 million adults 25-54 and 18-49, based on Live+7 viewership, making it the most-watched original drama debut in the key demos in the network’s history. Said Bob DeBitetto, President and General

Bates Motel Delivers Big Numbers

Bates Motel delivered big numbers for A&E Monday night with 4.6 million viewers including 2.4 million in the coveted 18-49 age demographic. That’s the channel’s highest ever for that adult demo for a drama series premiere. We will see how the Psycho-inspired series holds up over the course of its 10-episode first season. I hope

Bates Motel A&E Premier Date Set

The Psycho-inspired A&E TV series Bates Motel finally has an official premier date of Monday, March 18 at 10:00 PM ET/PT. Bates Motel will not stick too close to the original Psycho especially since it takes place in the present day. Executive producer Carlton Cuse recently reiterated that Psycho is just an inspiration for the

Two New Teasers For Bates Motel

“Bates Motel” will give viewers an intimate understanding of how Norman Bates’ psyche developed from his childhood through his teen years. Fans will have access to the dark, twisted backstory and learn firsthand how his mother, Norma, and her lover damaged Norman, helping forge the most well-known serial killing motel owner in history. The series,

Poster and Release Date for Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock

How is this for some strange news? Fox Searchlight has announced that Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock, starring Anthony Hopkins as the legendary director, has received a November 23, 2012 release date. In addition, they have unveiled the first poster, which you can see below. The only reason that they would be pushing this film so quickly

Scream Queen Profile: Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), born Jeanette Helen Morrison, was an American actress. She was the wife of actor Tony Curtis from June 1951 to September 1962 and the mother of Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis. Discovered by actress Norma Shearer, Leigh secured a contract with MGM and began her

Top Ten List – Horror Franchises

Here is another top ten list of mine. For this top ten list, I am tackling the tricky subject of horror franchises. Of course, if you are doing horror franchises, you need to have some hard rules to go by. I am taking the easy road and basically saying that my top ten horror franchise

Top Ten Slasher Movies

I have been posting some great top ten lists from friends recently, and it is about time that I put my head on the chopping block and post some of my own. I will begin with my top ten slasher movie list. For me, slasher movies were a discovery that I made early on and

Top Ten List – Misfitboy’s Top 10 Horror Films

Here is a new feature that I want to start working on. I want to get friends’ top 10 whatever lists and feature them on this blog. Then, I want to talk about my feelings on their list, but not so much where I feel they are right or wrong. That would be presumptuous, egotistical