suprisingly good! this is part prequel with a young Norman and his mother and part sequel with Norman talking to a radio host about his life, i liked it

_Norman Bates: The Wonder Years_. Well-intentioned but laborious prequel to the Hitchcock classic. The best scenes in this fourth chapter depict the malevolent Mama Bates (a great if cast-against-type Hussey) tormenting teen Norman (_ET_'s Thomas, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Perkins), all leading to his homicidal breakdown. The setting-things-up-for-another-sequel (_Norman's Baby_?) is the weakest link.

The worst, and most unnecessary entry into the Psycho franchise. This is a sequel and a prequel at the same time. Anthony Perkins is back, yet again, and brilliant as Norman Bates; but the actor that plays the younger Norman isn't convincing. This film has so many continuity errors with all 3 of the other films. If you're a fan of the original, you'll notice things that are completely wrong. It's still well-made, suspenseful, and scary. Also, the original score is back.

It's never good to explain too much.

Lame. Only good part is seeing Henry Thomas as the young Norman Bates. He still looks little-boy-cute, even when he's murdering somebody