Bates Motel

Plot Summary

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

Top Cast

Vera Farmiga Norma Bates

Freddie Highmore Norman Bates

Max Thieriot Dylan Massett

Olivia Cooke Emma Decody

Nestor Carbonell Alex Romero