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Psycho adaptations: films & series
Every version of Psycho — the films & series, compared across media.
Marion Crane flees with stolen money and stops for the night at a remote motel — where Norman Bates quietly tends to his housebound mother. Psycho is one of horror's most enduring premises, built on dangerous secrets and a mother-son bond that resists any clean resolution. Both works on this page return to that same motel and those same two figures: the 1960 film that established them, and the television series that explores what came before.
Psycho films
Psycho series
Frequently asked
Is Psycho based on a book?
This page covers two screen versions — the 1960 film Psycho and the television series Bates Motel — and does not include any source novel among its works.
How many versions of Psycho are there?
This page covers two screen versions: the 1960 film Psycho and the television series Bates Motel (2013), a contemporary prequel set in a modern fictional town before the film's events.
Which Psycho adaptation should I start with?
Start with the 1960 film Psycho, which introduces Marion Crane, Norman Bates, and the Bates Motel. Bates Motel then works as a prequel, depicting Norman and Norma's lives in a modern setting before those events unfold.