Psycho III

         Norman and Maureen return to the motel in a driving rainstorm just as Katt Shea Ruben is getting ice from the ice machine and says to Duke in the office, "Well, I guess the wet look is coming back," and then goes on further down the boardwalk. Norman and Maureen start kissing in room #1 and Norman says, "I just can't go any further." He then goes up to see "mother" in her bedroom and she says, "You dirty, dirty boy. You let her come between us. It's perfectly normal for a boy to love his mother. Get me the knife from the chest at the foot of the bed Norman. Norman picks up the knife and deliberately cuts himself. At the same time Maureen comes up to the mansion and asks Norman what's wrong. He tells her to go back to her room and lock her door....

         Down in the motel Kyle and Ruthie are probably drunk and Kyle is trying to take advantage of Ruthie while she tells him that she was not a cheerleader but was a majorette. They laugh on and on and on.

         Katt Shea Rubin goes into the office and calls for Duke but he's nowhere to be found. She closes the windows and sees a john and sits down. While there, Norman, dressed as his mother comes by and scares her and proceeds to cut her throat and stabs her in the abdomen. He then puts her corpse in the ice machine with only her face showing along with one hand.

         Norman sleeps in the downstairs living-room. He wakes up when Sheriff Hunt and a deputy knock on the front door late in the morning. Sheriff Hunt has a warrant and he and the deputy go upstairs to "mother's room." Mother should be there but to Norman's amazement, she isn't. They go back down to the motel where Tracy and Duke are waiting also. It should be noted that Duke has taken "mother" to his cabin, #12. Sheriff Hunt reaches in the ice machine and we see the corpse of Katt Shea Ruben as Hunt grabs some blood covered ice and puts it in his mouth. He does not see her and slams the door to the machine down. In the meantime Tracy has told Maureen about Norman's past and she takes Maureen away to Father Brian's apartment. Norman is left alone to look for mother. He goes up to the house and looks everywhere for her but to no avail. Finally he sees a note in the kitchen which says, "I'm in cabin 12. Come see me." Norman hurries down the stone steps and hurries along the boardwalk in front of the motel with a very disoriented look on his face. The fact that he's crazy obviously shows on his face. The best way to describe his look is that of a person with no identity AT ALL. When he reaches Duke's room you can hear the T V with a Looney Tunes production on the screen. Duke starts to sing the old Irish folk song "Mother Mc Cree." I love the dear silver that shines in your hair and the brow that is furrowed and wrinkled with care. I kiss the dear fingers so tore worn for me--God bless you and keep you dear Mother........Bates. Doesn't scam does it Norman? Says Duke. to be continued