Just like norman bates the main character in hitchcock s movie ed gein had a complicated relationship with his mother loving her while at the same. Ed gein is a murderer born in 1906.
He resided with her corpse as well as an imaginary figment of her named mother in the house behind the motel.
Bates motel real life story. The series a contemporary prequel to alfred hitchcock s 1960 film psycho based on robert bloch s 1959 novel of the. Norman bates is a fictional character created by american author robert bloch as the main antagonist in his 1959 thriller novel psycho he was portrayed by anthony perkins in the 1960 version of psycho directed by alfred hitchcock and the psycho franchise he was also portrayed by vince vaughn in the 1998 version of psycho and by freddie highmore in the television series bates motel 2013 2017. It was owned and run by norman bates who ended up becoming sole owner after killing his mother norma.
It s one of fourteen motels in the area and a bit run down but the name alone is enough to draw a crowd. Gein lived less than fifty miles from bloch s home in wisconsin and the man shared similarities with norman. The bates motel is a television show based off of the.
The bates motel formerly the seafairer motel is a motel in white pine bay oregon in front of the now constructed lee berman memorial bypass. It was developed by carlton cuse kerry ehrin and anthony cipriano and is produced by universal television and american genre for the cable network a e. This bates motel wasn t just for show it s a real functioning motel complete with front desk staff housekeeping and everything that ll be on site until sxsw wraps up this weekend.
The bates motel features just 13 rooms and is located just off sherman street north of the coeur d alene resort golf course and west of the st. There are many books and films based off of his story. The author accredited serial killer ed gein as the basis for norman bates.
The seafairer motel was built in the. The motel didn t start out as a motel. His activities inspired the creation of some of hollywood s most infamous characters including norman bates of psycho.
He was psychotic and also known as the butcher of plainfield he was so unordinary that he gained some fame off of his story. The 1959 novel of which the film was based was loosely inspired by a true story that caught the attention of bloch. The fifth and final season of bates motel is near and to celebrate a e has shared a clever video titled meet the real norman bates featuring four men whose real name is norman bates.
Ed gein was a notorious killer and grave robber. But while the director was inspired by bloch s book the writer was inspired by the real life story of ed gein a psychotic murderer grave robber and body snatcher who lived a double life. Bates motel is an american psychological horror drama television series that aired from march 18 2013 to april 24 2017.
