The series a contemporary prequel to alfred hitchcock s 1960 film psycho based on robert bloch s 1959 novel of the. On a hill behind the motel there is the bates family house.
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.
Bates motel real house. The bates motel was located in fairvale california in the novel as well as the film. It was initially two walled designed to be filmed only from certain angles although its appearance in 1963 s invitation of a gunfighter completed its structure. The motel has 12 rooms which form an l shape.
Bates motel is an american psychological horror drama television series that aired from march 18 2013 to april 24 2017. It s one of fourteen motels in the area and a bit run down but the name alone is enough to draw a crowd. Psycho house set in the mid 1970 s the psycho house is seen here in the mid 1970 s still in its original location on the backlot above laramie street.
Outside there is a parking area and a large bates motel sign which tells passing drivers if there are any available vacancies. The bates family house is a two and a half story second empire victorian house in white pine bay oregon which serves as the residence of the bates family including dylan massett. 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 hayride is a 20 minute wagon ride through the haunted forest which is filled with all new scary scenes and over 30 actors that creep out or fly over to spook even the bravest of souls. The house was built in 1912 by keith summers great great grandfather and supposedly holds dirty secrets. Although the classic psycho house and motel exteriors still stand at universal studios hollywood they were not used as a filming location for the a e television series bates motel instead for.
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. The bates motel is a no holds barred high action haunted house not intended for children under 8. The summers family lost the house to the bank along with the.
The psycho house including the road which ran between the bates motel and the house is seen here in 1972 in the tv series emergency. Arasapha farms haunted hayride and bates motel. 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.
The motel didn t start out as a motel. The bates motel exterior built for hitchcock s film borrowed from existing sets taking its tower from the harvey house on colonial street. In front of the house is the bates motel.
