Editing Norman Bates (section)

===''Psycho IV: The Beginning''===
''[[Psycho IV: The Beginning]]'' (1990), the final film in the series, [[retroactive continuity|retcons]] the revelations of the second film and third film, supplying that Norman's father was stung to death by bees and removing all references to Emma Spool. In this film, Norman has been released from an institution, and is married to one of the hospital's psychologists, a woman named Connie ([[Donna Mitchell]]). When his wife becomes [[pregnancy|pregnant]], he lures her to his mother's house and tries to kill her, wanting to prevent another of his "cursed" line from being born into the world; the film implies that Mrs. Bates ([[Olivia Hussey]]) suffered from [[schizophrenia]] and [[borderline personality disorder]] and passed the illnesses on to her son. However, he relents at the last minute, when Connie professes her love for him. He then burns the house down in an attempt to free himself of his past. During the attempt, he is tormented by [[hallucination]]s of "Mother" and several of his victims, becoming injured in a fall. He almost dies in the flames before willing himself to get out, apparently defeating his illness at long last; he is finally free of his mother's voice, which demands to be let out. This was Anthony Perkins' final performance as Norman Bates; [[Henry Thomas]] portrayed Norman as a teenager.<ref name = "PsychoFour">{{cite video|people = [[Mick Garris]] (Director)|title = [[Psycho IV: The Beginning]]|medium = DVD|location = United States|publisher = [[Universal Television]]|date= November 10, 1990}}</ref>