Today marks the 22nd anniversary for the remake of PSYCHO, directed by Gus Van Sant. I secretly wish they would have done a remake of PSYCHO II which took place 22 years after the original film, how great would that be?
The nearly shot-for-shot film was heavily criticized at the time. And while I agree it is unnecessary and simply doesn't work, it was at the very least and interesting project... and certainly more worthwhile than many of the remakes that we've had to deal with in the past decade.
As in the original film, we begin in Phoenix, Arizona. This time we close in on the Westward Ho at 618 North Central Avenue.
When Marion stops at the intersection, she is on Raymond Avenue in Pasadena looking north.
Kudos for the crew going back to Gorman Post Road in Gorman, California where they shot the plates for the original film.
Here she is driving on 1500 East block of Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California.
This is just a couple blocks up on the 1700 block of Colorado Boulevard going the same direction.
A bit of a location fail here as much of this location has changed and I was fighting daylight as you can see. The car dealership was at 5654 Van Nuys Boulevard. I would go back to this location, but even the buildings across the street have been demolished.
Once again the Bates Motel and house were at Universal Studios. At the time, they simply built a two-sided facade to cover up the original Psycho house.
The hardware store was at 10577 West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, obviously much different now.
The courthouse took me a while to find, but finally tracked it down to 150 North Madison Avenue in Pasadena, California
Unlike the original film, the swamp was filmed right by the earlier scene in Gorman, but on private property behind this fence.
Anne Heche as Marion Crane 2.0
James Remar was an excellent choice as the patrolman.
