This bates motel wasnt just for showits a real, functioning motel, complete with front desk staff, housekeeping, and everything, thatll be onsite until sxsw wraps up this weekend. Sometime in the 80s, a movie was also filmed in the motel. Theres a noticeable paucity of offbeat attractions in western idaho and eastern oregon, a patch of white when compared to the lush red pushpin fertility of other regions. So once bates motel starts delving into the territory of that movies plot. Bates motel is one of the most exciting horror shows on netflix, based on the emblematic hitchcocks movie, psycho 1960. So, i took a little drive out there to check it out. A replica of the original bates motel set from the film psycho was built on location in aldergrove, british columbia on 272nd street. With vera farmiga, freddie highmore, max thieriot, nicola peltz. It is rumored that the author of psycho, robert bloch, stayed in the hotel in the 1950s. Psycho house and bates motel alfred hitchocks 1960 cinematic masterpiece psycho, although originally distributed by paramount, was financed by hitchcock himself, and filmed at universal studios using the revue studios television crew from alfred hitchcock presents. So when it rains it smells just beautiful, carbonell joked. And i absolutely love the homage to hitchcock thats in the window of the psycho house right now.
A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late norman bates at the state lunatic asylum, inherits the legendary bates motel after the death of norman and tries to fix it up to make it a respectable business. A replica of the original bates motel set from the film psycho was built on location in aldergrove, british columbia on. Freddie highmore is a british actor, he is known for playing peter davies in finding neverland2004, charlie bucket in charlie and the chocolate factory2005, norman bates in bates motel, george zinavoy in the art of getting by2011. However, actor freddie highmore who plays norman bates paid the psycho house a visit, in this video clip produced for comiccon in 20. While bates motel is set in the town of white pine bay in oregon, most of it was filmed in british columbia, with normans school being the seycove secondary school in north vancouver. Fan favorite and emmynominated actress vera farmiga returns for double duty as executive producer while also reprising her role as. So the bates motel, just over the border in oregon, gets included as a stop out of desperation. Although the modern tv series bates motel features the iconic characters, the show is filmed in canada, so the universal backlot version of the house is not featured. Jared simon grace in the spiderwick chronicles 2008. Created by anthony cipriano, carlton cuse, kerry ehrin.
Canada and took a quick iphone video of the set which. Horseshoe bay, west vancouver, british columbia, canada 66 of 67 found this interesting interesting. Filmed at the famous bates motel and haunted hayride in glen mills, pa. Okay, so this show definitely takes a top spot at being one of the weirdest shows out on television. Freddie highmore was born on 14th february 1992 in camden town, london, england to sue. The bates motel interiors, including the shower scene, were shot on stage 18. The bates motel project picked up more steam when vera farmiga, a best supporting actress oscar nominee for the 2009 film up in the air, signed on to play norma. The only good thing you can say about this hotel is the location. It was initially twowalled, designed to be filmed only from certain angles, although its appearance in 1963s invitation of a gunfighter completed its structure. Bates motel 20 at this time, theres only been a handful of episodes of the new bates motel series, but so far i like it enough to keep watching.
Bates motel ar en amerikansk dramaserie om norman bates och utspelar sig kronologiskt fore handelserna i alfred hitchcocks film psycho. Bates motel filming location in aldergrove, bc youtube. It was filmed on a tight budget, and accordingly, the exterior sets built for. In turn, producers filmed most of the show on a stage. Bates motel will be leaving netflix in just under a month, with the psychological horror series set to be removed from the streaming service in multiple regions on or around 20 february. Norman bates winds up apprehended and locked up in an insane asylum by the end. The bates haunting is a fun horror film about our final girl agnes rickover trying to stop a killer getting away with lethal scares under the cloak of halloween. Star nestor carbonell revealed in a periscope video that the crew was able to build it in five weeks but its located on a landfill.
Stars freddie highmore and olivia cooke are spotted filming heated scenes on set in canada. The series filmed its final scenes at the speciallybuilt bates motel set in aldergrove on january 25, 2017, and production began tearing the house down the following day. A replica of the original bates motel set from the film psycho was built on location at approximately 1054 272nd street in aldergrove, british columbia, where portions of the series were filmed. In the aftermath of her husbands death, norma bates and her teen son move to a tiny town in coastal oregon, where they buy a roadside motel. For normans high school though, producers used seycove secondary school, 1204 caledonia ave, north vancouver, british columbia, canada as the set for any of those scenes. For those interested, yes, im a psycho fan and my bathroom is a bates motel bathroom, see here.
The exterior set has been rebuilt a few times over the years, and as can be seen below, was refurbished in 2006. The shows original plot elements are more conventionally designed to appeal to tvs most coveted, youngskewing demographic, placing bates motel on a popcultural continuum with series created andor produced by kevin williamson the vampire diaries, joss whedon buffy the vampire slayer and cuses lost partner j. The bates motel exterior, built for hitchcocks film, borrowed from existing sets, taking its tower from the harvey house on colonial street. Please note the backlot photos are to be used as guidelines only. The second episode of bates motel begins painting in more details about white pine bay, the fictional oregon coastal town where norma and norman bates have moved. The motel was refurbished and restored in 2005 to its former glory, by a team including creative. Bates motel if interested in utilizing this location as the bates motel or referencing the psycho film for a production shoot, license clearance from the hitchcock foundation is required.
If youve seen it, then you know what we are talking about. I live about 20 minutes away from this i found out so took a short drive to aldergrove, bc. In addition to its infamous shower sequence, the film broke various taboos including bizarrely. The swamp, where norman bates anthony perkins disposes of marions car, was intended to be filmed on location at a place called grizzly island near fairfield, north of san francisco, but the budget constraints forced hitch to use falls lake on the universalrevue backlot. Steveston, richmond, british columbia, canada 44 of 46 found this interesting interesting. The motel and house were recreated in vancouver, british columbia. While the original psycho movie, and bates motel tv series were not filmed on location, another film was, in the 1980s. Staying on the set of bates motel tv series the new. The episode started out with romero forcing norman to take him to see his mothers body. He travels to normans california hometown renamed fairville for this film. Theres a noticeable paucity of offbeat attractions in western idaho and eastern oregon, a patch of white. I watched the premiere last night and wondered if they used the same house from the original psycho. The film crew happened to put up the motels infamous sign and left it behind when production wrapped. While the locations of the original bates motel is found at universal studios in l.
Bates motel is an american psychological horror drama television series that aired from march 18, 20 to april 24, 2017. The motel set included four rooms that were fully designed and filmed in throughout the shows run. I give this a rating of one because there are no negative numbers here. Bates motel tv series 202017 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Bates motel season 5 is its last, but the show is going. The movies production crew put up the nowfamous sign and left it when production wrapped up. Bates motel may not actually be filmed in oregon, but it does use incidental scenes above yachats and that wild stretch of highway 101 between the two towns, in. Filming locations 5 filming dates 2 production dates 1 filming locations.
The bates motel is now a budget motel, drawing fans and paranormal investigators alike. The new season of the bates motel series is right around the corner, and maybe you havent given a thought to the origins of the bates mansion, which has been an emblematic icon in the history of cinema since it was built for the classic alfred hitchcocks psycho film in 1959 the psycho house has appeared in countless films, tv shows, documentaries and. But, we do have to say it makes for one hell of a viewing experience for anyone watching. Seeking a fresh start after her husbands tragic death, norma bates buys a motel on the outskirts of an idyllic coastal town. The original psycho movie was based on the novel by robert bloch and was intended to be a lowbudget experiment by director alfred hitchcock.
However, a chunk of the interior scenes were shot on stages. So we have to recommend it to anyone who hasnt seen it. Carbonell filmed his final scenes on january 27, 2017. With bud cort, lori petty, moses gunn, gregg henry. In the new psycho prequel, bates motel is located in. Additional filming for the series took place in multiple areas in metro vancouver, including steveston, coquitlam, horseshoe bay, west. Seycove secondary school, 1204 caledonia ave, north. Other key locations include horseshoe bay in west vancouver, which doubled for white pine bay. Bates motel filming location just outside vancouver. So, lets dive into some interesting facts and trivia about this television series.
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