Marion Crane works at a Real Estate Office in Arizona. She is a
working girl fed up with having to sneak away during lunch breaks
to meet her lover, Sam Loomis, who cannot get married because most
of his money goes towards alimony. On Friday, December the
eleventh, Mr. Cassidy, a rich oil tycoon, comes to the office to
give Lowery $40,000 to buy a house for his daughter's wedding
present. Lowery asks Marion to deposit the cash and she said she
would. Desperate to make a change in her life, she impulsively
leaves town with the money, determined to start a new life with Sam
in California. As night falls and a torrential rain obscures the
road ahead of her, Marion turns off the main highway. Exhausted
from the long drive and the stress of her criminal act, she decides
to spend the night at the desolate Motel. The motel is run by
Norman, a peculiar young man dominated by his invalid mother. After
Norman fixes her a light dinner, Marion goes back to her room for a
shower....
To get the answers, you will need to convert the letters to their
numerical value. The table below will help with this.
A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 E-5 F-6 G-7 H-8 I=9 J-10 K-11 L-12 M-13 N-14
O-15 P-16 Q-17 R-18 S-19 T-20 U=21 V-22 W-23 X-24 Y-25 Z-26
Step 1: You will be looking for 2 words that appear on
the sign in smaller black letters under the main sign on the west
side.
_____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
____
____ + ____+____+ ____ + ____+____+ ____+ ____+____+ ____ +
____+____+____=_______
Stage 2 is located at N 40 45._____(add 501 to your answer) W 111
53._____ (add 261 to your answer)
Step 2: Outside of the store the second location takes
you to, there is a round metal plague. Use the LARGE letters
in the center.
_____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
____ + ____+____+ ____ + ____+____+ ____+ ____+____+
____=_______
Stage 3 is located at N 40 45.____(add 489 to your answer) W 111
53.____ (add 343 to your answer)
Step 3: A nano in a larger container, just hanging
around. Best to look from the east side.
Here are a couple fun facts about the movie:
Mr. Hitchcock bought the rights to the novel anonymously from
Rober Bloch for only US$9,000. He then bought up as many copies of
the novel as he could to keep the ending a secret.
During preproduction, Mr. Hitchcock said to the press that he
was considering Helen Hayes for the part of Mother. This was
obviously a ruse, but several actresses wrote to Hitchcock
requesting auditions. Mr. Hitchcock even had a canvas chair with
"Mrs. Bates" written on the back prominently placed and displayed
on the set throughout shooting. This further added to the enigma
surrounding who was the actress playing Mrs. Bates.
The movie's line "A boy's best friend is his mother." was voted
as the #56 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of
100).
This was voted the seventh scariest film of all time by
Entertainment Weekly.