Mother’s Day is quickly approaching so for the next few days leading up to the Sunday celebration, I’m going to do little profiles on my favorite movie moms. At the end of the week I’ll compile them into a easily digestible Top 10 List. For now, here’s my one of my all time favorite movie moms:

Mother/Norman Bates as “Mother” in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho

Psycho is admittedly my favorite movie of all time and if you’ve never seen it you’ll probably want to stop reading here. From the minute Janet Leigh’s Marion Crane arrives at the Bates Motel it is obvious that something is up with the little old lady living in the house near the motel. And sure enough something is up, or rather down as Marion’s sister eventually finds the real mother (and soon her imposter) in the basement of Norman Bates’ house.

Interestingly enough Hitchcock used a variety of voices to make the mother’s voice, not wanting to give away his secret by simply having Anthony Perkins pretend to be a woman. He also used someone other than Perkins as the body during the infamous shower scene, so as not to give away his tall lanky figure.

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But before you watch, be sure to and learn about Mothers Against Drunk Driving - nobody may have gotten drunk in Psycho, but ultimately Marion’s driving is what did her in