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: The 1.78:1 widescreen transfer is solid, showing natural skin tones and fine facial details like sweat and pores in close-ups. However, some hazy sequences in the dark radio studio and rougher process shots in flashbacks show the film's TV origins.
While it lacks the stylistic tension of Hitchcock’s original and can feel like a "proof of concept" for a series, Psycho IV remains an essential watch for completists . It offers a rare sense of closure to one of horror's most enduring sagas, making it a "fine enough way to depart our time" with a madman who never quite lost his humanity. Blu-ray Review: PSYCHO IV: THE BEGINNING - Daily Dead Psycho.IV.The.Beginning.1990.1080p.BluRay.x264-...
“I really love how this flick works as a prequel as well as a sequel with a not quite rehabilitated Norman Bates recounting his disturbing childhood for a radio shrink while he plans his next psychotic descent.” Rotten Tomatoes : The 1