MACY) also arrives having been hired by the owner of the money.Īs Arbogast and then Sam and Lila start snooping around the Bates motel looking for clues and information about Marion, they soon uncover an unpleasant and shocking revelation regarding Norman and his mother. Almost simultaneously, private investigator Milton Arbogast (WILLIAM H. Meanwhile, Marion's sister, Lila (JULIANNE MOORE) shows up at Sam's office stating that Marion has disappeared along with the nearly half a million dollars. Moments later, Norman appears, appalled at what he presumes his mother has done, but like a good protective son, he cleans up the mess and covers up the crime. There she meets the somewhat creepy, but friendly enough manager, Norman Bates (VINCE VAUGHN), who lives with his elderly mother in the large house on the hill behind the motel.Īfter having dinner together, Marion decides to call it a night, but while she's taking a shower, an apparently older woman suddenly attacks and stabs her to death. Seeking refuge after driving through a blinding rainstorm at night, Marion happens upon the completely vacant, twelve room Bates Motel. Instead of taking the money to the bank for her boss, she packs her bags and hits the road, hoping to meet her cash poor lover and start their lives anew. When a wealthy businessman deposits $400,00 in cash on her desk, a spark of hope suddenly fills Marion's otherwise uneventful life. PLOT: Returning from a noontime rendevous with her married lover, Sam Loomis (VIGGO MORTENSEN), Marion Crane (ANNE HECHE) returns to her Phoenix job as real estate office assistant. QUICK TAKE: Horror: After stealing her boss' money, a woman's random encounter with a quirky motel clerk and his little seen mother eventually reveals horrible secrets for a group of people looking for that woman.