Continuity
Critics and fans of the Psycho franchise have argued that the pilot does not fit in with the canon of the series, ignoring continuity with Psycho II, Psycho III and Psycho IV: The Beginning due to the death of Norman Bates in the film, while in "Psycho II", Bates is deemed sane and returns to the Bates Motel. Reflecting on the continuity issues, Robert Price writes "It seems that all the different Psychos drift into and out of one another. There is no real sequence. All are variant versions of the same myth. The deep conflict being rehearsed and resolved in these movies is that of the Oedipal complex".
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