The Bates Motel is an important part of Psycho, a 1959 novel by Robert Bloch and Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film, Psycho. Film sequels, Psycho II and Psycho III, also feature the motel as does the 1987 television movie, Bates Motel. The motel makes appearances in Psycho IV: The Beginning, but is not featured as much as in previous films. The Bates Motel returned to prominence in the 1998 remake of the original film.The scenario of an isolated motel being operated by a serial killer, whose guests subsequently become victims, has been exploited in a number of other horror films, notably Motel Hell and Mountaintop Motel Massacre. Holidays to India More recently, the genre has been revived with such films as Mayhem Motel , Murder Inn , Vacancy, and its direct-to-video prequel, Vacancy 2: The First Cut.Several of these horror films also incorporate the sub-theme of voyeurism, whereby the motel owner spies on the sexual exploits of the guests. This plays on the long-established connotations of motels and illicit sexual activity, which has itself formed the basis for numerous other films, variously representing the thriller, comedy, teen film and sexploitation genres. Stephen C. Apostolof's Motel Confidential and the porn film Motel for Lovers were two notable early examples. More recent manifestations include Paradise Motel , Talking Walls , Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel and the Korean films Motel Cactus and The Motel .In countless other movies and TV series, the motel - invariably depicted as an isolated, rundown and seedy establishment - has served as the setting for sordid events often involving equally sordid characters. Examples include Pink Motel , Motel Blue 19, Backroad Motel , Stateline Motel , Niagara Motel and Motel 5150. In the film Sparkle Lite Motel and the TV miniseries The Lost Room, the motel made forays into the realms of science fiction.In the theatre, the seedy motel room has been the setting for two-hander plays, Same Time, Next Year and Bug . Both were later adapted as films. Broadway musicals have also paid homage to the lowbrow reputation of motel culture, demonstrated by songs such as 'The No-Tel Motel' from Prettybelle and 'At the Bed-D-by Motel' from Lolita, My Love.Chicago Vacation Rome Apartments

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