A female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its very own. Although this version is in color, includes a different cast, also is set in 1998, it is closer to a shot-for-shot remake than many remakes, Gus Van Sant often copying Hitchcock's camera movements and editing, also Joseph Stefano's script is chiefly carried over. The musical score of bernard Herrmann is reused as well, though with a brand new agreement by Danny Elfman and recorded in stereo.