Norman lived with his Mother and Step-father, who in the MV is shown to be a praying mantis to symbolize that he is very religious. Norman's mom never shows up during the MV, except in the beginning it is shown that his stepfather is eating a corpse - hinting that the corpse he is eating is Norman's mother. he had killed her to "spare her" from what the cruel world has to offer. very religious because of the environment he grew up in. He is abusive and religious.