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| Universal Pictures | Release Date: June 3, 1983 |
Starring:
Anthony Perkins, Ben Hartigan, Claudia Bryar, Dennis Franz, Hugh Gillin, Lee Garlington, Meg Tilly, Robert Alan Browne, Robert Loggia, Vera Miles
Summary:
After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes - and his mother - continue to haunt him.
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This is a silly movie, yes. But since it works as a humorous homage for students of Hitchcock and his B-movie masterpiece, and since it works as a high-grade slasher film for the rest of the audience, there's no hating it. In fact, this is the most likable gore film in years. [04 June 1983, p.D4]
Psycho II doesn’t live up to the original, but doesn’t dishonor it either, even though its allegiances are clearly with Hitchcock’s film rather than Robert Bloch’s words. Psycho II isn’t perfect or brilliant. But it was good enough to successfully bring a beloved cinematic fixture back into action after an extended hibernation, and savvy and soulful enough to realize that what makes Norman Bates such an icon isn’t his monstrousness, but his trembling, eminently relatable humanity.
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Psycho II is only a shadow of the master, a technical scare without the original's life-long grip on the subconscious. It fades as soon as the house lights go up. [10 June 1983, p.21]
You don't have to be a Hitchcock idolater to see that this dumb, dull, plodding, pseudo-camp bore is a callous, commercial parasite. [13 June 1983, p.78]
Jul 14, 2019
Not Bad In All Honesty
Psycho II is definitely nowhere even close to being as good as the original, But this is still a good sequel with a fantastic performance once again from Anthony Perkins.
Psycho II is definitely nowhere even close to being as good as the original, But this is still a good sequel with a fantastic performance once again from Anthony Perkins.
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Jan 20, 2019
Although Psycho II is nowhere near as amazing as the first, but it's still a watchable movie. I do believe that it's better than most second installments from other slasher franchises. As far as sequels go, they tried their best with this one.
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Oct 24, 2022
Making a sequel to a Hitchcock film can't be an easy one. Especially because Hitchock had been dead for a few years by the time this came out. But, I think this movie is a pretty good follow-up. Making sure Anthony Perkins returned, this movie feels in the same vain as the original.
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