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1983
Psycho II is a 1983 American psychological slasher film directed by Richard Franklin, written by Tom Holland, and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Robert Loggia, and Meg Tilly. It is the first sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho and the second film in the Psycho franchise. Set 22 years after the first film, it follows Norman Bates after he is released from the mental institution and returns to the…
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Alfred Hitchcock’s *Psycho* is often considered to be the origin of modern slasher films. In early 1980s, during the peak of that genre’s popularity, it seemed that its every successful title would get multiple sequels. It was inevitable that even *Psycho*, despite being made two decades earlier and enjoying reputation of undisputed classic, would have the same fate. It finally happened with *Psycho II*, 1982 film d…More
The original Psycho is a legendary film, mostly because it was a very risque project at the time. By 1983 the film industry had become significantly less puritan and slasher films were pretty commonplace as was showing some skin. Psycho II is actually very tame in this regard. The overall story and a vast majority of the acting is pretty bad. I feel as though it is a bit of an insult to the original that this thing…More
