Psycho II (1983)

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Related Movies: sequel of Psycho (1960) Psycho III (1986) [sequel] Bates Motel (1987) [sequel] Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) [sequel] Psycho (1998) [remake]

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So overall we have a great cast, great performances(especially by Perkins), skillful direction, a tight character driven script, an amazingly creepy score, and most importantly....lot's of suspense. Definately check this one out. The best of the Psycho sequels, but surprisingly the rest almost as good(especially 4). I'm sure Hitchcock himself would like this film.

Director Richard Franklin comes nowhere close to matching the original, but comes up with an enjoyable sequel anyway. 

-- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)

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Psycho II is a great, accessible piece of psychological horror, intelligently scripted, well-directed, and brilliantly acted. ... However, though I may not have liked the couple of scenes of gratuitous violence near the end of the film, the ending itselfis a masterstroke--a bit of pitch black humor of which I think Hitch himself might have approved. 78/100

-- (ColdSpot)

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Cast

Anthony Perkins Psycho, Murder on the Orient Express, The Black Hole Vera Miles Psycho, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Meg Tilly The Big Chill, Valmont, Body Snatchers Robert Loggia Independence Day, Scarface, Lost Highway Dennis Franz Die Hard 2, City of Angels, Body Double Oz Perkins Legally Blonde, Secretary, Six Degrees of Separation Hugh Gillin Psycho III, Wanted: Dead or Alive, First Monday in October [more]

Music By

Jerry Goldsmith L.A. Confidential, Alien, The Mummy

Holland's screenplay actually does a great job of crafting a real mystery and building on the story of the first film although some of the "revelations" at the end of Part 2 are a bit far-fetched. ... "Psycho II" is a must see, near masterpiece. -- (eSplatter.com)