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Summary: An excellent follow up
Review: Norman's coming home! Marvelous sequel to the original Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchock in 1960. It is now 22 years later, and Norman Bates accused of murder, after a long spell in the mental institution is finally going home. Vera Miles also reprises her role as Leila, the sister of Marion Crane (the shower scene victim) hellbent on revenge. After 22 years Norman is ready to face those cobweb ghosts that plagued him so many years ago. Apparently sane, Norman's "mother" is no more an issue. Or is it? When he starts to see her window at first he thinks it's a figment of his imagination. But as the film runs we realise that's something sinister and eerie is going on once again. But if Norman's not the killer? Who is? An excellent film with great suspense as we wait in anticipation as to who the real killer could be. The ending is original but shame about the sequels which followed.. Excellent
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Summary: Average but Still Unworthy Sequel to The Original Classic!
Review: The film opens with the now classic 'shower sequence' from the original 'Psycho' and everything goes downhill from there. But then anybody who expected much of the same from the original Hitchcock classic is a fool and it's better not to compare the two. It is actually not that bad with Vera Miles and Anthony Perkins returning from the original. Vera Miles overdoes it in some scenes and Perkins is a little too creepy. Meg Tilly, who would later impress us playing the bisexual doublecrossing girlfriend of a money launder in 'Bound' 13 years later, actually gives the best performance in the cast. Anthony Perkins is incredibly creepy ad Norman Bates, a confused young man in the first film, now a grown man haunted by memories of his mother. One can't help but wonder why or how they even let him out of the hospital, it would of been interesting to see him deal with his problems inside the hospital. Some fairly decent scares appear every now and then but not one continuously suspenseful sequence. Also with some unexpected twists near the end. And the not-really-necessary ending seems out of place. The score is also a huge letdown. The only good thing about this one is that is a lot better than the two following sequels. From a scale of 1-10 I give this film a 5!
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Summary: It's Actually 2 1/2 stars
Review: Great as horror sequels go and pretty good as far as horror films go anyway.PSYCHO II follows Anthony Perkins's character Marlen Bates after his release from the institution. His release doesn't come without a lot of static from the general population and especially from the families of the victims. One of these relatives is hell bent on getting Bates back in the nut house. She develops a plan to make him crack. Good cinematography, the same house but I still love it, and some good acting from the sheriff (I can't remember the actors name) and Denis Franz, who plays the manager of the hotel while Bates, was in a rubber room. If you liked PSYCHO then you'll appreciate this if not like it as much as the original.
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Summary: it made me want to work in a mental hospital
Review: the most awsome movie ever it was und beilevable I saw it 1000 times it is so emotional and intense I felt sorry for norman being so confused I was realy tuched by it
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Summary: it was good, but it isn't worth owning.
Review: This film was played on the USA network at 2 in the morning last month, and it was a very good horror movie, going for scares instead of gross outs (I'm a fan of both kinds of horror), but the story is so unbelievable that it brings it down a nothch or two. If you want to see this film, by all means do so, but I really would'nt see the point of owning it, unless you must own all the Psychos. It's always a bad sign, when instead of the whole movie entertaining you, only a few scenes do, but when these scenes are as enjoyable as they are in Psycho 2, it is a recommended viewing.
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Summary: A darn fine (and worthy) sequel
Review: How can you top the original PSYCHO? You can't. But you can do it justice, and PSYCHO II accomplishes that. Its most important key to success, coming over 20 years after the first film, is the return of the same performers - Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, and the HOUSE. Using the same exact house/motel set lends this sequel incalculable credibility and continuity. Without it, the movie probably would have been "just another sequel." Perkins is simply outstanding as Norman (gotta love the way he says "cu- u- utlery") and Meg Tilly and Robert Loggia are nicely cast in their roles. The plot has a nice handful of twists throughout, and a whopper of an afterthought ending. Jerry Goldsmith provides a fine score, wisely avoiding the temptation to mimic Herrmann's original. The DVD presentation is full-frame, but DON'T let that stop you from buying it. The film is open-matte, which means a widescreen version would simply MASK the top and bottom. In other words, this is NOT a pan-and-scan presentation. There is nothing chopped off at the sides. Instead, you're seeing MORE picture here than you would if it were presented in widescreen format. Picture and sound quality are good, and the lack of extras is not too disappointing, really, and it's a decent price. To sum up: great acting, good direction from a Hitchcock apprentice, good score, good plot, good picture and sound, and excellent continuity from the original film. If you're a devotee of Hitchcock's film and you've never seen this, I urge you to give it a try. It really does do justice to the original.
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Summary: Wake up, the sequel's here
Review: After 22 years of imprisonment, Norman Bates is set free. As he tries to start a new life, he begins hearing his mother's voice telling him what to do and finding notes and little surprises everywhere. And then, people start turning up dead. But who's doing it? Great sequel is livened up by the bodycount where in the first, drug it down. And the killer is not a disappointment either. If the original bored you...
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Summary: As good as #1 in scares but not style
Review: It seems like all the 'Psycho' sequels have had a pretty hard time at being taken seriously over the course of the past decade and more. The peg hammered in by the original had not only been set high, it had become so deeply entrenched in the American pop psyche by the time Perkins came back for the second dose that number two couldn't hope to make a fresh dent even before the camera had started rolling. That's 'Psycho 2' in the abstract. 'Psycho 2' as a free-standing movie is high entertainment which actually manages to piggy-back on the original for plot and essence. The violence is graphic in most areas but never gratuitous, instead serving to demonstrate how Hitchcock would have done it if he'd happened on the scene two decades later. Franklin directs with heavy attention to suspense and it works. Perkins reprises as Norman Bates as well as if he'd never been anyone else! Meg Tilly and Vera Miles (also from the original) are also strong in the picture. Even so, the long run of the movie gives rise to much unintentional comic relief; either that or the need for slasher violence was seen by producer Bernard Schwartz as being a prequisite for box office success. At any rate, some of the killings are just plain humourous, especially at the conclusion when Perkins nonchalantly dings his character's real mother over the head with a steel shovel. Fantastic stuff! What went wrong with these silly type of murders was that they happened in 'Psycho 3' and 'Psycho 4' at a more liberal rate, thereby counteracting much of the suspense. The former picture is weakened greatly by this 'Friday the 13th' style and the latter is made a washout because of it and a water thin storyline. Buy the first two only, rent number three and, if you are capable of rational behaviour, pretend that number four was never made. This series shares the same sequel-deterioration path as that of 'The Omen.'
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Summary: better than the original
Review: You guys definitely need to see this movie. It is so much better than the original in many ways. Norman Bates being sane and then losing his sanity is really cool. This movie has a great message to it. Here it is: People can change, but not everybody is going to like it. They will go to any extent to get their revenge. Norman isn't the enemy in this one. Society is and that is a powerful thing if you think about it. The final scene is shocking, but it led into that crappy Psycho 3. In short, watch this movie.
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Summary: SECOND BEST PSYCHO
Review: THIS MOVIE WAS THE BEST SEQUAL I HAVE EVER SEENED.IF ALFRED HITCHCOCK WAS ALIVE HE WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE MOVIE.ANTHONY PERKINS DID A VERY GOOD JOB ALONG WITH HIS OTHER PSYCHO'S
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