Friday, October 26, 2018
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Psycho II (1983)
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.
Amazingly imaginative (late) sequel makes you route for the former villain, Anthony Perkins in a wonderfully ambiguous role, and actually continues the saga with some surprising twists.
Halliwell*: "A reasonably inventive sequel, if on the gory side. It probably holds the record for the longest delayed follow-up."
Maltin**1/2: "Surprisingly good sequel, with Perkins in a wonderfully canny reprise of his role as Norman Bates...Director Franklin builds some terrific suspense scenes, but finally goes for graphic violence toward the end, and tacks on a silly conclusion, undermining an otherwise first-rate shocker."
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