Manipulating Norman Bates | Psycho II 

It was a great sequel ! only wished the writers would have left out the real .. mother story . Then it would have been perfect !

who didn't like it? The reviews weren't bad and it was a hit.

A lot of people automatically dismissed the movie as blasphemy, but those who didn't generally liked it.

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I love it great twist great acting

But she's cute tho

I think Lila killed Josh as a means of placing Norman on the Sheriff's radar to get Norman arrested again. Also, in the scene where Josh gets murdered, the killer dressed up as Mother is way younger than Mrs. Spool and Mrs. Spool would never really kill anyone unless she knows or has witnessed Norman being antagonized by someone.

And as much as she hated Norman she treated Mary similarly to how Norma Bates treated Norman. Not caring whether innocent people got killed or even if her own daughter got killed if she drove Norman insane again as long as she got him recommitted showed that Lila was as crazy as she thought Norman was. She can't have been that sad about Marion's death since she took advantage of it to marry Sam. When Lila tells Sheriff Hunt that Sam's dead it was probably suicide because he got sick of Lila ranting and raving about Norman.

@@Xehanort10 Well in defense of marrying Sam it's possible they fell for each other while they were grieving. I know about this from experience

@@yummylemons172 While I hate what Lila has become in this movie, he did kill her sister. At the time of said murder, she only thought Marion had taken off with the money she stole. So she was living off the hope that her sister is still alive. She doesn't see Norman as a helpless lunatic, she sees him as a monster who used insanity as an excuse and it twisted her. Even after knowing the whole story, she can't let that go.

@@Shanethefilmmaker Her death made sense also that she got what was coming for tormenting Norman in this sequel. I have to say she was annoying in Psycho II that makes her the real antagonist, her vengeance to torment Norman caused her nothing but her own life when she got her mouth jabbed with the knife by Mrs. Spool disguised as Norma.

​@@Shanethefilmmaker Honestly it's a matter of perspective. Sure Lila's no longer the victim but she's still portrayed as a woman whose lived with the knowledge that her sister was violently murdered while her killer (as far as she's aware) used insanity to escape true justice. And she's allowed it to twist her into the very thing she hates (if not worse) as she doesn't foresee or plan that her revenge would, quite literally, destroy her family. On the other, while he's without a doubt, a raving lunatic. Norman is portrayed as a man who deeply regrets what he did (maybe pushing it here but it technically wasn't his fault, as someone with a brother who once had one, I can tell you that split personalities are separate entities from the original) and honestly wants to make amends. And if it wasn't for Lila he wouldn't have reverted. On a side note, I think Mary was the best part of the movie. She's portrayed as a girl whose been manipulated into hating a man who just wants to live the rest of his life in peace. Then she starts having second thoughts and even, presumably, starts feeling affection for him. It was only when she learned that Norman had (presumably, as we learn he hadn't harmed a single person in the entire film) murdered her mother, that she tried to kill him in grief and rage. Only to be killed by police and take the fall for Emma's victims.

Ikr

I agree completely!!!!

As far as sequels go this this movie actually does a good job trying to live up to its predecessor very well, it's a shame that most sequels don't even try anymore...

One million percent.

Better than the original i think

Meg Tilly is great actress too

@@MKT-7777 Totally agree ! she didn't get enough credit for her performance in this . They even wanted to cut out her scenes , and get a new actress to re-do them . Thank God they didn't have the time or the money for that . She was better than Vera Miles in Psycho 2 .

@@btd7664 thanks

Pity Vera hasn't made any public appearances in recent years, many fans would be delighted to see her at events for the Psycho franchise or conventions.

@@SJ-ty5rw It's sad that Meg Tilly was treated badly by Anthony Perkins. Apparently he wanted her fired halfway through the film.

She was the same as Norma treating Norman

@@MKT-7777 I never actually made that connection before, well spotted.

She wasn’t like that in original

@@edgarallanpoestheblackcat6613 I agree ! They messed up her character badly.

Especially when she admits that he was going to kill her. What difference did it make of how much time Lila’s daughter spent with him? She would have been in danger since day one according to Lila.

In the book she wasn't like this at all

Part 3 was horrible

@@hennessyapplejuice8331 why ?

Pt2 is objectively better sorry

​@@myahollandia3552 Part 3 is just a generic slasher

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Yep! That is life. I guess the original being in B&W really did make it seem older than it was.

Plus even then Norman’s mother personality wasn’t even around for this movie

It was Mrs spool

comeuppance...I think?

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the mother did it all.

Mrs. Spool did all the killing. Norman's only kill was Mrs. Spool.

Emma spool did it, Norman's aunt

@@charlieclark9552 Is disagree with regards to the boy. I think Lila killed him to frame Norman.

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Lie-la

That's her sister Meg Tilly