I really like this movie. It’s not fair to compare it to the original. That movie has an iconic status. I like that they used the original sets, and many actors reprised their roles. It added some gore that wasn’t allowed in the 60s but it wasn’t overdone. And that last image of Norman standing next to the motel sign with his mom’s silhouette in the window is iconic to me. The sad thing is that Norman actually was cured and trying to live a normal life. If they had left him alone, he wouldn’t have gone back to killing.
My absolute fave of the franchise.....the cinematograph was awesome, the atmosphere stunning, the actors brilliant...one of the best sequel in any franchise. Thanx for reminding me that.
I watched the entire Psycho franchise a few months ago, and I have to say this movie really impressed me. I liked it a lot, and it is my favorite of the series.
One of the greatest sequels of all time, in my opinion!! Tyler, man you were so lucky, to not only get to have the kind of job i've always wanted, but to actually get to meet Anthony Perkins, as he was a regular customer!!!
Absolutely amazing sequel to an iconic classic. Psycho II could have just been shoddily churned out to cash in on the name, but it has become classic in its own right.
Psycho II was so much better than a paint-by-numbers sequel to a classic film. It was very effective and made you (upon first viewing) really question what was going on. As you mention in the video, Norman evokes sympathy from the audience here. You actually want him to be okay, right up until the moment arrives where you realize he ultimately won't be. Such a great film. Another stellar episode guys! Can't wait for the next entry! 1984 - Here we come...
This is my favorite of the Psycho films. It's sad that Norman Bates was so close to having a normal life, but other people kept messing with them and reverting to his old ways.
i've always loved this movie. what's so interesting about norman is that despite his past, i feel most of us were rooting for him to have a normal life.
Norman's greatest test of his newfound sanity was returning to that house, where all the tragedy and madness began for him, and it was a challenge that he ultimately couldn't pass. Obviously, what Mary and her mother were doing to him had a lot to do with it, but I've always wondered if all they did was hasten the inevitable. In the hospital he was being taken care of in for all those years, under the care of Dr. Raymond, he probably felt more grounded in reality and safe there, but then all of a sudden he was released back into the real world. In a way it must have been terrifying for him. He apparently felt that he needed to move back into that family mansion rather than let the doctor find him an appartment or something somewhere else, because he felt he needed to face and exorcise his demons once and for all on their own terms, in order to truely be cured of them. Such a challenge would have been difficult, I would imagine, under any circumstances. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Lila Loomis had just left him alone. Then of course, on top of the gaslighting he was put through, Dr. Raymond was killed, and Norman ended up losing the last contact he had to his mental stability. If the doctor hadn't died, he would have at least had more of a fighting chance. But regardless of all those other things, presumably Ms.Spool would have eventually still come to him and told him she was his real mother...!
Always loved this movie a perfect movie to watch on a Friday or Saturday night it was a good sequel with all the right stuff own on DVD along with number three and four
I liked the way they got the entire hotel-set interiors from 22 years previous EXACTLY the same...especially Norman's mother's room with the brass hands on the dresser...where Lila and Mary left notes to mess with Norman's mind trying to push him over the edge again to get him relocked up....
I love how it came out 22 years after the original, and 22 years have passed in the movie world as well. And that WONDERFUL end shot with Norman at the top of the stairs, and the silhouette of "Mother" in the window of the house.
I saw this on VHS as a kid with no prior knowledge of the first Psycho and thought it was brilliant, it's not only scary but a clever mystery that leaves you guessing who the real killer, it only took me some years later to realize it was the dear sweet little old lady from the diner doing all the murders and then Norman just conks her on the head with a shovel, classic!!
I saw this one first in the series. I was always impressed with this movie. Anthony Perkins was a great actor and I can't imagine anybody else in the role to be honest. One of the best sequels ever done. ❤️ loved the video and keep it up.😢tears of appreciation
One of the greatest horror sequels of all time. If not possibly one of the greatest sequels of all time, yes even taking Godfather II into consideration
I wish more women would come out with their experiences on set during this time. I remember hearing about all the verbal abuse Shelly Duval went through by Kubrick filming The Shining and it's heart breaking. I didnt know Jennifer Tilly had a sister (love tiffany and Chucky!) so it's extra sad to hear about Meg through this. I appreciate how thorough you are with all of us your videos.
I agree. Psycho II is brilliant. The writing by Tom Holland and the direction by Richard Franklin are both solid and right on. This movie actually respects Hitchcock's legacy the way that the pointless 1998 Gus Van Sant remake didn't. The acting is also solid and top notch. When I watched this on CBS in 1986 at the age of 16, I was pleasantly surprised by this film. I had seen Psycho III in the Summer of that year and enjoyed that as well. Psycho II actually brings justice to Hitchcock's film as Richard Franklin directed this film as if Hitchcock himself was directing, because he follows Hitchcock's style very carefully and closely and delivers a solid and entertaining film. Also, very entertaining and informative video. One more trivia fact: Hilton A Green was involved behind the scenes in all four of the Psycho films. He was assistant director for the 1960 film. He was a producer for the first two sequels and was executive producer for the fourth sequel, which also served as a prequel at the same time. I have subscribed and also signed up for notifications. Please keep them coming.
Psycho II is such an underrated film. As good as the gore was, the psychological journey of Norman Bates was so gripping, you know that his regression is all but inevitable, but you want so badly for him to not give into his old ways. It humanized him in a way that I don’t think even Hitchcock could have anticipated. And Meg Tilly was amazing in that movie. I’m sad that the filming was so jarring for her, but I hope that she knows that the fans appreciate her and her performance.
I literally was just talking to a coworker about the first Psycho and said that I haven't watched the second one in ages. This seals it being in my October horror run.
Tom Holland needs to take his rightful place among Horror director legends. Amazing catalogue of films: The Beast Within, Fright Night, Childs Play, The Stranger Within....
I like all 4 of the actual films. Never got around to watching Bates Motel so don't know about it. But of the "real" 4 films, I love them all. (I even like the scourged remake...lol)
I actually saw the Psycho remake first when it came out in theaters. I liked it but then my mom told me there was an old black and white one. So 10 year old me went to my video store and rented the original Psycho which I ended up enjoying way more! As I returned it, I looked to see if there were any sequels and long behold there was part 2. I rented and watched it immediately. I enjoyed it as well in how Norman gets broken down psychologically make into madness.
A memory most appreciated. It really makes the so called remake inconsequential. After seeing R. Franklin's earlier films "Patrick" and "Road Games", this director was a perfect choice. Dennis Franz and his Brian De Palma connection is close to poetic. Meg Tilly's early film "One Dark Night" adds more poetry regarding that film's director Tommy McLoughlin made the best chapter of "Friday the 13th". Great video.
My family knew Ed Gein when they were teen agers. Grandpa owned the bar after Mary Hogan went missing, and the hardware store was across the street from my grandpas house. Been in that hardware store many times growing up and spending summers up there in the 80's.
The scene where the two kids were fooling around in the Bates House basement was hilarious. It was like somebody put there Friday the 13th in a Psycho movie.
Anthony was one of my favorite actors. He was from a generation of actors who were decent and respected for their respect for their fans. Just good people. Sad the ego most actors of this new generation have.
I love all 4 Psychos! Even tht 87 Bates Motel I watch em as a 5 part! I have pics & footage walking @ the Bates motel! Ur lucky U met Anthony Perkins! Wish I met him!
It’s not as if she was a lunatic a raving thing,she just goes a little mad sometimes…we all go a little mad sometimes. Still one of the best lines in film god bless Anthony Perkins.
Ha! I drove myself crazy confusing Psycho part 2 with the TV Show Pilot…. For the longest time I had them mixed as I saw them both on TV as a child in the 80s….
I can easily believe Anthony Perkins was a gentle soul in real life. Norman was never creepy to me. Just a little sad. Anthony Perkins played that so well. He was also really beautiful. I think that is the other thing that made the character work. Beautiful gentle things aren’t supposed to hurt you.
How easily this movie could have been a complete disaster. Making a sequel to a masterpiece film like Psycho is a daring move. But they managed to do a very fine job with it. I love Psycho 2.
I've always said this one isn't as bad as people make it out to be. I love the first one, very groundbreaking for that time, but this one holds its own just fine.
Part IV is never mentioned. I was surprised II, III, and even IV was better than I thought they would be when I purchased all 3 sequels a few years ago.
@@ResidentOfTheAbyss It's true, Hitch passed in 1980, and while the cameo technically isn't him in the flesh, it WAS a nice homage to his film tradition. In the scene where Mary and Norman first enter Mother's room , the lights are off. Check out the wardrobe on the right side of the screen
@@peterlenham3180 Exactly. I just found it strange that none of the review or reaction videos of this film bring up that detail. I've posted about it once before, because I never see it mentioned in the comments either.
I enjoyed this sequel! It does take place 22 yesrs after Norman Bates was sent yo the asylum, but gets pardoned after good behavior, while Lila Crane from the original film wants to see uim behind bars.
I love that upward stare at the end. In fact I based my whole " don't fuck with me" look on it, and I think Edward Norton pulled it off nicely in a film I forget the name. He played a rapist who had dual personality disorders.
8:10 That terrible experience was of her own doing, because she hadn't seen the original and therefor didn't understand the iconic character of Norman Bates she was annoyed at how much focus on set was on Anthony Perkins and not on her, it was her gigantic ego that caused that experience
I still wince everytime I see the knife through the mouth scene and then when the doctor gets stabbed in the chest only to fall and hit the bannister making the knife go deeper.
