This sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classic is surprisingly good.
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10/20/08
Psycho 2 (1983)
54 %
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Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 15
Rotten:13
Average Rating: 5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Norman Bates is coming home after being released from the mental institution where he has spent the last 22 years. His plan is to renovate the old Bates Motel, and reopen it for business.
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia
Director: Richard Franklin
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Reviews for Psycho 2
Director Richard Franklin deftly keeps the suspense and tension on high while dolling out dozens of shock-of-recognitions shots drawn from the audience's familiarity with Psycho.
10/20/08
Top CriticThough far from a worthy successor to the original (but why make impossible demands?) the film clearly could have been much worse.
10/20/08
Top CriticNo review available.
04/17/08
No review available.
02/18/07
Scary and fun, it's as worthy a sequel as one might reasonably expect.
06/24/06
No review available.
09/21/05
Not a bad sequel at all.
09/09/05
No review available.
07/08/05
No review available.
06/14/05
The weakest of the series. Still has its fair share of scares.
05/06/05
No review available.
03/25/05
No review available.
03/24/05
[It's] a sequel that supports its predecessor instead of diminishes.
12/04/04
It is a craftsman-like piece of filmmaking with a suitably flaky performance by Perkins, but it isn't really a sequel to Psycho. It continues the story, but not the spell.
10/23/04
Top CriticThat it's about as chilly a movie as ever delighted the mass market is beside the point, in view of its exuberantly macabre craftsmanship.
08/30/04
Top CriticNo review available.
06/04/04
No review available.
09/26/03
No review available.
08/21/03
There are one or two effective surprises, but this still feels like the kind of sequel which should have been left alone.
05/24/03
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