Psycho II
It's 22 years later, and Norman Bates is coming home.
It's 22 years later, and Norman Bates is coming home.
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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1983
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Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
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Details
Runtime:
113 min
Release date:
3 Jun 1983
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$5,000,000
Revenue:
$34,725,000
Awards:
2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
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.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
20 Oct 2008
rotten:
Though far from a worthy successor to the original (but why make impossible demands?) the film clearly could have been much worse.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
20 Oct 2008
fresh:
Scary and fun, it's as worthy a sequel as one might reasonably expect.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
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.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
That it's about as chilly a movie as ever delighted the mass market is beside the point, in view of its exuberantly macabre craftsmanship.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004