Monday, October 22, 2012

Psycho II (1983)

Universal Pictures
Directed by Richard Franklin
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)

Norman Bates is released from the mental hospital and returns to his old motel and next door mansion. He gets a menial job in a nearby diner and befriends the waitress. She moves in with him, but it turns out she is related to one of Norman's victims and, along with her mother, is trying to drive Norman insane and get him recommitted. There are so many "mothers" running around in wigs and long knives that it becomes almost comical: I counted at least four, if you include the one dug up in the grave. Perkins reprises his role but has a limited emotional range, looking like a deer in headlights most of the time. The ending is absurd, adding yet another mother to the count.

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