Psycho ii 1983 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The new season of the bates motel series is right around the corner, and maybe you havent given a thought to the origins of the bates mansion, which has been an emblematic icon in the history of cinema since it was built for the classic alfred hitchcocks psycho film in 1959 the psycho house has appeared in countless films, tv. Mother catches two teenagers in the act psycho 2 youtube. If youve seen psycho a dozen times and can recite the shots in the shower scene by heart, psycho ii is just not going to do it for you. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Part 6 of the then and now comparisons takes us from bakersfield california, to a small mini cooper dealership located at 4270 lankersham blvd in north hollywood, and then back to the north side of bakersfield. German movie poster for director alfred hitchcocks classic film psycho, 1960. Blochs psycho ii has almost nothing to do with the film, psycho 2, as it explores the lives of the main characters from the original psycho novel and film. The first thing is to put alfred hitchcocks original psycho 1960 right out of your mind. This soundtrack was first released in a short version 30 min. The film also has miscast roles including william shatner as the professor and mila kunis. Two young lovers use the cellar of the bates household as their love shack. The bates home, or psycho house as it has come be known, was built as a twowalled exterior facade, as it would be filmed only from a vantage point within a 90 degree span.
But regardless a follow up to that flick had to be a daunting task, maybe that is why it took somewhere around twenty two years to finally get this one made. American psycho 2 contains all the traditional elements of a straight to dvd title. In the pantheons or this has no right to be as good as it is psycho ii is a contender for top choice. But if you watch the series you should read the original robert bloch novel and watch the psycho. The film centers on an encounter between a secretary, marion crane leigh, who ends up at a secluded. Pearl street, toronto rattled, bateman races back to the security of his office at the dominion centre, where theres a dark little joke about rohe s two original highrise towers appearing identical resulting in the casual death of an unfortunate security guard in the.
Mary loomis meg tilly reveals her true identity after pretending to be normans mother. American psycho 2 is one of those sequels that people either love or hate, and only rarely based upon the quality of the actual film. Two decades after the original murders at the bates motel, norman b. Psycho 1 is the better film, but psycho 2 is more entertaining. In 1982, robert bloch published a sequel to his 1959 novel psycho, which had inspired hitchcocks film. After a few months in psycho ii, norman bates now meets three new people in is quite motel. There will never be another movie like it, and no sequel could possibly capture its unique charms. Psycho ii is not a film that was just rushed into by any means. A drama as much as it is a horror film, psycho ii picks up 22 years later and norman is being released from his mental institution. It is the first sequel to alfred hitchcocks psycho and the second film in the psycho series. Anthony perkins makes a horrific homecoming in his role as the infamous norman bates, who after years of treatment at a mental institution for the criminally insane, still cant quite elude the demands of mother. It is the first sequel to the 1960 film noir classic, psycho, by director alfred hitchcock, which in turn was based on a novel by author robert bloch.
That car lot is about a mile and a half from universal studios. Psycho 2 1983 soundtrack suite jerry goldsmith youtube. Psycho ii is out of print now but if you are interested, check out the old 3 novel compilation psycho set from bloch including psycho house that was sold as one book. With that said psycho ii is an interesting horror flick that succeeds in some areas, but still falters due to typical american cinematic cliches. With anthony perkins, vera miles, meg tilly, robert loggia. It is a modern remake of the 1960 film of the same name directed by alfred hitchcock, in which an embezzler arrives at an old motel run by an insane. In 1960, alfred hitchcock was already famous as the screens master of suspense and perhaps the bestknown film director in the world when he released psycho and forever changed the. Psycho is a 1960 american psychological thriller film directed and produced by alfred hitchcock, and written by joseph stefano. Selections from the soundtrack of psycho ii composed by jerry goldsmith. After twentytwo years of psychiatric care, norman bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes and his mother continue to haunt him. This is a sequel that was released 22 years after the original. But if you watch themore i think you are confusing psycho with the prequel tv series based on the movie psycho. Blochs psycho ii kills norman off early, and focuses most of its energies on satirising hollywoods love of exploiting reallife acts of rape and murder to sensationalise its cinematic productions. Macy and anne heche in leading and supporting roles.
Start your free trial to watch psycho ii and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. However, the house is no longer empty, and one of them pays for their transgression with their life. It is even considered by some as the first slasher flick as well. Set 22 years after the first film, it follows norman bates after he is released from the mental institution and returns to the. The original psycho was filmed in 1960 in 1998 was the remake then in 2000 came american psycho 3 for oodles. A young woman develops a dangerous, obsessive friendship with her new roommate and plots to murder all those who she feels have done her new friend wrong. It is the first sequel to alfred hitchcocks psycho and second film in the psycho. It stars anthony perkins, janet leigh, john gavin, vera miles, and martin balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by robert bloch.
Psycho ii is the terrifying sequel to one of the most suspenseful films of all time, alfred hitchcocks psycho. The return of miles is a nice touch and franklin does a good job replicating certain shots but also expanding the psycho universe. Psycho is a 1998 american horror film produced and directed by gus van sant for universal pictures and starring vince vaughn, julianne moore, viggo mortensen, william h. The popularity of the halloween and friday the th series by 1983 would lead to a sequel of psycho, a film that needed no further installments. Psycho ii is a 1983 american slasher film directed by richard franklin, written by tom holland, and starring anthony perkins, vera miles, robert loggia, and meg tilly. Anthony perkins has been locked away in a mental institution for over 20 years, but is. A fter 50 years, is there anything new to see or hear in alfred hitchcocks psycho. There is zero chance a sequel to psycho should work and yet here we have this film. Psycho iii 1986 with diana scarwid, jeff fahey, anthony. Is psycho ii the most misunderstood sequel ever made. With kristen miller, allison lange, todd babcock, brooke burns. Psycho ii is an american feature film of the psychological suspensethriller genres, with just a smattering of the slasher genre. Psycho ii was directed by richard franklin with a screenplay written by tom holland. The psycho house became an iconic symbol of eerieness, and has appeared in countless films including two psycho sequels, television shows and advertisements.
Psycho ii film del 1983 diretto da richard franklin. Being a risky production, psycho was shot on a tiny budget at revue studios, where the alfred hitchcock presents tv series was filmed, using a television crew. Psycho 2 the first psycho is considered one of the greatest films ever made, and rightly so. Psycho ii is a 1983 american psychological horror film directed by richard franklin and written by tom holland. Psycho filming locations, a then and now look at hitchcock.
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