I loved the film although I probably am a tad biased because it was my first acting job - I played the Public Defender for Norman Bates (one line - “Congratulations Norman.”) It was the very first day of shooting and here I am in a scene with Anthony Perkins, Robert Loggia and Vera Miles! Insane when I look back at that day. They were all incredibly nice and so unpretentious. I remember Vera telling me how she didn’t come into town much anymore because she lived full time in mountains near Big Bear. I spent a good portion of the day on set sitting next to Tony, and he was very chill, although cognizant of the magnitude of this sequel. I remember him showing me how to hide our coffee cups behind props so they were out of the cameras sight line. Richard Franklin was incredibly nice as well. At any rate, I really liked the film at the time and was disappointed with the reaction to it. It’s nice to see Tarantino and a bunch of folks here enjoyed it as much as I did.
That's incredible, psycho 2 I saw when I was in middle school on AMC mid 2000s, I love it one of the best sequels, have the set on Blu-ray it's a great October binge.
“Psycho II” has a criminally-underrated Jerry Goldsmith score… this was one of the first movies I could ever remember seeing as a kid: it played on ONTV back in June of 1984 along with “The Secret of NIMH” and “Blue Thunder.”
Anthony Perkins himself was no fan of Jerry Goldsmith`s score. That was the reason he hired Carter Burwell to score Psycho III because he wanted to get as far as possible from that score.
@@Wildcock23 Well, do you own the official CD soundtrack to Psycho III by Carter Burwell, released by Intrada Records? If so then please read the liner notes. If not then go to Carter Burwell`s official site and read Mr. Burwell`s own words from his recollections of his collaboration with Anthony Perkins. Then you will realize it is not bullshit at all.
@bisseborjesson9533 That proves nothing. If you have the CD to 'Psycho II' you will read about how Perkins cried on hearing the main theme by Goldsmith and asked for a copy of it. There is no chance that anyone who isn't tone deaf, would consider Carter Burwell a better composer than Jerry Goldsmith. His work on 'Psycho III' backs that up - the score is mostly lots of weird noises and pots and pans banging about. As for the off-key chanting for the murder scenes, that alone sounds like a feeble imitation of Goldsmith's fantastic score for 'The Omen'.
Psycho II is such a well crafted sequel, it gives you so much more character backstory, plus that scene with the shovel gave me chills because of how intense it is. I wish it was received better by audiences but I always loved it ever since I first watch it as a teenager in the 90's and still do and love to re-watch it.
Not sure people will agree with me, but I feel up until the early 90s, "sequels" were not the lazy reboot, rehashed, copycat cash-grabs that they are today. In the '70s and '80s sequels were almost their own thing, either a solid continuation finding new ground or something almost separate from what came before.
I've been telling people literally for years that Psycho II is the MOST underrated horror sequel - other than the Exorcist III - which literally should be considered Exorcist II. They are DAMN GOOD movies that would be considered as such - if it were not for their predecessors. As a teen I always thought it would have been received better if it had been filmed in black and white like the original. Seriously - take Psycho II and make it a black and white film - and it's a horror movie classic,
It's been so long since I saw Psycho II that I can't recall much about it. Saw it when I was about 16 or 17 years old when it first came out. But as for Exorcist III, I agree that is a highly underrated horror movie. The original Exorcist is still the one I view as the all-time most scary movie, but the 3rd one was still very solid. Second one sucked.
The Exorcist III literally IS The Exorcist II. In the sense that the author of the book which _The Exorcist_ is adapted from wrote a sequel to that book, and that is what _The Exorcist III_ is an adaptation of.
@@dildonius The Exorcist II is literally "The Ninth Configuration", written, directed and produced by William Peter Blatty (writer and director of The Exorcist)
Anthony Perkins was great in this and also made a great Inpector Javert in Les Miserables (1978). He was also great in Crimes of Passion(84). Meg Tilly is definitely an underrated actress in both this & Agnes of God(85).
A friend had psycho 2 on vhs growing up and we watched it SO many times, more times than anyone should watch any movie. I might have been 10 or 11 and it always messed me up. I definitely need to revisit it. It’s easily been 20 years since the last time I’ve watched it.
Psycho II is a cracking movie, with some classic moments, especially that scene in the kitchen at the end. Perkins was a legend, always entertaining to watch him, whatever he’s in.
An insanely underrated voice. The opening credit sequence intercutting the shower scene, slowly colorizing into the sequel, was bone chilling and tastefully handled.
It’s one of the best sequels in the horror genre ever. The cinematography, music score and the acting, were all masterclass. Most of all, it had the coolest VHS box artwork, with Norman’s silhouette in front of the creepy Psycho house just before dusk with storm clouds brewing, with mother at the window. That and the box artwork of Halloween 2 and 3. Scared me as a kid back in the 80’s, when checking out the video rental horror section. Such a lost art with movies being streamed now?
I agree it's a brilliant sequel, and in my opinion even better than the original. I also think it could be the best horror sequel ever made. I too loved the era of the video store in the 80s, and those classic covers. There was just something about it that was magical. The discovery of all those films you didn't know existed, right there in front of you for the first time at the video store.
Lord I used to love to go into the mom & pop video stores as a kid and look in the horror section. The boxes for Psycho II and Halloween II & III definitely stood out. Another one that stood out was the VHS cover for a little horror movie called Eyes of Fire. When you flipped it around, there was the pic of the tree witch from movie. Scared the shit outta me!
@@thebrowithnoname1703 Yes!!! Plus Halloween 3’s poster art was very similar to Psycho 2, which was creepy as hell with those trick or treaters silhouettes walking down the street, with a red sky in the background. What truly freaked me out, was reading the back of its VHS box, only to see a screenshot of that kid wearing that jack o lantern mask of Cochran’s, knowing what his fate would be?(schoolyard chatter 😆). Up until that point in time, children were NEVER victims in a horror/slasher film, so the very thought of this kid(similar to my age) being murdered, was very disturbing? That alone, probably gave me nightmares to no end! I’m going to google search that Eyes of Fire now lol!!! I so miss the 80’s. Such a magical time as Peter mentioned.
@@crazyralph6386 It was magical. My parents were big movie people and knew the video store clerks by their first names. Looking back, it was a comforting communal affair that we all took for granted. Eyes of Fire was a little indie horror movie that was made in 1983, released in theaters in ‘85 and released on home video ‘87. And I remember distinctly that picture of that kid with the melting jack o lantern mask on the back of the Halloween 3 box! An American Werewolf in London had a great VHS cover, and when you flipped it, there was a pic of the werewolf in mid-transformation.
My favourite is Psycho 3 Not only is Maureen In The Desert my favourite ever piece of music, but you really see in that film how much the victim he actually is, he genuinely doesn't want to be the way he is and it was also his best performance out of all the films if you ask me
I remember paying for another movie and then sneaking with a friend in to watch Psycho II - before I'd ever seen the first movie- when I was about 11. We loved it!
I recently watched Psycho 2 for the first time and was VERY pleasantly surprised by it. It was a dark mystery that kept me engaged the entire time, and the acting was spectacular. Highly recommend. There were a couple things that left me scratching my head, but that didn't take away from my final outcome which was a film I will definitely be watching again.
Spoiler alert: …yes that it was the old lady doing all the killing throughout the film. I like the fact that they showed Anthony and his breaking points. But I think they could’ve gotten more agile aggressive old lady to portray his real mother at the end of the movie vs elderly woman they chose.
I've always preferred Psycho II to the original, because it really develops Norman as a character. He's so empathetic in that film because of Perkins' fantastic performance. You want so badly for him to succeed and have some semblance of a normal life, but it's not to be. It's a beautiful, tragic story, expertly directed by Franklin, gorgeously shot by Cundey, and hauntingly scored by Goldsmith. All in the service of Tom Holland's fantastic script.
I feel like personally the more you see of the character the less scary and intimidating. It’s like if jack survived the shining and the sequel was a psych analysis of him. But I see why some would prefer more depth
@@formerfilmstudent8349Psycho 2 is really less a horror film and more a redemption/drama story, its sort of like how Terminator 2 or Aliens is a completely different film than 1.
@@rnw2739 I mean his performance is frightening. A madman trying to kill his wife and kids. And how deranged he is. I put myself in that situation and yeah I’m scared of him lol
@@formerfilmstudent8349 I can't agree. His feeble wise cracks and chat show host announcements sort of detract from any menace he might have had. Also, he is just as 'mad' from the very start of the film so I don't see where this terror cones from, but glad you like it lol.
I just recently rewatched Pyscho II for the second time in 30 years (because I didn't see it upon its initial release) and I loved it!! I thought it was so entertaining, well written and directed. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed it.
@@maartenvangeffen4508 Doctor sleep isn't a bad film but has nothing on the original. A sequel can never ruin an original piece no matter how bad the sequal is. The original will always still be it's own independent art. If I don't like a sequel I just don't watch it again.
I remember Psycho 2 played in heavy rotation on HBO, in the early days of HBO where they had limited movies, so they repeated often. Little Orphan Annie, Kentucky Fried Movie, Police Academy, Body Double, Conan the Barbarian...all seemed to ALWAYS be on. I was 14 in 1984. My 17 year old sister had part time job at a Hardees. She'd bring home leftover food. So we watched Psycho 2 while I gorged on cheeseburgers, slathered in mustard, because that's how they made them. Give me a fast food cheeseburger with mustard today, and I still recollect sitting on the floor Indian style, watching Psycho 2.
Psycho II is a good film, actually. Anthony Perkins did a really good job in it. I love the line that goes something like this, "But I don't want to kill her Mother. She's a nice girl. She's not like the others, Mother."
@@jameswatrous4399 I promise you it is Psycho III. I am obsessed with this franchise. Haha. He was speaking to his Mother about Maureen (III), not Mary (II). But, I would still rewatch them because they are great films!
In 'Psycho II', the only line that comes vaguely near what you quote is when Norman is on the phone to his mum and his eyes slowly turn on Mary... "No mother, Mary's still here with me. I like her. No, no of course not, not as much as you. No, I won't do that. You can't make me.......kill her. Do I have too, mother? But why? Why do I have to kill her? Please mother, please don't make me. I don't think you understand about Mary, mother. She's really very kind. I trust her. She would never do anything to hurt me...."
Psycho II is one of the best sequels to any film ever and is even better than the original imo. The script is brilliant, the cinematography is brilliant, the casting/acting is brilliant with Anthony Perkins giving a golden performance, the music is brilliant, and the ending is brilliant. Other than the gore effects the movie has no weak points but unfortunately over time it's fallen into the shadow of the groundbreaking original, but everyone who's seen it loves it. It's as good of a sequel to Psycho as there could've been.
I've always loved this movie. Psycho 2 also has one of my favorite theatrical horror movie posters. That poster scared the shit out of 8/9 years old me.
I gotta admit I was so surprised with how good this movie actually was. Something that you would think would be set up to fail and yet surprised a lot of us
I don't always agree with Tarantino, but he's spot on here. I was a kid in this era, I saw 2 & 3 on cable before I ever saw Psycho. I think the sequels were great, maybe because I didn't have that attachment to the original.
I saw it at a friends birthday sleepover party on VHS back in the 80’s, and it scared the living crap out of me! I swear I had nightmares for days on end, after seeing they boyfriend getting stabbed to death after sneaking into the basement. That image of his hands sliding down the window before he dies was quite traumatic for a 8 or 9 year old back then!!!
Psycho 2 is Excellent. Definitely the Best performance of all time in a horror movie by Anthony Perkins. I agree with Quentin Tarantino. I also feel Anthony should have won 3 Academy Awards for Psycho 1 and 2 and Friendly Persuasion. Great Actors were great in the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and Anthony Perkins is at the top of that list. Psycho 2 is just as Awesome today as it was in 1983. Anthony Perkins will always be impressive and so are his talented sons Osgood and Elvis. Watch Psycho 2 everyone, it is well done, #1 Horror Sequel of all time, #1 Performance. Happy October. Happy Halloween. P.N.
There's even a blink-and-you-miss moment where there's a silhouette of Hitchcock in a scene, a tribute to the man who always sneaked himself into his own films.
Hitchcock turned young adult during World War I and finally could enlist in 1917... In 1919 he got his first entry into the movie industry. There's more at his wiki page (after his night school stints): "but the English workers were encouraged to try their hand at anything, which meant that Hitchcock gained experience as a co-writer, art director and production manager on at least 18 silent films". To me what his films have is 1. Technically excellent 2. The focus on the basics of stage drama. Everything is done simply but to a very high almost perfect standard that is consistent. Just look at how much experience and range of skills he had.
Psycho II is the perfect sequel. It's not just more of the stuff of the first movie but a natural progression of Norman's story. It's a clever who-dunit which slowly moves into horror. Goldsmith's score is wonderfully melancholic, and also downright terrifying.
I'm so pleased that Tarantino appreciated this film for it's intentions. It proved a lot of people wrong and is clearly warranted as a sequel in any franchise in my opinion. It was so well done (I wasn't too struck on the whole Emma Spool twist) and it was a shame that the two further sequels didn't keep to the tradition that this film did. I agree totally that Perkins was incredible in this film and had much more character to play with with a lot longer screen time too. It was a shame that Perkins and Tilly didn't get on because their scenes were amongst some of the most heartwarming of the series. The score is also wonderful by Goldsmith. So many highlights of this film which I still think is overlooked.
I watched it on cable all the time on cable as a kid. I thought it was B-horror until I saw it as an adult a few years ago. Perkins commits perfectly to that character in 2. He is Norman. He was built for that role imo.
I loved psycho 2! it had twists and turns!! got you thinking up to the end! Great cast and story! Perkins was top notch and really got you routing for him
Oz Perkins is in the beginning of Psycho 2. He is young Norman reflected image in the doorknob. He has written and directed very well, most accomplished talent. His brother Elvis wrote the musical scores for Pretty thing that lives in the House and Blackcoats Daughter. Oz's daughter is in Gretal and Hansel, the little girl in the pink cap, & great cast. I lived long enough to see Anthony Perkins grandkids, his grandson and granddaughter are in Pretty thing that lives in the House at the very end & great cast. Oz has worked with a lot of great actors. Blackcoat's Daughter great cast also. Oz and Elvis Perkins are very talented and most impressive. Their father Anthony Perkins and grandfather Osgood Perkins I am sure are watching from above and are very proud.
for a long time i had an edited version of this movie that i recorded off tv with my vcr. and even then i thought it was fantastic. the gore effects were good, but it's a great movie with or without them. this movie is about great performances. especially from tony perkins and meg tilly.
I finally watched it a few years ago when I heard Tarantino loved it. It’s definitely a masterpiece. Expands on the story while paying homage to what made the original great. Dean Cundy’s cinematography is glorious
Look up all of Anthony Perkins movies. He also had a great singing voice, spoke french fluently, talented on the piano also. Great family man, loved by many.
Listening him talk about movies is always interesting, I also like how the fact he likes some movies could rehabilitate them sometimes... He's not following a consensus saying " this is Art ", " this is not ", he has his own opinion and that's admirable.
Richard Franklin did what Alfred Hitchcock did in the original. He gave us a mystery with an assumption and then flipped it. It was fantastic direction and a damned good story.
By far my favourite horror sequel of all time. It may even objectively be the best horror sequel of all time. There are only a handful of those to compete with it.
@@TackJorrance those aren’t the lists I’m referring to. I agree it’s a sci-if, but you will also find the alien franchise in the horror genre. Hence my opinion that Aliens is a better sequel than the original.
Psycho II is not the landmark classic that the first movie was. But considering everything it had going against it, it was a surprisingly solid film. It was definitely better than almost all of its contemporaries in the horror genre.
Just heard this movie existed. Thought it was practically a joke. Nice to see that something with a premise like this is actually well liked. I'll have to give it a try sometime.
I think that what people was afraid of was that Psycho 2 was going to be given the slasher movie formular. I remember going to see it in the theatre and thinking I am scared but this is good. My mother who took us all had seen the original in the theatre she totally approved of the sequel!
could lisen to quetin talk about films all day long, anyone who has real love and passion for something is always a pleasure to lisen too. quetin is like a human google when it comes to films, is there any film he hasnt watched ? its beyoung even that, he knows what actors were in it, what films thay did befor it and after it, its like he has the entire history of films world wide and all actors directors lives and history in his head, amazing mind he has
Anthony Perkins was an amazing actor, and SHOULD have been much more famous than he was. I wish he had gotten more opportunities to do comedy too, as his performances in Catch 22 and on an episode of the first season of Saturday Night LIve were hilarious.
"I'VE... never had a head cold!" Perkins was great in Catch-22! I thought his best performance was in Orson Welles' film adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Trial. It's even more impressive considering how surreal the movie is. My parents saw Anthony Perkins in an off-Broadway performance of Equus with Tom Hulce back in the 70s. The theatre was set up so the stage was in the center and the audience was seated around it looking down as though they were doctors observing. They both said it was amazing.
I remember being a kid and seeing Psycho 2, I mentioned that it was pretty good and all the adults around me, scoffed and condemned me for being too young to know the difference. So hearing Tarantino talk about it 30 years later and say what I felt at the time is truly validating in a funny sorta told ya so way.
Wow before Terminator 2 turned Arnold's villian into a hero for the sequel, there was Psycho 2. Brilliant, I never knew this im definitely gonna have to purchase these films. I also liked Alien and Aliens for subvert expectations and making the damsel survivor in the scifi horror Alien into the fighter in the scifi action horror sequel. That concept of twisting up on a sequel is nice. Unfortunately Don't Breath 2 is a film that attempted this but wasn't as well received critically as the other films.
I think its not quite a sequel. Its Psycho 1 extended and brought into the next generation of viewers. First one confronted people with smth relatively new called psychology and the unthinkable horrors of it. Psycho II confronts the viewer with the resocializing debate. Does it work? What are the risks? How would people react to a person. How would the life be for the person and so on. Really great movie.
Tom Holland did a great job writing psycho 2. Not the Tom Holland flying around in Spandex in those SUPERGAY movies. The Tom Holland that directed Childs play and fright night
To everyone in the comments: I did not know so many enjoy Psycho II. I haven't watched it in years, but I own it along with III, IV, and Bates Motel (the TV movie, not the series with the kid from The Good Doctor). Maybe I'll give it another go.
I loved the film although I probably am a tad biased because it was my first acting job - I played the Public Defender for Norman Bates (one line - “Congratulations Norman.”) It was the very first day of shooting and here I am in a scene with Anthony Perkins, Robert Loggia and Vera Miles! Insane when I look back at that day. They were all incredibly nice and so unpretentious. I remember Vera telling me how she didn’t come into town much anymore because she lived full time in mountains near Big Bear.
I spent a good portion of the day on set sitting next to Tony, and he was very chill, although cognizant of the magnitude of this sequel. I remember him showing me how to hide our coffee cups behind props so they were out of the cameras sight line.
Richard Franklin was incredibly nice as well.
At any rate, I really liked the film at the time and was disappointed with the reaction to it. It’s nice to see Tarantino and a bunch of folks here enjoyed it as much as I did.
That's incredible, psycho 2 I saw when I was in middle school on AMC mid 2000s, I love it one of the best sequels, have the set on Blu-ray it's a great October binge.
It’s a really underrated film. A worthy follow up to “Psycho” and, yes, a magnificent performance by Perkins.
Totally agree. I was captivated by it. Another really underrated one that came out two year earlier was Halloween II.
Everything that has ever happened is underrated
I only ever hear that it's very good. So I guess it's approriately rated. ;)
Perkins, I agree, magnificent.
Everything has to be "underrated" these days...
“Psycho II” has a criminally-underrated Jerry Goldsmith score… this was one of the first movies I could ever remember seeing as a kid: it played on ONTV back in June of 1984 along with “The Secret of NIMH” and “Blue Thunder.”
Anthony Perkins himself was no fan of Jerry Goldsmith`s score. That was the reason he hired Carter Burwell to score Psycho III because he wanted to get as far as possible from that score.
@@bisseborjesson9533 Bullshit! I've read that Perkins was so taken with Goldsmith's score on part II that he welled-up with tears!
It is one of the most beautiful scores I've heard!
@@Wildcock23 Well, do you own the official CD soundtrack to Psycho III by Carter Burwell, released by Intrada Records? If so then please read the liner notes. If not then go to Carter Burwell`s official site and read Mr. Burwell`s own words from his recollections of his collaboration with Anthony Perkins. Then you will realize it is not bullshit at all.
@bisseborjesson9533 That proves nothing. If you have the CD to 'Psycho II' you will read about how Perkins cried on hearing the main theme by Goldsmith and asked for a copy of it. There is no chance that anyone who isn't tone deaf, would consider Carter Burwell a better composer than Jerry Goldsmith. His work on 'Psycho III' backs that up - the score is mostly lots of weird noises and pots and pans banging about. As for the off-key chanting for the murder scenes, that alone sounds like a feeble imitation of Goldsmith's fantastic score for 'The Omen'.
I was fortunate to see it in theaters- the transition from b/w to color was genius.
Psycho II is such a well crafted sequel, it gives you so much more character backstory, plus that scene with the shovel gave me chills because of how intense it is. I wish it was received better by audiences but I always loved it ever since I first watch it as a teenager in the 90's and still do and love to re-watch it.
Well said
@@JulezNDrumz Oh thank you, much appreciated.
In my opinion, along with Damien: Omen 2, it's the best horror sequel.
@@tbone35453 Yes definitely, 100% agree.
Not sure people will agree with me, but I feel up until the early 90s, "sequels" were not the lazy reboot, rehashed, copycat cash-grabs that they are today. In the '70s and '80s sequels were almost their own thing, either a solid continuation finding new ground or something almost separate from what came before.
For someone who adores Psycho, it's so awesome that it has a good sequel AND enjoyable 3rd and 4th films. I have them all.
Psycho 2 is a fantastic film. One of the best sequels ever. Brilliant story, great performances. Superb score. It’s a really solid excellent film.
One of the most highly unappreciated sequels of our time. I love Psycho II.
I've been telling people literally for years that Psycho II is the MOST underrated horror sequel - other than the Exorcist III - which literally should be considered Exorcist II. They are DAMN GOOD movies that would be considered as such - if it were not for their predecessors. As a teen I always thought it would have been received better if it had been filmed in black and white like the original. Seriously - take Psycho II and make it a black and white film - and it's a horror movie classic,
I completely agree. It’s a great film. I always sing it’s praises.
It's been so long since I saw Psycho II that I can't recall much about it. Saw it when I was about 16 or 17 years old when it first came out. But as for Exorcist III, I agree that is a highly underrated horror movie. The original Exorcist is still the one I view as the all-time most scary movie, but the 3rd one was still very solid. Second one sucked.
@@jeffconsiglio1307 I agree, the second one is an abomination that should not exist
The Exorcist III literally IS The Exorcist II. In the sense that the author of the book which _The Exorcist_ is adapted from wrote a sequel to that book, and that is what _The Exorcist III_ is an adaptation of.
@@dildonius The Exorcist II is literally "The Ninth Configuration", written, directed and produced by William Peter Blatty (writer and director of The Exorcist)
Anthony Perkins was great in this and also made a great Inpector Javert in Les Miserables (1978). He was also great in Crimes of Passion(84). Meg Tilly is definitely an underrated actress in both this & Agnes of God(85).
I was reading the comments for mention of Meg Tilly. She looks ethereal which is what made “Agnes of God”.
he was great in Pretty Poison too
A friend had psycho 2 on vhs growing up and we watched it SO many times, more times than anyone should watch any movie. I might have been 10 or 11 and it always messed me up. I definitely need to revisit it. It’s easily been 20 years since the last time I’ve watched it.
Psycho II is a cracking movie, with some classic moments, especially that scene in the kitchen at the end. Perkins was a legend, always entertaining to watch him, whatever he’s in.
An insanely underrated voice. The opening credit sequence intercutting the shower scene, slowly colorizing into the sequel, was bone chilling and tastefully handled.
The 'memories of sandwiches' scene... Psycho II is superb 😢👏🏻
It’s one of the best sequels in the horror genre ever. The cinematography, music score and the acting, were all masterclass.
Most of all, it had the coolest VHS box artwork, with Norman’s silhouette in front of the creepy Psycho house just before dusk with storm clouds brewing, with mother at the window. That and the box artwork of Halloween 2 and 3.
Scared me as a kid back in the 80’s, when checking out the video rental horror section. Such a lost art with movies being streamed now?
I agree it's a brilliant sequel, and in my opinion even better than the original. I also think it could be the best horror sequel ever made. I too loved the era of the video store in the 80s, and those classic covers. There was just something about it that was magical. The discovery of all those films you didn't know existed, right there in front of you for the first time at the video store.
Lord I used to love to go into the mom & pop video stores as a kid and look in the horror section. The boxes for Psycho II and Halloween II & III definitely stood out. Another one that stood out was the VHS cover for a little horror movie called Eyes of Fire. When you flipped it around, there was the pic of the tree witch from movie. Scared the shit outta me!
@@thebrowithnoname1703 Yes!!! Plus Halloween 3’s poster art was very similar to Psycho 2, which was creepy as hell with those trick or treaters silhouettes walking down the street, with a red sky in the background.
What truly freaked me out, was reading the back of its VHS box, only to see a screenshot of that kid wearing that jack o lantern mask of Cochran’s, knowing what his fate would be?(schoolyard chatter 😆).
Up until that point in time, children were NEVER victims in a horror/slasher film, so the very thought of this kid(similar to my age) being murdered, was very disturbing? That alone, probably gave me nightmares to no end! I’m going to google search that Eyes of Fire now lol!!!
I so miss the 80’s. Such a magical time as Peter mentioned.
@@crazyralph6386 It was magical. My parents were big movie people and knew the video store clerks by their first names. Looking back, it was a comforting communal affair that we all took for granted. Eyes of Fire was a little indie horror movie that was made in 1983, released in theaters in ‘85 and released on home video ‘87. And I remember distinctly that picture of that kid with the melting jack o lantern mask on the back of the Halloween 3 box! An American Werewolf in London had a great VHS cover, and when you flipped it, there was a pic of the werewolf in mid-transformation.
My favourite is Psycho 3
Not only is Maureen In The Desert my favourite ever piece of music, but you really see in that film how much the victim he actually is, he genuinely doesn't want to be the way he is and it was also his best performance out of all the films if you ask me
Love Psycho II. Loved that they showed more of the house. Great movie!
I love all four of the films, a guilty pleasure, love them.
Love, love Psycho II! And don't forget the fantastic score by Jerry Goldsmith.
So happy to have stumbled on this interview. I absolutely love Psycho 2 and I'm glad to hear it getting some love
Psycho II is one of my favorite 80s horror movies. So well made. Anthony Perkins was absolutely chilling!
The line at the end when the cop says. Boy now there gonna lock you up forever. And Norman says but ill be free. Was chilling stuff
I remember paying for another movie and then sneaking with a friend in to watch Psycho II - before I'd ever seen the first movie- when I was about 11. We loved it!
I recently watched Psycho 2 for the first time and was VERY pleasantly surprised by it. It was a dark mystery that kept me engaged the entire time, and the acting was spectacular. Highly recommend. There were a couple things that left me scratching my head, but that didn't take away from my final outcome which was a film I will definitely be watching again.
Spoiler alert: …yes that it was the old lady doing all the killing throughout the film. I like the fact that they showed Anthony and his breaking points. But I think they could’ve gotten more agile aggressive old lady to portray his real mother at the end of the movie vs elderly woman they chose.
I've always preferred Psycho II to the original, because it really develops Norman as a character. He's so empathetic in that film because of Perkins' fantastic performance. You want so badly for him to succeed and have some semblance of a normal life, but it's not to be. It's a beautiful, tragic story, expertly directed by Franklin, gorgeously shot by Cundey, and hauntingly scored by Goldsmith. All in the service of Tom Holland's fantastic script.
I feel like personally the more you see of the character the less scary and intimidating. It’s like if jack survived the shining and the sequel was a psych analysis of him. But I see why some would prefer more depth
@@formerfilmstudent8349Psycho 2 is really less a horror film and more a redemption/drama story, its sort of like how Terminator 2 or Aliens is a completely different film than 1.
@@formerfilmstudent8349You found Jack frightening?!!!!!!!! Wile. E Coyote with an axe and a limp???
@@rnw2739 I mean his performance is frightening. A madman trying to kill his wife and kids. And how deranged he is. I put myself in that situation and yeah I’m scared of him lol
@@formerfilmstudent8349 I can't agree. His feeble wise cracks and chat show host announcements sort of detract from any menace he might have had. Also, he is just as 'mad' from the very start of the film so I don't see where this terror cones from, but glad you like it lol.
I just recently rewatched Pyscho II for the second time in 30 years (because I didn't see it upon its initial release) and I loved it!! I thought it was so entertaining, well written and directed. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed it.
I'm gonna put it on my watchlist. I put it off just because I'm not into sequels to all time classics. One exception for me is Doctor Sleep.
@@musicaleuphoria8699 what did you think of doctor sleep? i still havent watched it cause i dont want it to ruin the original
@@maartenvangeffen4508 Doctor sleep isn't a bad film but has nothing on the original. A sequel can never ruin an original piece no matter how bad the sequal is. The original will always still be it's own independent art. If I don't like a sequel I just don't watch it again.
I’ll never forget seeing it on USA late at night. Couldn’t believe how good it was.
His recall ability for specific conversations and names and details is still mind blowing
I remember Psycho 2 played in heavy rotation on HBO, in the early days of HBO where they had limited movies, so they repeated often. Little Orphan Annie, Kentucky Fried Movie, Police Academy, Body Double, Conan the Barbarian...all seemed to ALWAYS be on. I was 14 in 1984. My 17 year old sister had part time job at a Hardees. She'd bring home leftover food. So we watched Psycho 2 while I gorged on cheeseburgers, slathered in mustard, because that's how they made them. Give me a fast food cheeseburger with mustard today, and I still recollect sitting on the floor Indian style, watching Psycho 2.
It’s shocking this movie was as good as it was. Never would’ve seen that coming.
Psycho II is a good film, actually. Anthony Perkins did a really good job in it. I love the line that goes something like this, "But I don't want to kill her Mother. She's a nice girl. She's not like the others, Mother."
That quote was from Psycho III.
@@trannongoble7722 I think it's Psycho II, but I guess I would have to rewatch both II and III to know for sure.
@@jameswatrous4399 I promise you it is Psycho III. I am obsessed with this franchise. Haha. He was speaking to his Mother about Maureen (III), not Mary (II). But, I would still rewatch them because they are great films!
It’s definitely Psycho 3, as he’s talking about the ex nun Maureen. I just watched it.
In 'Psycho II', the only line that comes vaguely near what you quote is when Norman is on the phone to his mum and his eyes slowly turn on Mary...
"No mother, Mary's still here with me. I like her. No, no of course not, not as much as you.
No, I won't do that. You can't make me.......kill her.
Do I have too, mother? But why? Why do I have to kill her? Please mother, please don't make me. I don't think you understand about Mary, mother. She's really very kind. I trust her. She would never do anything to hurt me...."
Psycho II is one of the best sequels to any film ever and is even better than the original imo. The script is brilliant, the cinematography is brilliant, the casting/acting is brilliant with Anthony Perkins giving a golden performance, the music is brilliant, and the ending is brilliant. Other than the gore effects the movie has no weak points but unfortunately over time it's fallen into the shadow of the groundbreaking original, but everyone who's seen it loves it. It's as good of a sequel to Psycho as there could've been.
I've always loved this movie. Psycho 2 also has one of my favorite theatrical horror movie posters. That poster scared the shit out of 8/9 years old me.
I gotta admit I was so surprised with how good this movie actually was. Something that you would think would be set up to fail and yet surprised a lot of us
Thanks for the Video 😀
Rest In Peace Anthony Perkins.
I don't always agree with Tarantino, but he's spot on here. I was a kid in this era, I saw 2 & 3 on cable before I ever saw Psycho. I think the sequels were great, maybe because I didn't have that attachment to the original.
I saw it at a friends birthday sleepover party on VHS back in the 80’s, and it scared the living crap out of me! I swear I had nightmares for days on end, after seeing they boyfriend getting stabbed to death after sneaking into the basement. That image of his hands sliding down the window before he dies was quite traumatic for a 8 or 9 year old back then!!!
Psycho 2 is Excellent.
Definitely the Best performance of all time in a horror movie by Anthony Perkins.
I agree with Quentin Tarantino. I also feel
Anthony should have won 3 Academy Awards for Psycho 1 and 2 and
Friendly Persuasion. Great Actors were great in the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's
and Anthony Perkins is at the top of that list.
Psycho 2 is just as Awesome today as it was in 1983.
Anthony Perkins will always be impressive and so
are his talented sons Osgood and Elvis.
Watch Psycho 2 everyone, it is well done, #1 Horror Sequel of all time, #1 Performance.
Happy October. Happy Halloween.
P.N.
There's even a blink-and-you-miss moment where there's a silhouette of Hitchcock in a scene, a tribute to the man who always sneaked himself into his own films.
i love that QT, an encyclopaedia of movie knowledge not only acknowledges his roots in a video store but also genuinely loves that time in his life
Hitchcock turned young adult during World War I and finally could enlist in 1917...
In 1919 he got his first entry into the movie industry. There's more at his wiki page (after his night school stints):
"but the English workers were encouraged to try their hand at anything, which meant that Hitchcock gained experience as a co-writer, art director and production manager on at least 18 silent films".
To me what his films have is 1. Technically excellent 2. The focus on the basics of stage drama. Everything is done simply but to a very high almost perfect standard that is consistent. Just look at how much experience and range of skills he had.
Psycho II is so heartbreaking because yeah you root for Norman and by the end of it you’re wishing that Norman was just left alone
Psycho II is the perfect sequel. It's not just more of the stuff of the first movie but a natural progression of Norman's story. It's a clever who-dunit which slowly moves into horror. Goldsmith's score is wonderfully melancholic, and also downright terrifying.
I love listenning to QT talk about movies.
It’s OVER!
I’m right there in that video store back in the early 80’s. Hopefully he makes another 10 classics.
I believe every movie should have a quick 3 minute critique of the movie by Tarantino. That to save time or teach.
I'm so pleased that Tarantino appreciated this film for it's intentions. It proved a lot of people wrong and is clearly warranted as a sequel in any franchise in my opinion. It was so well done (I wasn't too struck on the whole Emma Spool twist) and it was a shame that the two further sequels didn't keep to the tradition that this film did. I agree totally that Perkins was incredible in this film and had much more character to play with with a lot longer screen time too. It was a shame that Perkins and Tilly didn't get on because their scenes were amongst some of the most heartwarming of the series. The score is also wonderful by Goldsmith. So many highlights of this film which I still think is overlooked.
I watched it on cable all the time on cable as a kid. I thought it was B-horror until I saw it as an adult a few years ago. Perkins commits perfectly to that character in 2. He is Norman. He was built for that role imo.
I loved psycho 2! it had twists and turns!! got you thinking up to the end! Great cast and story! Perkins was top notch and really got you routing for him
Oz Perkins is in the beginning of Psycho 2.
He is young Norman reflected image in the doorknob. He has written and directed very well, most accomplished talent.
His brother Elvis wrote the musical scores for Pretty thing that lives in the House and Blackcoats Daughter.
Oz's daughter is in Gretal and Hansel, the little girl in the pink cap, & great cast. I lived long enough to see Anthony Perkins grandkids, his grandson and granddaughter are in Pretty thing that lives in the House at the very end & great cast. Oz has worked with a lot of great actors.
Blackcoat's Daughter great cast also.
Oz and Elvis Perkins are very talented and most impressive. Their father Anthony Perkins and grandfather Osgood Perkins
I am sure are watching from above and are very proud.
This makes me wanna rewatch psycho II!
for a long time i had an edited version of this movie that i recorded off tv with my vcr. and even then i thought it was fantastic. the gore effects were good, but it's a great movie with or without them. this movie is about great performances. especially from tony perkins and meg tilly.
Psycho 1, 2, 3 on Peacock Network.
Psycho 4 on DVD, box set.
Watch as soon as you can.
Happy Halloween. Happy October.
Saw this in the theater as a kid and it was great.
I finally watched it a few years ago when I heard Tarantino loved it. It’s definitely a masterpiece. Expands on the story while paying homage to what made the original great. Dean Cundy’s cinematography is glorious
Hugely underrated
Thanks for sharing.
Psycho 2 is a brilliant movie, one of the best sequels ever.
I live Psycho 2 it's amazing and nostalgic. The early 80s was awesome
So glad you're cranking the channel back up 💪💪💪
That was genuinely interesting to listen to.
I like Meg Tilly in Psycho 2. She was only about 23 at the time, and I think she is very good!
NO ONE could play Norman lIke Tony!!!! BRILLIANT, STELLAR performances in ALL the Psycho films!!! LOVE TONY!!! Kim & Larry!
Look up all of Anthony Perkins movies.
He also had a great singing voice, spoke french fluently, talented on the piano also.
Great family man, loved by many.
Listening him talk about movies is always interesting, I also like how the fact he likes some movies could rehabilitate them sometimes...
He's not following a consensus saying " this is Art ", " this is not ", he has his own opinion and that's admirable.
Psycho 2, Halloween 3 and Nightmare on Elm Street 3...All underrated horror sequels
Great channel. Keep it up!
I don’t think I ever saw Psycho II in theaters but I watched it many times over on cable. Mostly thanks to Meg Tilly.
Psycho 2 is great and 3 is an enjoyable slasher too.
The director of psycho 2 was Hitchcocks assistant for years. So he was probably the best person to make the sequel.
i honestly love this movie too, my favourite out of the psycho series for some reason
A good movie, and I expected it not to be. So one of those movies that surprised me.
Agreed. Great sequel. Up there with Evil Dead II and Exorcist III.
Richard Franklin did what Alfred Hitchcock did in the original. He gave us a mystery with an assumption and then flipped it. It was fantastic direction and a damned good story.
By far my favourite horror sequel of all time. It may even objectively be the best horror sequel of all time. There are only a handful of those to compete with it.
Aliens?
@@TackJorrance it’s a horror sci-fi like The Thing, no?
@@TackJorrance it’s literally on every 💯 greatest horror movies list you can find 😂
@@TackJorrance those aren’t the lists I’m referring to. I agree it’s a sci-if, but you will also find the alien franchise in the horror genre. Hence my opinion that Aliens is a better sequel than the original.
A great follow up movie to a Classic
Psycho II is not the landmark classic that the first movie was. But considering everything it had going against it, it was a surprisingly solid film. It was definitely better than almost all of its contemporaries in the horror genre.
Just heard this movie existed. Thought it was practically a joke. Nice to see that something with a premise like this is actually well liked. I'll have to give it a try sometime.
It's great! Definitely check it out
I think that what people was afraid of was that Psycho 2 was going to be given the slasher movie formular. I remember going to see it in the theatre and thinking I am scared but this is good. My mother who took us all had seen the original in the theatre she totally approved of the sequel!
could lisen to quetin talk about films all day long, anyone who has real love and passion for something is always a pleasure to lisen too. quetin is like a human google when it comes to films, is there any film he hasnt watched ? its beyoung even that, he knows what actors were in it, what films thay did befor it and after it, its like he has the entire history of films world wide and all actors directors lives and history in his head, amazing mind he has
Anthony Perkins was an amazing actor, and SHOULD have been much more famous than he was. I wish he had gotten more opportunities to do comedy too, as his performances in Catch 22 and on an episode of the first season of Saturday Night LIve were hilarious.
"I'VE... never had a head cold!" Perkins was great in Catch-22! I thought his best performance was in Orson Welles' film adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Trial. It's even more impressive considering how surreal the movie is.
My parents saw Anthony Perkins in an off-Broadway performance of Equus with Tom Hulce back in the 70s. The theatre was set up so the stage was in the center and the audience was seated around it looking down as though they were doctors observing. They both said it was amazing.
It’s really sad that he got typecast, cause he really was a wonderful actor.
Played a great baseball player.
T. Perkins definitely should have been more famous than he was. He deserved a lot more credit than he was given.
I remember being a kid and seeing Psycho 2, I mentioned that it was pretty good and all the adults around me, scoffed and condemned me for being too young to know the difference. So hearing Tarantino talk about it 30 years later and say what I felt at the time is truly validating in a funny sorta told ya so way.
awww quentin looked so adorible back in the day at the video store.
Beginning of this movie always scared the livin shit outa me
I honestly love to watch Psycho II than the first one, that twist at the end was so good and then the shovel hit had my jaw on the floor lol
Psycho II is the best horror genre sequel. I also loved RoadGames (1981).
I love it more than the first!
Brilliant sequel and one of Anthony Perkins greatest roles.
What a great video
"In the '80's, PSYCHO was even more revered than it is now, and Hitchcock was DEFINITELY more revered than he is now." Wow...
I love the "toasted cheese sandwiches" monologue by Perkins. Brilliant film.
This was the first R rated movie I saw. I went to the mall multiplex. 3 theaters no waiting.
Wow before Terminator 2 turned Arnold's villian into a hero for the sequel, there was Psycho 2. Brilliant, I never knew this im definitely gonna have to purchase these films. I also liked Alien and Aliens for subvert expectations and making the damsel survivor in the scifi horror Alien into the fighter in the scifi action horror sequel. That concept of twisting up on a sequel is nice. Unfortunately Don't Breath 2 is a film that attempted this but wasn't as well received critically as the other films.
Ive always loved Psycho II
I think its not quite a sequel. Its Psycho 1 extended and brought into the next generation of viewers. First one confronted people with smth relatively new called psychology and the unthinkable horrors of it. Psycho II confronts the viewer with the resocializing debate. Does it work? What are the risks? How would people react to a person. How would the life be for the person and so on. Really great movie.
I love the whole lot of psycho films. I just Norman so much. And II, I think, is what expanded him into what it is I love about him the most.
Tom Holland did a great job writing psycho 2. Not the Tom Holland flying around in Spandex in those SUPERGAY movies. The Tom Holland that directed Childs play and fright night
To everyone in the comments: I did not know so many enjoy Psycho II. I haven't watched it in years, but I own it along with III, IV, and Bates Motel (the TV movie, not the series with the kid from The Good Doctor). Maybe I'll give it another go.
It ain't Hitchcock, but it's a pretty sturdy movie with a delightfully satisfying ending.
I loved it, too, Quentin & Eli! 🥂
LOVE this film - Meg Tilly is such a revelation in it, such vulnerability..