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Psycho
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Psycho II is a 1983 horror mystery thriller film, directed by Richard Franklin, starring Anthony Perkins, Meg Tilly and Vera Miles.
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60 of 201 · most liked firstPsycho II (1983) 🎬🖤 Directed by Richard Franklin
neutral · AI labelView post →PSYCHO II was released on this day in 1983 Starring Anthony Perkins and Meg Tilly, it’s pretty impressive that this movie came out 23 years after the original and is still a solid sequel. #horror #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →If you wanna get into the new Psycho movie, you should watch these first: - Psycho (1998) - Psycho II (1983) - Psycho III (1986) - Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) - Bates Motel (TV series) (2013-2017) You can skip the original Psycho, it is old and difficult to watch. I never watched it. Trust me.
negative · AI labelView post →Such thrill to host writer/director Tom Holland and screen PSYCHO II, a sequel so extraordinarily ahead of its time and a film that, as anyone who knows me can attest, I never shut up about. Tom was a delight and shared amazing anecdotes. And what a joy to finally see it on the big screen!
positive · AI labelView post →Happy 40th to PSYCHO III. I reviewed it and PSYCHO II when they first hit Blu-ray, and I think I underrated it. filmfreakcentral.net/2013/10/psyc....
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #294 "Psycho II" (Richard Franklin/1983) Excellent sequel to Hitchcock's incredible film. Picks up 20 years after the events of the first movie. If you have not seen this one then I highly recommend you check it out!
positive · AI labelView post →PSYCHO II (1983) is in Regal cinemas tonight. Norman returns in a film that seemed like a cash grab to capitalize on the slasher boom, but isn't. Decades-later sequels w/ original stars were a rarity then, and reuniting Anthony Perkins + Vera Miles to settle old scores was a masterstroke. #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →SHOCKTOBER ‘26 #4: PSYCHO II I’ve been hearing it for years, first a low murmur but growing in volume: “the PSYCHO sequels have the juice” What? Impossible. This movie was made 23 years after the first one! But friends, I’m here, humbled before you and god alike to say: it’s got the juice.
positive · AI labelView post →Favorite horror movie for every year of the 1980s: 1980 - The Changeling 1981 - Possession 1982 - Poltergeist 1983 - Psycho II 1984 - Nightmare on Elm Street 1985 - Return of the Living Dead 1986 - Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives 1987 - Predator 1988 - Halloween 4 1989 - Society
positive · AI labelView post →#nw Psycho II (1983) a movie that didn’t need a sequel got one of the best sequels ever made. I love this film. “after 22 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.” #horrorsky #horror 📽️
positive · AI labelView post →Psycho II (Film: 1983 / DVD: 2007)
neutral · AI labelView post →Psycho II is such a good film. If you've not watched it due to an assumption that it's just another crappy horror sequel trying to cash in, I urge you to give it a shot.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched CLOAK & DAGGER (1984) for the first time, written b Tom Holland and directed by Richard Franklin...who had previously worked on PSYCHO II together! An utterly CHARMING movie! Franklin basically makes an 80s kid's adventure version of NORTH BY NORTHWEST meets HARVEY, and it's WONDERFUL!
neutral · AI labelView post →Today in horror / slasher movie history: on June 3, 1983 Psycho II debuted in the United States.
neutral · AI labelView post →I just did a complete rewatch of BATES MOTEL (happy to say it still owns), so I decided to finally sit down with PSYCHO II. Everybody is right, this movie is wonderful. It’s kind of an anti-slasher, where you desperately hope that no one actually gets killed.
positive · AI labelView post →Fave film for each year of the 1980s: 1980: The Empire Strikes Back 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982: Creepshow 1983: Psycho II 1984: A Nightmare on Elm Street 1985: Back to the Future 1986: Highlander 1987: The Princess Bride 1988: Die Hard 1989: Kiki's Delivery Service
positive · AI labelView post →It's kinda weird that I cant think of the scariest movie i've ever seen, I don't think Psycho II counts I shouldn't have seen that at 9 (my brother and I did not grow up watching horror because it scares my Mom)
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll give this movie a ton of credit, but I do have to take the moment to say how much I love Perkins in not only the original, but Psycho II as well (don't remember III well enough) #FThisMovieFest
positive · AI labelView post →In our new episode, we discuss Richard Franklin’s 1983 psychological slasher film PSYCHO II! Listen here and don’t forget to subscribe and share! allmylinks.com/thepodmortem
neutral · AI labelView post →Psycho II|1983 www.imdb.com/title/tt0086... 📽️ #NowWatching #filmsky #horror #horrormovies #slashers ▸after twenty-two 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◂
neutral · AI labelView post →Videodrome :: Psycho II (1983) aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/10/24/v... ... we may have entered the film expecting a boogeyman, but instead we’re watching a fatally flawed hero, and…we’re rooting for him? Yes, we’re actually rooting for Norman Bates.
positive · AI labelView post →What's your comfort #horror movie? 🎬🔪 I have several. Psycho II (1983) is one. #FilmSky
positive · AI labelView post →48. PSYCHO II Since I'm celebrating Tom Holland I really must shine a light on the flick that really made people notice. This film should not be this good. It's that simple. It has no RIGHT being this good; it never did. More than any other legacy sequel, in my opinion. It starts with Tom's script.
positive · AI labelView post →Fave horror film from each year of the 80s 80: The Fog 81: My Bloody Valentine 82: Creepshow 83: Psycho II 84: A Nightmare on Elm Street 85: Day of the Dead 86: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives 87: Hellraiser 88: Pumpkinhead 89: Intruder
positive · AI labelView post →#FirstTimeWatch Psycho II (1983) #Filmsky #Horrorsky #Moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →I’d go as far as to say Psycho II is a better film than the original. Yeah, you heard me.
positive · AI labelView post →I put off watching American Psycho II for a long time, and for the most part, I don't regret it. There are plenty of people who won't forgive how this film begins, and it doesn't have many redeemable qualities. With the exception of Mila Kunis. Movie 002/100 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #MutantFam
neutral · AI labelView post →Here are my #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched : Victor Crawley Psycho II The Mummy (Tom Cruise) Godzilla, King of the Monsters
neutral · AI labelView post →As a huge fan of Psycho II, I’m thrilled to be able to see the film that got director Richard Franklin the gig.
positive · AI labelView post →I talked to Mary Beth & Terry on the @scarredpodcast.bsky.social about the 80s kid’s spy film CLOAK & DAGGER! Not horror, but TERRIFYING in its threats to children! From the creative team who made PSYCHO II. Plus: bonus childhood trauma bonding! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
neutral · AI labelView post →Lots of great stuff playing at the Hollywood in the coming weeks; Oldboy, Memories, Thelma & Louise, My Winnipeg, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, American Movie, Psycho II, Batman, Tokyo Pop, Showgirls, bunch of Godzilla, Bound, House, Mean Streets
neutral · AI labelView post →PSYCHO II understands why we love Norman Bates and root for him, despite his, um, proclivities. This movie was derided as a sacrilege, but getting the chance to see Perkins revisit Norman, and play him like a recovering alcoholic, was actually a gift. www.regmovies.com/movies/sos26... #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →A film as fun as #TheManWithTwoBrains should have been a hit but June 1983 was a fairly stacked moviegoing month. It opened the same day as WarGames and Psycho II; as the month went on Trading Places, Superman III, Octopussy, Porky's II, and the Twilight Zone movie entered the fray. #FlicksForAll
neutral · AI labelView post →Psycho II (2025 Movie Thread, #569), #Horror365Challenge (#459) #filmsky #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes a sequel is better than the original movie and sometimes a sequel *could never be* better than the original but does something different and new and pretty great. PSYCHO II is one of those sequels 👍🏼
positive · AI labelView post →Psycho II (1983) The No Rules Film School takes a look at an ‘80s horror classic. For Seán and Angus, it’s like revisiting an old favourite, but Letty has never see it (?!) Will she like it? Watch for her honest and spontaneous reactions... www.twitch.tv/videos/27783...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finishing up Robert Loggia week with PSYCHO II (1983) #nowwatching 🎥 ☕️
neutral · AI labelView post →Regarding PSYCHO II in the canon of 20+ years legacy sequels to an iconic classic, in the immortal words of Montell Jordan… “This is how we do it”
positive · AI labelView post →anyway Psycho II i think is a very good film in the way it focuses on outside forces trying to push Bates into his previous ways because its the only way they want to perceive him, while also doing quite a lot to humanize him. i think its aged very interestingly related to the original film's impact
positive · AI labelView post →Incoming hot take on cold culture: Psycho II is one of the best movies of the early-80s slasher boom and the only reason it isn’t treated as such is because it commits the sin of not being Hitchcock’s Psycho, the best psychological horror film of all time.
positive · AI labelView post →Fave horror film from each year of the 80s 80: The Shining 81: An American Werewolf on London 82: Creepshow 83: Psycho II 84: Gremlins 85: Fright Night 86: Little Shop of Horrors 87: Predator 88: Maniac Cop 89: The Fly II The Burbs isn't, and never will be, a horror.
positive · AI labelView post →Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1980s: 1980 Christmas Evil 1981 The Evil Dead 1982 The Thing 1983 Psycho II 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1985 Fright Night 1986 The Fly 1987 Evil Dead 2 1988 Child's Play 1989 Society
positive · AI labelView post →I judge the education and quality of film fans by their opinion of Psycho II.
positive · AI labelView post →On Monday’s episode, we will be discussing the 2009 science fiction horror film THE FOURTH KIND! In the meantime, enjoy last week’s episode on PSYCHO II and even more here: allmylinks.com/thepodmortem
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose 30 of your favorite horror films of all time. One film per day for 30 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters or covers. #FilmSky #Moviesky #horrorsky 2/30 Psycho II (1982)
neutral · AI labelView post →Psycho II. I remember when this film came out in U.S. theaters. I was a little kid at the time. I also remember the promos for the movie. I had not heard of the Hitchcock film before the sequel came out. I saw the original years later and it became one of my favorite movies of all time.
neutral · AI labelView post →Every new Trump appointment feels like a twisted joke. Just when you think it can’t get worse, he finds someone even scarier. Feels like we’re living in a never-ending horror movie sequel—Psycho II: Trump’s Return.
neutral · AI labelView post →Apparently most people won’t see replies on Bluesky so I guess I have to start making stand-alone posts instead of doing movie threads? Anyway I had to make sure that all of y’all knew I watched PSYCHO II. 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →They're all genuinely awful, IMO. I'm not sure about the timeline but I know he wrote his own "PSYCHO II" before the movie. I could easily see why they didn't adapt his novel.
negative · AI labelView post →My ★★★★½ review of Psycho II (1983) on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/gFXI7v)
positive · AI labelView post →So I'm watching MST3K 1011 - Horrors of Spider Island. At one point, Mike refers to eating a "toasted cheese sandwich". Years later, this same group of guys would mock the movie PSYCHO II for repeatedly using the phrase "toasted cheese sandwich". Hypocrisy! Unacceptable!
neutral · AI labelView post →Fave horror film from each year of the 80s 80: The Shining 81: An American Werewolf in London 82: The Thing 83: Psycho II 84: A Nightmare on Elm Street 85: Lifeforce 86: The Hitcher 87: Evil Dead 2 88: The Blob 89: Dead Calm
positive · AI labelView post →Favourite horror movie for every year of the 1980s: 1980 The Changeling 1981 An American Werewolf in London 1982 The Thing 1983 Psycho II 1984 A Nightmare On Elm Street 1985 Day of the Dead 1986 The Hitcher 1987 Evil Dead II 1988 The Blob 1989 Dead Calm #FilmSky
positive · AI labelView post →Share a horror movie title that begins with the letter P 🎥🖤 Psycho II (1983)
neutral · AI labelView post →A new #HorrorStudies is upon us! And someone has finally written about the sublimely ridiculous UNDER PARIS! (Thanks Kaja Franck) Also THE TERROR and MARBLE HORNETS series, legacy sequel PSYCHO II, and Dreyer's VAMPYR. @intellectbooks.bsky.social www.intellectbooks.com/horror-studies
neutral · AI labelView post →For "Psycho II," Robert Block's book and the movie have COMPLETELY different plots. Completely. #Psycho #TCMParty
neutral · AI labelView post →Psycho II should really be on the perfect sequels list. It really turned the first movie around in a number of ways.
positive · AI labelView post →#slasher #moviereview 1983's PSYCHO II--Not what I expected, but a great movie. youtube.com/shorts/EOKM-...
positive · AI labelView post →A friend was amused I compared PSYCHO II to THE LEGO MOVIE as “films that thread an impossible needle so well that they can almost be considered dangerous because they reasonably shouldn’t exist.”
positive · AI labelView post →Happy birthday to Tom Holland, born today in 1943. Holland is an American screenwriter, actor, and director best known for his work in the horror film genre, penning Psycho II, directing Child's Play, and writing and directing the cult vampire film Fright Night, #TomHolland
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