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After spending 22 years of taking psychiatric care because of his crimes, Norman Bates is released despite of rejection from his victims. He desires a whole fresh life and struggles to join the mainstream society. However, he is now constants bothered by phone calls and letters from his dead mother. Is his psychosis renew itself, or are his old enemies are trying to bring him back to his past crime?
You can chide Psycho II for its hubris, and the fact that it won't ever get within shouting distance of a classic. But for a quiet summer escape with an old motel owner we used to know... yeah, it could be a lot worse.
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.
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.