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Psycho II

Year:

1983

Duration:

113 min

Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Richard Franklin

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1983-06-03

Filming Locations: Bakersfield, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $5,000,000

Opening Weekend: $8,310,244 (USA) (5 June 1983)

Gross: $30,451,264 (USA) (17 July 1983)

Cast

Actor

Character

Oz Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Norman Bates

Vera Miles

Lila Loomis

Meg Tilly

Mary Loomis

Robert Loggia

Dr. Bill Raymond

Dennis Franz

Warren Toomey

Hugh Gillin

Sheriff John Hunt

Claudia Bryar

Mrs. Emma Spool

Robert Alan Browne

Ralph Statler

Ben Hartigan

Judge

Lee Garlington

Myrna

Tim Maier

Josh

Jill Carroll

Kim

Chris Hendrie

Deputy Pool

Tom Holland

Deputy Norris

Michael Lomazow

D.A.

Bob Hilgenberg

Public Defender (as Robert Destri)

Ben Frommer

Sexton

Gene Whittington

Diver

Robert Traynor

Desk Clerk

George Dickerson

County Sheriff

Thaddeus Smith

Deputy Sheriff

Sheila K. Adams

Deputy Woman

Victoria Brown

Deputy Clerk

Virginia Gregg

Norma Bates

Did you know?

Trivia

Writer Robert Bloch published the novel "Psycho II" in 1982. The plot of the book is very different than the feature film. It has Norman Bates escaping from the mental institution and traveling to Hollywood, California to stop the production of a film based on his life. Universal Studios was reportedly upset by Bloch's take on the horror film industry and this lead to the development of this 1983 film sequel.

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The original shower head used in Psycho (1960) was supposed to have been used in this film as well. However, just before filming was to commence, someone stole it.

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Meg Tilly's character's name, Mary Samuels, is a reference to the original Psycho (1960). In that film Marion Crane signs her name as Marie Samuels in the Bates Motel. The book upon which the film was based had Marion named "Mary".

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Goofs

When Norman is painting the Motel and sees Mother in the window, he drops the paint brush, in the close up his shoes are a black suede color, further shots of him running up the outside steps and interior bedroom shots show his shoes as a beige or camel color.

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When Mary stabs Dr. Raymond near the end of the movie, the location of the chest wound slightly changes position between the first and second shot.

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Obvious dummy when Norman carries Ms. Spool upstairs.

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Quotes

Norman Bates: [on the phone] Mister Toomey, if this is you, you're sicker than I ever was.

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Norman Bates: Would you care to share my toasted cheese sandwich?

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Mary: Do you know what it's like trying to sleep in a one-room apartment when a couple's making love five feet from you?

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Faq

Who is the killer?

There are two or three killers, depending on your count. Emma Spool kills Toomey, the boy in the basement and Lila Loomis. Mary accidentally kills the psychiatrist. Norman kills Emma Spool. A fourth killer (as opposed to a murderer) is the police officer who shoots Mary to death in the line of duty.The movie leaves room for ambiguity. Norman could have killed Toomey, even though he was fairly stable at that point. Lila could have killed the boy in the basement, especially since her disguise was already hidden there.

Why isn't Norman suspicious of Mary's name?

Mary calls herself "Mary Samuels," which should have tipped him off. Her aunt, Marion Crane, had used a similar alias ("Marie Samuels") when she checked into his motel over two decades earlier. We can only guess that he forgets or writes it off as a coincidence.

Is this movie based on Robert Bloch's "Psycho II"?

No. Robert Bloch wrote Psycho II, a sequel to his novel Psycho, which had become Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film of the same name. This film is a sequel to the Hitchcock movie, but is not based on Bloch's own sequel. Tom Holland wrote the original script.

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