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Every Psycho Movie and TV Series Ranked From Worst to Best
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Psycho II
- Theatrical - Wide 1983-06-03
- Cast Anthony Perkins Meg Tilly Vera Miles Robert Loggia Dennis Franz
- Directed by Richard Franklin
Box Office Gross:
$34,725,000
Running Time:
113 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Universal Pictures, Oak
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Synopsis
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
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Psycho II (1983) – What Happened to This Horror Movie?
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The What Happened to This Horror Movie series looks back at Psycho II, starring Anthony Perkins and directed by Richard Franklin
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Forget Halloween H20: Psycho II is the First True Legacy Sequel
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While Halloween: H20 often gets cited as the first true legacy sequel, the first one actually happed fifteen years earlier with Psycho II.
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The Best of the Bad Guys: Norman Bates
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The Best of the Bad Guys series takes a deep dive into the iconic character Norman Bates from the Psycho franchise
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Oh Mother, What Have You Done? book by Tom Holland digs into the making of Psycho II
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Psycho II screenwriter Tom Holland has published the book Oh Mother, What Have You Done? for the film's 40th anniversary
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Episode 20 of 80s Horror Memories checks into Bates Motel with Psycho II
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The latest episode of the 80s Horror Memories docu-series looks back at a sequel that was 23 years in the making, Psycho II
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The Arrow in the Head Show stops by the Bates Motel for Psycho II
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For the new episode of The Arrow in the Head Show, John "The Arrow" Fallon and Lance Vlcek look back at Psycho II
The Test of Time: Psycho II (1983)
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We all have certain movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? Do they remain must see?...
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Our GENRE DVD COVERS & RELEASE DATES section has been updated! August has OBLIVION, AFTERSHOCK, NO ONE LIVES, THE WALKING DEAD SPECIAL EDITION S3 and the Blu-Ray of DARK ANGEL aka I COME IN PEACE up its sleeve! While September is retro madness aka my wallet wil be...
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Nearly 30 Years Later, Robert Zemeckis’s Most Misunderstood Sci-Fi Epic Deserves a Reevaluation
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Five Great Spaghetti Westerns That Don’t Star Clint Eastwood
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Every Live-Action Spider-Man Movie Ranked: Which One Is the Best?
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