The best sequel ever made.

I agree. I wasn't expecting much when I saw it for the first time; sequels usually don't live up to the legacies of the originals but Psycho II is a perfect example of a sequel that works and doesn't try to imitate the original but rather builds on it. I absolutely loved it, it truly is an amazing sequel especially considering its genre. Good horror sequels are hard to come by. Psycho III and IV weren't bad but their nothing compared to II.

I think you're overreacting. This film is just OK, it pales in comparison to the Hitchcock film. This should have never been done. They obviously had to wait for Hitchcock to die because he would have had none of it. There are far better sequels out there, Godfather, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter etc. You could argue saying that those films were intended to have sequels, but they are still better than this. The thing is nothing could top put the original film. But even with that this film is just quite mediocre. There was no reason to extend this story. It's funny they use the famous shower scene at the beginning of the film to introduce it, as if trying to use the first film as some sort of bait, I don't know. It's entertaining, I give it that, but nothing more than your average thriller, there's nothing 'masterpiece' about it. Anthony and Vera Miles must have needed the money to take part in this.

I have just rediscovered Psycho and all its sequels. I bought a box set of DVDs and am working my way through them one by one. I love your enthusiasm for Psycho II. I started watching it this morning and have to agree with much of what you said.

The first film is a psychological thriller centered around the disappearance of Marion Crane. It's a traumatic murder and you care about her. But in the sequels the bodies drop like flies and you don't really care about any of them very much. Everyone around Norman ends up dead. I know that's the whole point but it means the characters don't really have any depth- there's no point caring about them because they're just there to be killed. I do like the sequels very much, but for pure depth of character I prefer the original Psycho.

Having said that, I love Tony Perkins/Norman in all of the movies, and I thought it was so unfair that he was trying his best to get on with his life but no one would leave him alone.

thehalloweencollection, what a great post. I completely agree. This sequel strikes the perfect balance of progressing the story in a new direction, not trying to imitate the original, but still being extremely true to, and respectful of, it.

And yes, it's a brilliant mystery. So many twists.

I really enjoyed this movie, but in my opinion the best sequel ever made was "the Bride of Frankenstein"

WRONG... this is what the original Psycho would have looked like if William Castle had directed it. Cheesy and inept. Where did that staircase leading to the back stairs, at the top of the main stair case, come from? Why did the kitchen have a gas stove but the house was heated by coal as the coal pile in the basement would indicate? In the original the fruit cellar was beyond and two steps below the basement but apparently that disappeared as the food stored was now on a shelf in the basement. A basement with windows AND exterior cellar doors. (Hardly suitable for storing fruit/vegies.) And most glaring of all, why the hell would a mental hospital put a man in charge of managing a psychoitc, sociopath's hotel for TWENTY YEARS. The 80's were the beginning of the end for American cinema and story telling.

It's a very good film with a number of great scenes. Not sure I'd go as far to call it the best sequel ever though.

No way. Rob Zombies Halloween 2 is the best sequel ever made