Psycho 2 is so underrated! The original film is such a classic and like the Bates mansion, looms large over horror cinema. Psycho 2 is one of those sequels that dares to stand up to it and succeeds! It actually took quite a lot for Perkins to return to the role, Psycho was such a shock to his image at the time that he bought himself out of his Paramount contract and sought work in Europe. We're glad he did eventually embrace Norman to made Psychos 3 and 4 (equally underrated) - please say you'll be reviewing these, too!
Also, interesting you mention the misogyny that's often levelled at Hitchcock (i would agree with you both that this is unfair). An example of this is his penultimate film, Frenzy (also which i hope you can review) - none of the characters in that film are particularly likeable, but the female characters are often the strongest. I'm new to your channel and enjoyed this review, please keep up the great work! 😊❤
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it. Believe it or not, I still haven't seen Frenzy since I was a teen. That's was 35ish years ago. My mate has my boxset with it in and I might just have to rescue it soon. I think his writers gave women agency in their lives. That was rare in films back then. We will be reviewing Hitchcock films as soon as I get that boxset back.. Additionally, if you can watch Psycho on 4K it's a revelation.
@@shitcast2024brilliant, can't wait! I'm a bit of a Hitchcock fan and we're currently doing a retrospective on my own podcast. Incidentally, there's another great Australian show, Hitchpod, which I highly recommend 😊 I've been lucky to see Psycho in 4K on the big screen and would agree, it's a revelation! It's such a rich, multilayered film. I've got the Psycho blu ray set from Arrow that was recently released here in the UK, it was great to see 2, 3 and 4 in HD for the first time! Keep up the great work 😊
Few films have been so shamefully overlooked, prejudged and disregarded as the fantastic 'Psycho II'. Everyone simply assumed no sequel could ever come close to the Alfred Hitchcock original. Far from being some soulless cash grabbing gore fest a la Friday the 13th, 'Psycho II' is a genuinely intriguing mystery which contains Anthony Perkins' finest performance as Norman Bates and we discover much more of his character. Meg Tilly is outstanding as Mary, the niece of Marion Crane who is initially intent of driving Norman insane again in an attempt to get him reinstitutionalised, but develops feelings for him. Jerry Goldsmith's score is superb, so far from Bernard Herrrmanns original and i personally find this film much better that 'Psycho' and imminently more re-watchable.
It's like Amityville II: The Possession to The Amityville Horror. I can't say that I prefer it to the first one but they are very much on par as a one-two punch
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Psycho 2 is so underrated! The original film is such a classic and like the Bates mansion, looms large over horror cinema. Psycho 2 is one of those sequels that dares to stand up to it and succeeds! It actually took quite a lot for Perkins to return to the role, Psycho was such a shock to his image at the time that he bought himself out of his Paramount contract and sought work in Europe. We're glad he did eventually embrace Norman to made Psychos 3 and 4 (equally underrated) - please say you'll be reviewing these, too!
Eleesha has yet to watch 3 or 4. I like the subgenre skip in 3 to be a pseudo-slasher film. I need to buy the 4K boxset from the UK
Also, interesting you mention the misogyny that's often levelled at Hitchcock (i would agree with you both that this is unfair). An example of this is his penultimate film, Frenzy (also which i hope you can review) - none of the characters in that film are particularly likeable, but the female characters are often the strongest. I'm new to your channel and enjoyed this review, please keep up the great work! 😊❤
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it. Believe it or not, I still haven't seen Frenzy since I was a teen. That's was 35ish years ago. My mate has my boxset with it in and I might just have to rescue it soon. I think his writers gave women agency in their lives. That was rare in films back then.
We will be reviewing Hitchcock films as soon as I get that boxset back..
Additionally, if you can watch Psycho on 4K it's a revelation.
@@shitcast2024brilliant, can't wait! I'm a bit of a Hitchcock fan and we're currently doing a retrospective on my own podcast. Incidentally, there's another great Australian show, Hitchpod, which I highly recommend 😊
I've been lucky to see Psycho in 4K on the big screen and would agree, it's a revelation! It's such a rich, multilayered film. I've got the Psycho blu ray set from Arrow that was recently released here in the UK, it was great to see 2, 3 and 4 in HD for the first time! Keep up the great work 😊
Few films have been so shamefully overlooked, prejudged and disregarded as the fantastic 'Psycho II'.
Everyone simply assumed no sequel could ever come close to the Alfred Hitchcock original.
Far from being some soulless cash grabbing gore fest a la Friday the 13th, 'Psycho II' is a genuinely intriguing mystery which contains Anthony Perkins' finest performance as Norman Bates and we discover much more of his character.
Meg Tilly is outstanding as Mary, the niece of Marion Crane who is initially intent of driving Norman insane again in an attempt to get him reinstitutionalised, but develops feelings for him.
Jerry Goldsmith's score is superb, so far from Bernard Herrrmanns original and i personally find this film much better that 'Psycho' and imminently more re-watchable.
It's like Amityville II: The Possession to The Amityville Horror.
I can't say that I prefer it to the first one but they are very much on par as a one-two punch