A ★★★★ review of Psycho II (1983)

I always forget how well this movie works, especially considering it had an impossible task of following up one of the all-time great films. That’s a credit to director Richard Franklin’s work behind the camera and Tom Holland’s twisty, gaslighty script – but mostly to Anthony Perkins, who convincingly turns Norman into a protagonist we want to root for. The rest of the cast is great too; Meg Tilly threads the needle of making Mary a morally conflicted but sympathetic character, while Vera Miles gets to have fun as the woman who will put Norman back behind bars at any