Psycho II
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| Oh sure, I could have used the original theatrical release poster, but I like this better. |
What's Robert Loggia, Meg Tilly, Dennis
Franz, and Anthony Perkins doing in this? Money grabbing for a
sequel, naturally. But this is also one of Hollywood's early attempts
to throw a bunch of money into a newly ordained 'classic' amid a huge
fascination with nostalgia. The timing seemed right. The cast
was...acceptable. The plot, however, is a bit of a dud. According to
the infallible Wikipedia, this was originally intended to be a made
for TV, and it shows. Yet, by the time this reached the theaters,
this somehow got a 'R' rating. Honestly, it's more of a PG13 affair,
shown on a Sunday afternoon when there's no football, baseball, or
Dew Action Sports to fill the time slot.
The quick and dirty of this plot is as follows: 22 years after the events of the first movie, we see Norman at
a parole hearing to determine if he's fit for society. They deem him
so, and he's released. Naturally, this torks off the families of the
victims and the sister of the lady in the first film takes it upon
herself to push Norman over the edge with the help of her daughter in
order to prove that he's unfit. Sooo...they're trying to drive him
mad in order to prove that he's mad. Such sound logic that isn't
debatable. However, someone IS doing some killing because people
start dropping and all the focus is put on Norman.
By the end, we're treated to several
plot twists that were somewhat predictable, but not horrible and
we're treated to Normans new window-sitting corpse of a mother. His
REAL mother. Turns out mental illness ran in the family and she spent
more time in institution than he did. But hey, family is family,
mothers are mothers, and that's why Norman indoctrinates hes newly
discovered parent with a shovel to the back of the head. Hope she
likes the view out the window!
Wednesday: It was either this or The
Mephisto Waltz. I just wasn't in the mood for Alan Alda.
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