Psycho II (film)

Psycho II
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Franklin
Written byTom Holland
Based onCharacters created
by Robert Bloch[1]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDean Cundey
Edited byAndrew London
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures[2]
Release date
  • June 3, 1983 (1983-06-03)
Running time
113 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[4]
Box office$34.7 million[5]

Psycho II is a 1983 American psychological slasher film directed by Richard Franklin, written by Tom Holland, and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Robert Loggia, and Meg Tilly. It is the first sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho and the second film in the Psycho franchise. Set 22 years after the first film, it follows Norman Bates after he is released from the mental institution and returns to the house and Bates Motel to continue a normal life. However, his troubled past continues to haunt him as someone begins to murder the people around him. The film is unrelated to the 1982 novel Psycho II by Robert Bloch, which he wrote as a sequel to his original 1959 novel Psycho.

In preparing the film, Universal hired Holland to write an entirely different screenplay, while Australian director Franklin, a student of Hitchcock's, was hired to direct. The film marked Franklin's American feature film debut.[2]

Psycho II was released on June 3, 1983, and grossed $34.7 million at the box office on a budget of $5 million.[5] It received mixed-to-positive reviews from film critics. The film was followed by Psycho III (1986).

  1. ^ Muir 2012, p. 347.
  2. ^ a b c d "Psycho II". American Film Institute. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. ^ "PSYCHO II (18)". United International Pictures. British Board of Film Classification. 29 April 1983. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Psycho II". The Psycho Movies. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Psycho II". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 June 2018.