Psycho II

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Green</B></div> <div> <B>Director of Photography..</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer.......</B></div> <div> <B>Special Visual Effects by Albert Whitlock</B></div> <div> <B></B></div> <div> <B><U>Dramatis Personae</U></B></div> <div> <B>Norman Bates...Anthony Perkins (Catch 22, Psycho & III & 4, The Trial)</B></div> <div> <B>Lila...................Vera Miles (Brainwaves, Fire!, The Initiation, Psycho)</B></div> <div> <B>Dr. Raymond.....Robert Loggia (Bad Girls, The Believers, Big, Scarface)</B></div> <div> <B>Mary.................Meg Tilly (The Big Chill, Carmilla, One Dark Night)</B></div> <div> <B>Toomey.............Dennis Franz (Blow Out, Die Hard 2, The Package)</B></div> <div> <B>Sheriff...............Hugh Gillin (Psycho III)</B></div> <div> <B>Mrs. Spool........Claudia Bryan</B></div> <div> <B>Statler...............Robert Alan Browne</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: 22 years after the shower scene, Norman Bates is paroled. No sooner does he arrive home, when he receives notes and phone calls from Mother, and Fairville becomes the scene of another series of brutal cutlery murders with all eyes on Norman. A confusing, however, believable array of suspects, including the consumately suspectablle Norman, ensues including the introduction of completely new facts; the possibility of another mother, and that Mrs. Bates was only the adoptive mother. Norman is confused but that doesn't mean that he's the killer this time, but he's a pretty strong candidate. Surprises everywhere this time. We do learn of a history of mental illness in Norman's family. Tea? Toasted Cheese sandwiches? Norman as mommy's boy -a bit tongue in cheek - but for it's time effective. Norman's crucifixion the accurate problematization of modern psychology shows a director Franklin's/screenwriter Holland's finger on the pulse of change. This is Norman for the nineties and although he could never be the revolution Hitchcock's Norman was, his story makes for a strong sequel.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: A recap of the psycho shower scene with Janet Leigh starts things off. 22 years later, at the County of Kern District Attorney's office, Norman Bates' parole is discussed and, despite protests from the locals, Norman is freed. Norman was not convicted of murder, but rather of homicide by reason of insanity. Norman returns home to Fairville, California. The psychiatrist is confident that Norman is able to deal with any memories that might return. Before he's unpacked, Norman is surprised to find that mother has left him a message. Is this a trick by some local? Or is mother back? We get the information that Norman poisoned his mother. The repressed memory card is played, and the psychiatrist claims that since Norman has remembered poisoning his mother, his cutlery problems with young women and cutlery. Norman is out of the hotel business, and is takes a position flipping burgers. To our surprise and trepidation, he brings a co-worker, Mary Samuels home. Norman finds that there's what he considers to be some pretty wild goings on in the motel and fires the motel manager, who was hired by the hospital in Norman's stead. Mary is meanwhile convinced to stay over night. In spite of a few dicy cutlery moments, the night goes all right. While the fired hotel manager is talking rudely to Norman's co-worker, Norman receives a note from his mother saying that the girl can't sleep under his roof again. It seems as though the old problems are returning. Unfortunately, Mary shows up again. Worse still, she heads up to the shower, which is complete with its requisite peep hole. Will Norman stick to piano Cathexis? Two teenagers head down to the fruit cellar, light up a joint, and begin to engage in petting. It looks like the Bates house is back in business. When the police get there, the cellar has been cleaned up. Is Mary covering up for Norman, or has he just blacked out mother's activities again? Someone is peeking through holes, and Norman is becoming confused again.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>