Psycho II
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Sep 11, 2026
Neal McLaughlinHOST
Anthony Perkins returns as the screen's most beloved psychopath and makes his directorial debut in this second sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's legendary thriller.
Neal McLaughlinHOST
Picking up where Psycho II left off, the Bates Motel is once again the site of some nasty doings as the rehabilitated Norman attempts to help a disturbed young woman and a guitar-playing drifter while trying to divert a nosy reporter's suspicions away from Mother.
Neal McLaughlinHOST
Suspense, terror, and black comedy worthy of the master himself are in hearty supply in the most shocking psycho of them all.
Neal McLaughlinHOST
The most shocking?
BobHOST
Quite a success, you might say.
BobHOST
In 1982, your boy Robert Block published his novel Psycho II, which satirized Hollywood slasher films, which makes me want to read that, honestly.
BobHOST
The plot of the book has Norman Bates escaping from the mental institution and traveling to Hollywood, California, to stop the production of a film based on his life.
BobHOST
Concerned by this, Universal decided to make their own version that differed from Block's work.
BobHOST
Yeah.
BobHOST
This is the last bit I've got here.
BobHOST
Actor John Gavin, who played Sam Loomis in Psycho 1960, was very much still alive when Psycho II was made, but by this time, he had moved from acting to public service and was made U.S.
BobHOST
Ambassador to Mexico by fellow former actor President Ronald motherfucking Reagan, which he served as from 1981 to 1986.
Jake BostonHOST
It's sold out, so I'm not getting it.
Jake BostonHOST
Um, Psycho 2, yes, 2, 3, and 4, absolutely recommend, they're still available.
Jake BostonHOST
I've got the amazing Arrow video box set over there in 4K, but I think you should own these movies on, um, any type of format.
Jake BostonHOST
2 and 3 in particular.
Jake BostonHOST
2, I have up there with 1, and I never thought I would have ever said that.
Jake BostonHOST
Psycho 2 is a masterpiece.
Jake BostonHOST
Psycho 3 goes more into the slasher realm, so it's still a fun time.
Jake BostonHOST
Psycho 4 I could live or live without.
Chelsea RebeccaHOST
I will pull out my favorite tool, the inflation calculator.
James A. JanisseHOST
So Universal was maybe looking for a horror franchise, and I, I saw one person guess, without having any like textual evidence or, or anything, but it makes sense to me, that this is around when Psycho III came out, and that did pretty poorly even after Psycho II did really well.
James A. JanisseHOST
So maybe Psycho III's failure caused Universal to be like, "All right, what else do we own? What else can we turn into a horror franchise? Oh, Phantasm, you're up." And Don's just like, "Eh, okay.
James A. JanisseHOST
I guess."
Chelsea RebeccaHOST
Yeah, it was probably like a, "We could possibly turn this into a franchise," uh, cheaply.
RandyHOST
So the,
BobHOST
whoa, Robert Loja poll is probably going to be won by Psycho 2.
BobHOST
Still sitting at the
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I want you to study that motherfucker!
SojuHOST
One movie everyone's heard of just because it's got psycho in the name.
SojuHOST
Psycho 2.
BobHOST
I'll go with that one.
AaronHOST
Fair enough.
AaronHOST
There's a lot to enjoy about Psycho 2, of course, but this one is slightly above that one for me.
AaronHOST
Again, I say, what? I might have some bias based on Psycho 4 being the only sequel I had taped off TV to watch over and over.
AaronHOST
I would even still argue that Psycho 2 was overall actually better, but 4 is my favorite.
AaronHOST
Okay, I can get behind that.
AaronHOST
I understand how that goes.
CoreyHOST
He also writes about Psycho 4.
CoreyHOST
He says, Psycho 4 was hard to find, but worth it.
ChadHOST
cinematographer, the great Dean Cundy.
ChadHOST
He also lensed and lit The Witch Who Came From the Sea, Halloween, Rock and Roll High School, The Fog, Without Warning, The Thing, Psycho II, Romancing the Stone, Back to the Future, Big Trouble in Little China, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Hook, Jurassic Park, and Apollo 13, among others.
ChadHOST
I mean, he's kind of really shaped all of our childhoods.
ChadHOST
Production designer Joe Alves.
Jeff MooreHOST
Yeah, Tetsuo was...
Jeff MooreHOST
All right, episode 315, Psycho 2, from Dallas Nostromo, Crystal Cleveland, please.
Crystal ClevelandHOST
All right.
Crystal ClevelandHOST
After DVDs and Blu-rays came out, people started donating their old VHS tapes to thrift stores.
VicHOST
sure I can thwip thwip twing
JoshHOST
yeah Tom Holland directed the uh Child's he directed Child's Play and he directed uh Oh, he wrote the screenplay for Psycho 2.
JoshHOST
I wrote a screenplay.
VicHOST
Yeah.
BobHOST
You got a few more days to get your votes in if you want to.
BobHOST
But right now it's looking like Psycho 2 is going to take it.
SojuHOST
But boys, start next week.
SojuHOST
It's officially the spooky season, and we got the big poll coming.
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