Franklin's consummate handling of suspense, black humour and several paradigm-shifting twists mak[e] this a worthy sequel to the original, and a convincing evocation of the old master's ghost.

| Jul 31, 2017

Director Richard Franklin deftly keeps the suspense and tension on high while dolling out dozens of shock-of-recognitions shots drawn from the audience's familiarity with Psycho.

| Oct 20, 2008

Though far from a worthy successor to the original (but why make impossible demands?) the film clearly could have been much worse.

| Oct 20, 2008

Scary and fun, it's as worthy a sequel as one might reasonably expect.

| Jun 24, 2006

It is a craftsman-like piece of filmmaking with a suitably flaky performance by Perkins, but it isn't really a sequel to Psycho. It continues the story, but not the spell.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004

That it's about as chilly a movie as ever delighted the mass market is beside the point, in view of its exuberantly macabre craftsmanship.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2004

Surprisingly, even after waiting 20 years, they managed to turn out a smart, darkly-comic thriller with some imaginitive twists.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000