Spends a lot of time trying to undo its predecessor’s problems. Albeit to a considerably less committed degree, it does as good a job as it can to go somewhere deeper while meeting the ante of lurid thrills.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 13, 2023

this knowing sequel, unable to free itself of its established serial tropes, is inevitably a tragic romance.

| Sep 15, 2023

A weird, tetchy object.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 12, 2022

Psycho III succeeds not so much through its script as its attitude.

| Jul 6, 2021

It fails any sequel's acid test: It feeds off the original without deepening it.

| Jun 29, 2021

Still playing Norman, Perkins is unable to find a new direction for the character in his own sequel.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 29, 2021

Psycho III is funny almost from start to finish, and yet remains frightening and suspenseful. As a first-time director, Perkins has done a magnificent job.

| Jun 29, 2021

It is still fun to watch Perkins slowly reveal Norman's overwhelming compulsions and he remains the central reason for seeing the film.

| Jun 29, 2021

The question: Does the world need "Psycho III?" The surprising answer: Yes.

| Jun 29, 2021

In real life, Perkins has been forced to live with this captivating killer for a long time. And in taking up the story once again, he has made some very astute decisions.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 29, 2021

Red herrings, flashbacks and hallucinations, violence and the various obsessions of its characters give this complicated and occasionally out-of control film a curious power and appeal.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jun 29, 2021

Norman's back on the big screen, nuttier than ever. Alas, his newest adventures are merely monuments to sloppy scriptwriting and film-company greed.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 29, 2021

Perkins, who bows here as a stylish director, proves neither in-gracious nor self-indulgent.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 29, 2021

The screenplay is lacking, but Perkins' experimental directorial style earns the film a solid recommendation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 25, 2021

The problem with this outing, which marked Perkins' directorial debut, is that it largely plays like a run-of-the-mill slasher flick.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 16, 2013

[Blu-ray Review] Worth a look, but creatively falls victim to a series that slowly declined with each new entry.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 23, 2013

Perkins tries to imitate Hitchcock's visual style, but most of the film is made without concern for style of any kind, unless it's the bludgeoning nonstyle of Friday the 13th.

| Oct 21, 2008

Not just some actor who has been given a chance to direct, Perkins has a style and, like fellow director-actors Orson Welles and Clint Eastwood, knows his own persona, knows how to photograph and light himself for the proper effect.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 20, 2008

The whole enterprise is dependent almost entirely upon self-referential incidents and attitudes for its effect, and it eventually becomes wearying.

| Jun 18, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 6, 2008