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

| Sep 15, 2023

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

| 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

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

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

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

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

| Jun 18, 2008

Sadly, the slashings have become distinctly déjà vu, and the plot is as full of holes as Janet Leigh's corpse.

| Feb 9, 2006

It has a cast of talented, self-effacing actors, who don't upstage the material, and an efficient screenplay by Charles Edward Pogue, who doesn't beat you over the head to prove that he has a sense of humor.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2003

The movie was directed by Perkins, in his filmmaking debut. I was surprised by what a good job he does.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000