The old, gothic Victorian house stands idle and dusty atop a hill. Below, a broken neon sign flashes on, announcing vacancies in a run-down motel. After 22 years, Norman Bates is back home. In "Psycho II," the Universal-Oak Pictures' sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 gothic thriller, Norman has spruced up the old Bates Motel in anticipation of new customers. The location is still the same: in the shadow of that infamous house where young Norman committed some rather heinous crimes 22 years ago. But that's all in the past. Norman has been declared legally restored to sanity by the court and has returned to society, a rehabilitated man. Room reservations are being taken. Anthony Perkins stars in "Psycho II," along with Vera Miles, reprising their roles from the original motion picture, with Meg Tilly and Robert Loggia co-starring as new characters. Australian filmmaker Richard Franklin directed his first American film from an original screenplay by Tom Holland. A Bernard Schwartz Production, Hilton Green produced, and Bernard Schwartz served as the executive producer.
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