For Tarantino, Psycho 2 would be better than the original

Before being a well-known director, Quentin Tarantino He’s a first-class geek when it comes to films – especially horror ones. And beyond his encyclopedic knowledge, the filmmaker shares some controversial opinions about the genre. One of them would be Psycho II It’s a good film, surpassing the original classic by Alfred Hitchcock.

Whoever determines is the Far Out Magazinewhich recalls a statement by Tarantino at a 2005 festival. In it, the director stated:

“I’ve always been a big fan of Psycho II and a big fan of director Richard Franklin, who made Road Games and Patrick before that. It was because of these films that Universal brought him in to do Psycho II, which was a big deal.”

Launched in 1983, Psycho II picks up the story created by Hitchcock three years after his death. It was up to Richard Franklin pick up the story, which sees Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) back into society after years in a sanatorium.

The film is considered inferior to the original, rated at 6.6/10 at the IMDb and with 61% approval in the Rotten Tomatoes. Tarantino is the one who disagrees, for whom the sequel has qualities:

“I feel like Psycho II is Anthony Perkins’ best performance ever,” he said. “I completely care about Norman Bates in this movie, and that sucks.”

End of career

The controversial opinion about Psycho II is extended to the entire end of Hitchcock’s career, which Tarantino considers “crap”. In his biography, he called the horror master’s last films “lackluster.” Thus, the acolytes who were responsible for continuing Hitchcock’s work after his death would have brought an injection of vigor to the films:

“I love Hitchcock’s films Brian De Palma. I love Hitchcock’s abstractions of Richard Franklin It is Curtis Hanson. I prefer that to the real Hitchcock.”