"Psycho II" has a lot to live up to after the first film was hugely successful. Also, since Alfred Hitchcock did not believe in making sequels, that was another strike against this film. However, director Richard Franklin does a great job of continuing the story.After 22 years of being in confinement, the courts release Norman Bates (Perkins) on the account that he is legally sane. Once he goes back home, he gets a job working at a dinner. While he was working, he sees a note from "mother". At first we think that Norman is just having flashbacks. However, as he also starts to get phone calls from "mother" you start to think he is going back to insane.During all of this, Marion Crane's sister Lila Loomis believes strongly that Norman Bates is still insane."Psycho II" is a very good sequel to the classic original. Once again Anthony Perkins does an excellent job at playing Norman Bates.