About midway through Psycho II (1983), you realize you’re not watching a horror sequel, but a carefully constructed character study. Psycho II isn’t really interested in being a sequel or a horror film; it’s interested in the rehabilitation of Norman Bates, and how those in Bates’ orbit react to that. We may have entered the film expecting a boogeyman, but instead we’re watching a fatally flawed hero, and…we’re rooting for him? Yes, we’re actually rooting for Norman Bates . . .
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