Recently I purchased an excellent Psycho box set Bluray). Going through all the films (even the recent remake), one thing is clear - this terrible low-rent effort should have been left at the idea-on-a-napkin stage.
That it's a TV movie is no excuse. Later than this, Perkins was back on board and the excellent (by comparison) Psycho IV: The Beginning came out, and THAT was a TV film. But it was orders of magnitude better than this. Heck, even the much maligned shot-for-shot color remake puts this in the shade.
So I own this because I'm a collector and a completist at that. But after seeing it once, this is clear: I'll never see it again.
I always hate it when reviews here say "Don't see this!!!" That's a pointless direction. What I WILL say is: watch it. You won't enjoy it. But you'll have a renewed appreciation for the other films in the Psycho franchise.
That it's a TV movie is no excuse. Later than this, Perkins was back on board and the excellent (by comparison) Psycho IV: The Beginning came out, and THAT was a TV film. But it was orders of magnitude better than this. Heck, even the much maligned shot-for-shot color remake puts this in the shade.
So I own this because I'm a collector and a completist at that. But after seeing it once, this is clear: I'll never see it again.
I always hate it when reviews here say "Don't see this!!!" That's a pointless direction. What I WILL say is: watch it. You won't enjoy it. But you'll have a renewed appreciation for the other films in the Psycho franchise.