Psycho is one of the most famous films in cinema history, so it would be easy to write off the Sequels as cash ins designed to trade on its good name, especially when they arrive a quarter of a century after the first movie, directed by Anthony Perkins, who also stars Psycho three, manages to breathe new life into the Bates Motel by leaning into its darkly comic undertones.
驚魂記》是電影史上最著名的電影之一,所以很容易把《續集》寫成是為了交易它的好名聲而設計的現金保險,尤其是當它們在第一部電影四分之一世紀後到來的時候,由安東尼-帕金斯執導,他也是《驚魂記》三部的主演,通過靠著它的黑色喜劇色彩,成功地為《貝茨旅館》注入了新的生命。