"Director Richard Franklin, working from Tom Holland's screenplay, has infused Psycho II with a deliberate sensibility that echoes the original film's slow build, and although the pacing is occasionally just a little too sedate for its own good (ie the first half feels more like a psychological drama than a horror flick), Franklin effectively lures the viewer into the proceedings by emphasizing Perkins' striking performance and by offering up a handful of admittedly suspenseful interludes... Psycho II boasts an increasingly compelling mystery at its core that ensures the film grows more and more engrossing as it progresses - with the inclusion of a few unexpected twists lending the movie's third act a surprisingly engrossing quality that proves impossible to resist." - David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews