Tag: Richard Franklin

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  Psycho II (1983)

  July 26, 2022

  1980s, Drama, Gothic, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Sequels, Thriller

  Now this is a legacy sequel! Psycho II (1983) was actually a box office hit, from what I’ve read, and exists nicely at this cross-section of eras and influences: obviously 1960s Hitchcock, but also 1970s Network TV Mystery Of The Week and 1980s Slasher Sequels. While an unnecessary sequel to a genre-defining classic twenty years… Read.

• F/X2 (1991)

  September 19, 2019

  1990s, Action, Comedy, Crime, Sequels

  I used to watch F/X2 (1991) so much when I was a teenager, taped off TV on VHS, more than the first one which starred “our” Bryan Brown as a special effects technician caught up in a criminal plot with Brian Dennehy as the cop after him. The sequel is more upbeat and cartoonish with… Read.