“Psycho II” quotes

(1983)
Movie Psycho II
Title Psycho II
Year 1983
Director Richard Franklin
Genre Crime, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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Plot – After 22 years spent in a mental institute, Norman Bates comes back home. His doctors declare he's healed and drive him home. He has even a new job in a local restaurant as his motel is now run by a new manager who has turned it into a drug dealing area. Norman decides to fire him and the event triggers in him his past attitude. Both the doctors and the sheriff are worried and begin to check regularly Norman as many people start disappearing. A final twist upsets everything but Norman's mind is lost by now.
All actors – Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz, Hugh Gillin, Claudia Bryar, Robert Alan Browne, Ben Hartigan, Lee Garlington, Tim Maier, Jill Carroll
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  • “- Mary: Jesus! How'd that get in there?
    - Norman Bates: After I killed that kid in the cellar, I used that towel to clean up the mess, and then I flushed it down there.
    - Mary: Norman, you coudn't have killed that kid. You were locked in the attic.”

    Meg Tilly - Mary Loomis
    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
    [Tag:blood, murder]
  • “- Mary: You really wanna know what Norman's like?
    - Warren Toomey: Yeah.
    - Mary: Better than you'll ever be, fat boy.”

    Meg Tilly - Mary Loomis
    Dennis Franz - Warren Toomey
    [Tag:scorn]
  • “- Norman Bates: Mary works with me at the diner. She's been staying here, too.
    - Dr. Raymond: Really?
    - Norman Bates: Oh, it's not like that. We're just... we're just friends.”

    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
    Robert Loggia - Dr. Bill Raymond
    [Tag:friends, working]
  • “- Mary: You could stop stuffing bloody towels in toilets and peering through peep-holes in the wall.
    - Lila Loomis: What are you talking about?
    - Mary: The things you're doing to Norman.”

    Meg Tilly - Mary Loomis
    Vera Miles - Lila Loomis
    [Tag:blood, bothering]
  • “- Mary: Who did it?
    - Norman Bates: My mother did, she told me so herself.
    - Mary: Oh, Norman... You're mad, don't you know that? You're as mad as a hatter.”

    Meg Tilly - Mary Loomis
    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
  • “- Norman Bates: Mary, I'm becoming confused again, aren't I?
    - Mary: Of course not.
    - Norman Bates: Don't lie to me! Not you!
    - Mary: Yes, Norman... you are becoming confused again.”

    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
    Meg Tilly - Mary Loomis
    [Tag:confusion]
  • “- Lila Loomis: What about his victims? I have a petition here signed by 743 people against Norman Bates' release, including the relatives of the seven people he murdered.
    - Judge: Madam, please sit down. This matter is being represented by the district attorney.”

    Vera Miles - Lila Loomis
    Ben Hartigan - Judge
  • “- Mary: I don't wanna hurt your feelings or anything, but Myrna talked about you on the Diner today. Mrs Spool told her to shut up but she didn't. She said you've been locked up.
    - Norman Bates: Did she tell you why? Well, I'll tell you. When I was little, I had a fight with my mother, so I put some poison in her tea, you know. But I'm all right...” (continue)
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    Meg Tilly - Mary Loomis
    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
    [Tag:murder, prison]
  • “- Norman Bates: You smell like... like the toasted cheese sandwiches.
    - Mary: What?
    - Norman Bates: That my mother used to bring me when I was in bed with a temperature. She used to do lots of nice things for me before she went... before she became...
    - Mary: Shh. Just remember the good things she did for you. Only the good things.”

    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
    Meg Tilly - Mary Loomis
  • “- Mary: Do you know what it's like trying to sleep in a one-room apartment when a couple's making love five feet from you?
    - Norman Bates: Noisy?”

    Meg Tilly - Mary Loomis
    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
  • “- Norman Bates: Are you really my mother?
    - Mrs. Spool: The name Spool doesn't mean anything to you?
    - Norman Bates: No. Should it?
    - Mrs. Spool: It was Norma Bates' maiden name. The woman you thought was your mother was my sister.”

    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
    Claudia Bryar - Mrs. Emma Spool
    [Tag:mother]
  • “- Lila Loomis: Don't you realize they're going to release a homicidal maniac?
    - Judge: Sit down, Mrs. Loomis.
    - Lila Loomis: Why bother? It's all too obvious. Our courts are protecting criminals, not their victims.”

    Vera Miles - Lila Loomis
    Ben Hartigan - Judge
  • “Remember, Norman: only your Mother truly loves you.”
    Virginia Gregg - Norma Bates
    [Tag:love, mother]
  • “- Dr. Raymond: Norman was not convicted of murder. He was found not guilty by reasons of insanity, and since he is no longer insane, he has the right to live a normal life like you and I.
    - Lila Loomis: That's just legal hocus pocus, and when he murders again you will be directly responsible.”

    Robert Loggia - Dr. Bill Raymond
    Vera Miles - Lila Loomis
  • “- Dr. Raymond: What's the matter?
    - Norman Bates: I saw someone!
    - Dr. Raymond: Where?
    - Norman Bates: Up there! In that window!
    - Dr. Raymond: I haven't had a tenant in the house for years.”

    Robert Loggia - Dr. Bill Raymond
    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
  • “- Mary: Everything Dr. Raymond said was true. My mother and I were trying to drive you crazy again. I stopped, only she won't.
    - Norman Bates: Well, why did you stop?
    - Mary: It wasn't right for us to be doing what we were doing to you.
    - Norman Bates: Is that the only reason?
    - Mary: What do you mean?
    - Norman Bates: You know what I mean.”

    Meg Tilly - Mary Loomis
    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
  • “- Warren Toomey: Why don't you try putting me out, Mr. Wacko?
    - Norman Bates: I won't have to. I'll just go to the police. I'm sure they'll be very interested about what's going on here. Especially the drugs. Tomorrow, Mr. Toomey. And don't rent out anymore rooms in this motel! Not any more.
    - Warren Toomey: At least my customers have a good...” (continue)
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    Dennis Franz - Warren Toomey
    Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
    [Tag:killing, layoff]
  • “- Dr. Raymond: Are you familiar with Norman Bates?
    - Sheriff John Hunt: Very.
    - Dr. Raymond: Somebody has been leaving notes and making phone calls claiming to be his mother.”

    Robert Loggia - Dr. Bill Raymond
    Hugh Gillin - Sheriff John Hunt
    [Tag:mother]
  • “- Warren Toomey: How's your new helper doing?
    - Ralph Statler: Fine, Warren, just fine.
    - Warren Toomey: Well, I hope he washes dishes better than he runs a motel.”

    Dennis Franz - Warren Toomey
    Robert Alan Browne - Ralph Statler
    [Tag:ability]
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