Is this a secret Psycho 3 Episode?
The last few weeks on the Horror Queers Podcast we’ve drooled over Delphine Seyrig’s fierce queer vampire in Daughters of Darkness, questioned the sheer ineptitude of slasher musical Stage Fright. and explored the sibling relationship in Mike Flanagan’s “haunted mirror” film, Oculus.
In the newest episode, Trace and I are joined by Dead For Filth‘s Michael Varrati to tackle thoroughly underrated slasher sequel, Psycho 2. As a director himself, Michael brings a fresh perspective to the discussion about the economic realities of filmmaking, but the highlight of the episode is definitely his banter with Trace about the ridiculousness of the Psycho franchise, particularly Part 3!
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Episode 16 – Psycho 2 (1983) feat. Michael Varrati
After 23 years of driving, the boys pick up Dead For Filth’s multi-hyphenate Michael Varrati en route to a charming motel run by Anthony Perkins’ Norman Bates. The trio discuss the film’s categorization as a long in-development sequel, a slasher released during the height of the 80s craze and a cash grab.
Along the way they suggest that Meg Tilly’s tough, but thankless “tofu” role as Mary is a mirror image of Norman and propose that Psycho 2 succeeds where Halloween (2018) fails by truly investigating grief and trauma.
Come for the ridiculous number of sidebar references/jokes about Psycho 3 and stay for the game, which asks Michael and Trace to cast a sequel to Gus Van Sant’s shot-for-shot remake. Who does Trace name drop that irks Joe so much that Trace is banished to the corner? You’ll have to listen to find out!
Cross out Psycho 2!
Coming up Wednesday: we brave the bad dubbing and utter madness of the 1994 cult classic Cemetary Man (aka Dellamorte Dellamore) to get to the Rupert Everett-ness of it all.
– Joe & Trace
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