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2nd favorite Horror franchise.

posted 8 years ago by brandonhelee
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I can't believe how many people don't acknowledge the Psycho franchise as one of the best IMHO it's my 2nd favorite Horror franchise first being A Nightmare on Elm Street and just like that franchise I love all of the films.

Psycho(1960) IMHO is the film that gave birth to the slasher sub-genre of Horror in cinema sure it's not my favorite slasher film but I consider it the best made and quality slasher film of the genre very enjoyable but I enjoy A Nightmare on Elm Street the original the most but I appreciate the general filmmaking of Psycho more thus why it's the best and not my favorite.
Psycho II is a sequel that's very much a proper continuation of the original and is of almost equal quality Norman Bates is more of a victim and I like that they played with the Victim/Villian themes in the film.
Psycho III comes full circle and is a very loose remake of the original and I love it very much.
Psycho IV:The Beginning is very interesting prequel film.
Psycho remake is a interesting experiment that I don't have a problem with.

Not a big fan of the recent Bates Motel TV series but the movies are all great.

[–] kurt7825 8 years ago

its my number one

[–] [deleted] 8 months ago

I rewatched II last year and III last night. The first three Psycho movies are all great. With these rewatches it's definitely climbed my horror franchise rankings. I'll maybe rewatch IV soon to see how it holds up.

[–] BrandNewPoster (6570) 8 months ago

It's a good franchise, likely in my top 5 horror franchises.