[News] Holland House Entertainment Announces OH MOTHER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

Horror icon and filmmaker Tom Holland returns to the world he envisioned in 1983’s critically acclaimed feature film Psycho II in the all-new 176-page book OH MOTHER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? now available from Holland House Entertainment.

Authored by Tom Holland and containing unpublished memoirs by late Psycho II director Richard Franklin and conversations with the film’s editor Andrew London, OH MOTHER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? offers fans a unique glimpse into the continuation of the beloved Psycho film franchise, which created nightmares for millions of people showering worldwide.

Created using never-before-seen production materials and photos – many from Holland’s own personal archive – OH MOTHER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? abounds with rare hand-written development and production notes, early budgets, personal Polaroids and more, all set against fascinating conversations with the film’s writer, director and editor which document the development, filming, and reception of the much-celebrated Psycho II.

Says author Holland of writing OH MOTHER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? (which contains an afterward by Bates Motel producer Anthony Cipriano), “I wrote Psycho II, the first sequel that began the Psycho legacy, forty years ago this past summer, and the film was a huge success in the year 1983, but who remembers? To my surprise, apparently, they do, because on the film’s fortieth anniversary love from fans began to pour in, much to my amazement and pleasure. And then (Psycho II director) Richard Franklin’s unpublished memoirs arrived unexpectedly. I’d had no idea he’d written them before he passed in 2007.”

“Reading them,” continues Holland, “was like being transported back in time, and I had to share them, along with my memories and personal archives with the fans of Psycho, the sequels, and the excellent Bates Motel. I hope they enjoy reading the book as much as I did in putting it together. My thanks to Andrew London, who edited, and to Mr. Hitchcock, without whom none of this would have existed.”
“So, step back with me forty years, and let’s see how it happened.”

OH MOTHER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? is available now in both hardback and paperback through Amazon and at Terror Time (for copies autographed by Tom Holland).

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