Psycho II

         Miss Spool was Norman's aunt - his mother's sister.

         Vera Miles gets into an argument with Mary at the hotel in town where she's staying. Mary tells her not to come out to the motel or she'll be sorry. Nevertheless Lila comes out to the motel and she is followed by Dr. Raymond to the mansion. Lila enters the house through the storm cellar doors on the side and goes into the furnace room. A loose tile in the floor holds a dress, butcher knife and cheap wig. As she lifts the tile she hears a sound like footsteps and looks up just in time to see a tall woman dressed in black shove a butcher knife down her throat which protrudes an inch out the back of her neck. She is then buried in the coal pile next to the furnace.

         Sheriff Hunt wanted Mary and Norman at the swamp so it must be the work of Miss Spool. Sheriff Hunt tells Mary and her mother, (now dead), to leave the area. Back at the mansion Norman is playing the piano when Mary rushes in and tells Norman they have to leave. Norman convinces Mary they'd be caught so they decide not to run. In the meantime the phone rings and Dr. Raymond is calling from the motel office but Norman answers, "yes mother", which infuriates Mary and she goes upstairs to the other phone and tells Norman to hang up and he does. They then sit and talk in the living room. The phone rings once more and this time Norman talks to his mother, probably Miss Spool. This infuriates Mary all the more. The plot is very convoluted.